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Roy Orbison (1936–1988)

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Trivia:

Was known to insist his backup performers give their best at every performance. Reportedly, one night while touring in Florida he dismissed his regular band (called the Candy Men, after an early hit), then invited the opening group, the Webs, to join him on tour, adopting the Candy Men name. One member of the Webs was singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro. See more trivia »

Born:

Roy Kelton Orbison
in Vernon, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 52) in Madison, Tennessee, USA
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2013 De wereld draait door (TV series)
– Episode dated 1 March 2013 (2013) (writer: "Heb ik het op film" Handle me with care - uncredited)
 
2012 The Richest Songs in the World (documentary) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" as Pretty Woman / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" as Pretty Woman)
 
2012 Tu cara me suena (TV series)
– Episode #2.10 (2012) (writer: "Pretty Woman")
 
2012 Rage (TV series)
– Lanie Lane Guest Programs Rage (2012) (performer: "You Got It", "She's a Mystery to Me")
 
2012 Die große Chance (TV series)
– Episode #2.7 (2012) (performer: "Pretty Woman")
 
2012 Madea's Witness Protection (performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2010-2012 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Movie Night (2012) (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
– Episode #11.6 (2011) (writer: "Blue Bayou" - uncredited)
– Episode #11.1 (2011) (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
– 2010 Grand Finale (2010) (writer: "Llorando" - uncredited)
 
2012 La baie d'Alger (TV movie) (writer: "Go, go, go" / performer: "Go, go, go")
 
2011 50/50 (writer: "Crying" / performer: "Crying")
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #18.172 (2011) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.427 (2011) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
2011 Gent de paraula (TV series)
– Episode #1.24 (2011) (writer: "Crying" / performer: "Crying")
 
2011 Leah (short) (music: "Leah" / lyrics: "Leah" / performer: "Leah")
 
2010 Rock & Chips (TV series)
– Five Gold Rings (2010) (writer: "Only the Lonely" / performer: "Only the Lonely")
 
2010 Alan Wake (Video Game) (writer: "In Dreams" / performer: "In Dreams")
 
2010 EastEnders (TV series)
– Episode dated 20 April 2010 (2010) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
2010 50 años de (TV series)
– Moda (2010) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2009 House of Boys (music: "Only the Lonely Know the Way I Feel", "In Dreams", "Crying" / lyrics: "Only the Lonely Know the Way I Feel", "In Dreams", "Crying" / performer: "Only the Lonely Know the Way I Feel", "In Dreams", "Crying")
 
2009 Fringe (TV series)
– Fracture (2009) (writer: "Blue Bayou" - uncredited / performer: "Blue Bayou" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (2009) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Scene-Stealing Songs (2009) (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
2009 Heroes (TV series)
– Chapter Ten '1961' (2009) (writer: "Crying" - uncredited / performer: "Crying" - uncredited)
 
2009 Miss Austria 2009 (TV series documentary)
– Episode #1.2 (2009) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2008 Solo quiero caminar (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
2008 The Other End of the Line (writer: "OH PRETTY WOMAN")
 
2008/I W. (writer: "Claudette" / performer: "Claudette")
 
2008 Billy: The Early Years (writer: "In Dreams" / performer: "In Dreams")
 
2008 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
– Monkeys Take a Bath (2008) (writer: "Crying" - uncredited / performer: "Crying" - uncredited)
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
– La taquigrafia i la Viagra (2008) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #3.4 (2008) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2008 Willkommen Österreich (TV series)
– Episode #1.35 (2008) (music: "Schönes Madl" - uncredited)
 
2008/II Crazy (performer: "Dream Baby How Long Must I Dream")
 
2008 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
– Episode #2.22 (2008) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2008 It Takes Two (TV series)
– Episode #3.3 (2008) (writer: "Blue Bayou", "Crying")
 
2008 Prison Break (TV series)
– The Art of the Deal (2008) (writer: "Llorando")
 
2007 The Singing Bee (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (2007) (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
2007 American Gangster (writer: "Only The Lonely Know the Way I Feel" 1960)
 
2007 Repressions (short) (writer: "Crying")
 
2007 Danny - Tähti ja tähtien tekijä (video documentary) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2007 Mania (TV series)
– Cine Mania (2007) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (TV mini-series)
– You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (2006) (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
1996-2006 7th Heaven (TV series)
– And Thank You: Part 2 (2006) (writer: "You Got It" / performer: "Anything You Want", "You Got It")
– Anything You Want (1996) (writer: "Anything You Want" / performer: "Anything You Want")
 
