Fun Music Information -> Roy Orbison
This is the most recent information about Roy Orbison that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Roy Orbison, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Roy Orbison & Nazereth, Roy Orbison Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne & Elvis Costello, Roy OrbinsonMusic Quotes:
I may be a living legend but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tyre. - Roy Orbison Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Performer Nick Names:
Known informally as: Roy O. Submitted by: Wilbury 1988
Known informally as: The Big 'O'. Submitted by: RogerL
Singers Who Act:
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)" | How about a quick draw, repeating guitar. - Foster J. |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Pregnant Woman" | "Pretty Woman" | Natasha Kershaw |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Good Lovin'" | "You Got It," Roy Orbison | Kathy |
| "Boo Hoo" | "Crying," Roy Orbison | Kathy |
| "You Give Me Fever" | "You Got It," Roy Orbison | Kathy |
| "Big Man" | "Crying," Roy Orbison | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Dream Bay" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf
"Ream Baby" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf
"Petty Paper" originally "Pretty Paper"
Renee Keener
"Oh, Pretty Oman" originally "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Never been there, but maybe it's a pretty country.
Rhoda Dohr
"Oh, Petty Woman" originally "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Wendy Torrance
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Cast Iron Farm" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Anne
"Cast Iron Harm" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Anne
"Cast Iron Army" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Mercedes Morgan
"You Got Bit" originally "You Got It"
Ava Murphy
"You Got Wit" originally "You Got It"
Ava Murphy
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Prying" originally "Crying"
Jessica Junderworth
"Trying" originally "Crying"
Jessica Junderworth
"Drying" originally "Crying"
Jessica Junderworth
"Frying" originally "Crying"
Jessica Junderworth
"Dread Baby" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Recordings:
A song inspired by the credo of the TV show House: "Everyone lies."
Soundclick.com: (Mp3)
(Comments)
Maybe we could bring in a gold-plated toilet to make Saddam feel more at home.... - Robert Lund
Spaff.com: (MP3)
(Comments)
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Pity Woman" | Airfarcewon |
| "You Got It" | "Erotic (the Killed Bill Song)" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Crying" | "Buying" | Timmy1000 |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Pretty Yeoman" | Timmy1000 |
| "It's Over" | "Sic, Rover!" | John A. Barry |
| "It's Over" | "It's Over" | Leo Keough |
| "Dream Baby" | "Stream's Lazy" | John A. Barry |
| "Claudette" | "Not Yet" | Stan Hall |
| "Only The Lonely" | "Only The Roanly" | Stan Hall |
| "Only the Lonely" | "Abstinence-Only" | John A. Barry |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Pretty Woman | Beauty products | Natasha Kershaw |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Only The Lonely | Singles Hotline | Beichan |
| Pretty Woman | Richard Gere's Answering Machine | Richard Davies |
| Running Scared | Witness Protection Agency | Gretchen Seitz |
| You Got It | Disease Diagnosis Lab | Alison Runyon |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Angelina Harry Belafonte | Jolie Roy Orbison | Angelina Jolie | Hannah Bullecter |
| Aliens Exist Blink 182 | In Dreams Roy Orbison | Alens Exist In Dreams | hybrid |
| Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison | Pretty Paper Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Paper Woman Another "non-duet duet" | Renee Keener |
| I'll Be Seeing You Billie Holiday | In Dreams Roy Orbison | I'll Be Seeing You In Dreams | oldtimer |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"Borne On The Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Borne on the whim.
Original Lyrics: Born on the wind.
| "She's A Mystery Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Darkness falls and sh**
Will take me by the hand. Original Lyrics: Darkness falls and she
Will take me by the hand. |
"(Say) You're My Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: With your big eyes, full lips,
Magic bones, And ev'rything about you, girl. Original Lyrics: With your big eyes, full lips,
High cheek bones, And ev'rything about you, girl. | "It's Over"
Misheard Lyrics: Setting suns before they fall
Hiccup to you that's all, that's all. Original Lyrics: Setting suns before they fall
Echo to you that's all, that's all. |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Only the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Odie Cologne
Original Lyrics: Only the lonely
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mark Speck I first got a copy of this classic record when my cousin gave me her old 45s--I was about three years old then. I used to play it on my Close-n-Play phonograph--remember those?--and I'd walk around singing 'Odie Cologne' to that, despite the fact that the label clearly said "Only the Lonely"! Odie Cologne was the skunk character in the King Leonardo cartoon, which shows you where my head was at back then...I was REALLY warped by bad TV cartoons...LOL! |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Dream Baby"
Opening Lines: Sweet dream baby, Sweet dream baby, Sweet dream baby, How long must I dream.
Comments: "Dream Baby" was one of the very early (1958) top five hits for Roy Orbison (born Roy Kelton Orbison on April 23, 1936 -- died: December 6, 1988).
Submitted by: Peter
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Made Up Words in Songs:
"Ooby Dooby"
The Made Up Words: Ooby dooby
Comments: "When you do the ooby dooby, I just gotta be near." A single from early in Orbison's career, it apparently is the name of a dance.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Song Title Space Change:
"Running Scar Ed" originally "Running Scared"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"Born Eon The Wind" originally "Borne On The Wind"
Submitted by: Bruce Curb
"On Lythe Lonely" originally "Only The Lonely"
Lythe is a village in Yorkshire, England.
Submitted by: U. Carrie Oats
"You Go, Tit" originally "You Got It"
Submitted by: Andy Gibb's Free Energy
Band Name Anagrams:
Or Roy Bison Submitted by: George Straitjacket
From when Orbison used to roam the plains?
So Irony, Bro Submitted by: Josh
Song Title Anagrams:
"Shovel Rut" originally "Love Hurts"
Submitted by: Alison Runyon
"Mad Siren" originally "In Dreams"
Submitted by: Carmen Nunki
"Hurl Stove" originally "Love Hurts"
Submitted by: St. Peter Tork Soap Dispenser
"Barbed Yam" originally "Dream Baby"
Submitted by: St. Peter Tork Soap Dispenser
"Hometown Party" originally "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Submitted by: Flo Wolf
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Song Title Acrostics:
ID: "In Dreams"
Submitted by: oldrock
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Your Guy Merle" originally "You're My Girl"
Submitted by: Karen Smith
"Thorn Won Bee End" originally "Borne On The Wind"
Submitted by: Bruce Curb
"Worn On The Bend" originally "Borne On The Wind"
Submitted by: Bruce Curb
"Barbed Yam" originally "Dream Baby"
Submitted by: St. Peter Tork Soap Dispenser
"Hurl Stove" originally "Love Hurts"
Submitted by: St. Peter Tork Soap Dispenser
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"In Dreams"
1999 film starring Annette Bening
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
"Pretty Woman"
1990 movie starring Julia Roberts.
Submitted by: Dylan Baranski
"Running Scared"
Two movies with that title, in 1986 and 2006.
Submitted by: crazydon
"Only The Lonely"
Sappy '80s movie with John Candy
Submitted by: Agrimorfee
