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Orbison, Roy

LC control no.n 87128095
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.O78 Biography
Personal name headingOrbison, Roy
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See alsoCorporate body: Traveling Wilburys
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMalibu (Calif.)
Birth date1936-04-23
Death date1988-12-06
Place of birthVernon (Tex.)
Place of deathHendersonville (Tenn.)
Field of activityCountry music Popular music
Profession or occupationSingers Guitarists Composers Rock musicians Rockabilly musicians Country musicians
Found inHis Go go go [SR] p1986: label (Roy Orbison, singer/guitarist)
Clayson, A. Only the lonely, c1989: t.p. (Roy Orbison) p. 213 (d. 12/7/88)
Amburn, E. Dark star, c1990: CIP t.p. (Roy Orbison) galley (b. 4/23/36)
Wikipedia, June 21, 2013 (Roy Orbison; born Roy Kelton Orbison, April 23, 1936, Vernon, Tex., died December 6, 1988, Madison, Tenn.; American singer-songwriter; genres: rock & roll, rockabilly, country; member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys)
Grove music online, June 21, 2013 (Orbison, Roy (Kelton); born April 23, 1936, Vernon, TX, died December 6, 1988, Hendersonville, TN; American singer-songwriter)
New York times WWW site, June 20, 2013: obituary published December 8, 1988 (Roy Orbison, 52, singer and songwriter, died Tuesday [December 6], Hendersonville, Tenn.; lived in Malibu, Calif.)
Associated languageeng