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Happy Birthday Roy This Day in Country Music – April 22nd [VIDEO]

Sean Ericson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:43 +0000

1936 – Roy Orbison is born in Vernon, Texas. A 1987 addition to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he reaches the country charts with his solo hit “You Got It” and a duet with Emmylou Harris. His songs “Crying” and “Blue Bayou” also become country hits for Don McLean and Linda Ronstadt, respectively. [...]

The Whole Country Bops This Day In Country Music – January 18th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:27 +0000

2009 – Garth Brooks sings “We Shall Be Free” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during an inaugural event for Barack Obama. Also appearing: James Taylor, Jennifer Nettles, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Sheryl Crow. 2007 – Dierks Bentley’s “Long Trip Alone” video has its world premiere on CMT. 2007 [...]

Happy Birthday To The Man That Helped Me Be A DJ – Roy Orbison [VIDEOS]

Danny Merrell — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:40:11 +0000

This is it.

This is the album I played over and over and over as a kid, and in no small part, was the reason I chose radio as a career.

I would sit in my parent's house and pretended to be a DJ while introducing songs like 'Running Scared', 'Only the Lonely', 'Uptown', and many others on my pretend radio station.

Saturday, April 23rd, would have been Roy Orbison's 75th birthday. As Bruce Springsteen mentions in one of the attached videos, so many wanted to sing like the rock-n-roll legend from Vernon, Texas...but, nobody could ever sing like him.