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Born in Texas. Following her husband’s death on 6 December 1988, she took charge of his business affairs and dedicated herself to promoting his music to ensuing generations. The combination of Orbison's powerful, impassioned voice and complex musical arrangements led many critics to refer to his music as operatic, giving him the sobriquet "the Caruso of Rock." [1]

  • "What separates Orbison from so many other multi-octave-spanning power singers is that he can hit the biggest notes imaginable and still sound unspeakably sad at the same time.

    But he didn’t have a Lefty Frizzell voice. I do, too.

  • ↑Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
    The Orange Leader; Publication Date: 7 Dec 1988; Publication Place: Orange, Texas, USA; Newspapers Clip: 148564545 | Ancestry Record 61843 #1540587158 (accessed 2 June 2024)
    Name: Roy Orbison; Gender: Male; Death Age: 52; Birth Date: abt 1936; Death Date: Abt 1988; Death Place: Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA; Obituary Date: 7 Dec 1988; Obituary Place: Orange, Texas, USA; Newspaper Title: The Orange Leader.

  • ↑Marriage: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002"
    Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1169 #1672555 (accessed 2 June 2024)
    Ray Kelton Orbison (32) marriage to Barbara Annemarie Wellhoenea on 25 Mar 1969 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA.

  • ↑Death: "United States Social Security Death Index"
    citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
    FamilySearch Record: JLJW-PJM (accessed 2 June 2024)
    R K Orbison death 15 Dec 1988 (born 23 Apr 1936).
  • ↑Death of son Roy Dewayne Orbison: "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 107155966; Image number: 1611
    FamilySearch Record: 6JHY-1DJB (accessed 2 June 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-L3F1-C9S8-J
    Roy D Orbison in death record for son Roy Dewayne Orbison 14 Sep 1968 in Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, United States.

  • ↑1950 Census: "United States Census, 1950"
    citing Page: 14; Line: 15; Digital film/folder number: 108867901; Image number: 14
    FamilySearch Record: 6XPH-QMBP (accessed 2 June 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-9QHW-Q96J-Q
    Roy K Orbison (13), single son, in household of Lesley D Bishop (26) in Winkler, Texas, United States.

    Name Sex Race Age Status Relation Occupation Birth Place
    Orlie L Orbison M 37 Married Head Driller Oklahoma
    Nadine V Orbison F 35 Married Wife Civil Service Texas
    Grady L Orbison M 16 Never married Son Texas
    Roy K OrbisonM13Never marriedSonTexas
    Sam K Orbison M 3 Never married Son Texas
  • ↑1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
    National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Winkler, Texas; Roll: 2958; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 248-8
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #189458816 (accessed 2 June 2024)
    Roy K Orbison (13), single son, in household of Orlie L Orbison (37) in Winkler, Texas, USA.

    Born in Texas. Were there any he emulated?
    BO: I don’t think he emulated any singers. He wrote the same songs; he had the same arrangements, the same drum beats, the same violin arrangements, because it was Roy. I think Roy just needed someone else in the room. As a young man, he heard western swing and big band, but Roy knew he didn’t want to sing that music long before he went to Sun.

    Here’s young Roy at Sun.

    He’s the lowest on the totem pole, and he doesn’t want to do the music that Sam Phillips wants him to do.

    roy kelton orbison jr images family photos

    You could see that the writing relationships were the same.

    “It’s Over” [written with Dees] is very much like “Only The Lonely.” It’s always the same core energy.

  • ↑1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
    citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 7; Digital film/folder number: 005458079; Image number: 15; Sheet number: 5; Sheet letter: A
    FamilySearch Record: K4QN-F2R (accessed 2 June 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89MY-69M5
    Roy K Orbison (3), single son, in household of Aubie L Orbison (27) in Justice Precinct 1, Wilbarger, Texas, United States.

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Barbara Orbison

 

Barbara Orbison (10 January 1950 – 6 December 2011) was a German-born United States-based entrepreneur, music producer/publisher, and the second wife of American musician Roy Orbison.

Barbara Anne Marie Wellhöner Jakobs was born in Bielefeld, Germany on January 10, 1950.Aged 18 years old, Barbara met the 32-year-old Orbison when he asked friends to introduce him to her at a nightclub in Leeds, England, during Orbison’s tour of Great Britain.

She was 61.

As administrator of her late husband’s estate, Barbara Orbison managed his legacy. Born in Texas. She worked with friend and fellow artist Jeff Lynne to put together the posthumous release of the King of Hearts album in 1992 (an album which was re-issued in 2007 by Sony BMG after they took charge of Virgin’s catalog in 2005) as well as other record projects.

Professional life

Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. But he needed that to really find out who he was. She assembled the four-CD “Authorized Bootleg Collection” (Orbison Records, 1999) from heretofore unissued 1969-80 concert tapes.