2006 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
– VaYechi (2006) (writer: "Llorando")
 
2006 Comrade Pedersen (writer: "Oh! Pretty Woman")
 
2006 Date Movie (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
2006/I Sleeping Dogs Lie (writer: "You Got It" / performer: "You Got It")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (TV documentary) (writer: "Crying" / performer: "Crying")
 
2005 William Eggleston in the Real World (documentary) (performer: "In the Real World")
 
2005 Miss Montigny (writer: "Oh ! Pretty Woman")
 
2005 Iznogoud (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / as Orbison)
 
2004 Man on Fire (writer: "Blue Bayou")
 
2004 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Rat Pack (2004) ("CRYING")
 
2004 Shabatot VeHagim (TV series)
– Gesher Tzar (2004) (writer: "BeEmet Mazal Tov Congratulations")
 
2003 Operación triunfo (TV series)
– Episode #3.13 (2003) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
– Episode #3.5 (2003) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho (writer: "Pretty Woman")
 
2003 Dreamcatcher (writer: "Blue Bayou" / performer: "Blue Bayou")
 
2002 The Dog Trick (performer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
2002 Bad Company (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2001 Last Orders (writer: "Blue Bayou" 1961 / as Roy K. Orbison / performer: "Blue Bayou" 1961)
 
2001 Mulholland Dr. (writer: "Crying" Llorando)
 
2001 Futurama (TV series)
– The Cyber House Rules (2001) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
2001 Girls on Top ("You Got It")
 
2001 100 Greatest Number One Singles (TV special documentary) (performer: "Pretty Woman")
 
2000 The Guilty (writer: "Crying")
 
1999 K-911 (video) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1999 Roy Orbison: The Anthology (video documentary) (performer: "Only the Lonely", "Crying", "Pretty Woman", "Blue Bayou", "In Dreams")
 
1999 The Love Letter (writer: "Only The Lonely" / performer: "Only The Lonely")
 
1999 Paperback Hero (writer: "Cryin'", "Oh Pretty Woman", "Only the lonely" / performer: "Cryin'", "I Drove All Night", "Only the lonely")
 
1999 Kill the Man (writer: "Workin' For The Man" / performer: "Workin' For The Man")
 
1999 In Dreams (writer: "IN DREAMS" / performer: "IN DREAMS")
 
1999 Our Friend, Martin (video) (writer: "As Long As I Can Dream")
 
1999 Ramat Aviv Gimmel (TV series)
– Episode #5.2 (1999) (performer: "Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
1998 You've Got Mail (performer: "Dream")
 
1998 Little Voice (writer: "It's Over" 1964)
 
1998 Dance with Me (performer: "Dream Baby")
 
1998 A Cool, Dry Place (writer: "Claudette")
 
1998 Girls' Night (performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Mean Woman Blues" / "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1997 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Invasion of the Neptune Men (1997) (writer: "Crying" - uncredited)
 
1997 Gravesend (writer: "Crying" / performer: "Crying")
 
1997 Gummo (writer: "Crying" / performer: "Crying")
 
1997 The End of Violence (performer: "You May Feel Me Crying")
 
1997 Gypsy Magic (writer: "California Blue" / performer: "California Blue")
 
1994-1997 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
– Tohu-Nacht Revue 1990-1997 (1997) (performer: "California Blue" - uncredited)
– 20: Ende (1994) (performer: "California Blue" - uncredited)
 
1996 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
– Show #190 (1996) (writer: "Blue Bayou")
 
1996 Star Trek: First Contact (performer: "Ooby Dooby")
 
1996 Du bist nicht allein - Die Roy Black Story (TV movie) (writer: "In Dreams" - uncredited, "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited / performer: "In Dreams" - uncredited, "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited, "Candy Man" - uncredited)
 
1996 The Sunchaser (writer: "So Young", "Blue Bayou", "Blue Rain" / performer: "So Young", "Blue Bayou", "Blue Rain")
 
1996 Syrjähyppyjä (TV movie) (performer: "Blue Angel")
 
1996 Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating (video documentary) (writer: "Pretty Woman")
 
1996 Moonshine Highway (TV movie) (performer: "Go, Go, Go")
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Bittersweet (writer: "Kaunis nainen Pretty woman")
 
1995 Boys on the Side (writer: "You Got It")
 
1994 Dumb & Dumber (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
1993 Comic Timing (TV series)
– That Nice Mrs. Merton (1993) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
1993 The Thing Called Love (writer: "WHAT KIND OF LOVE")
 
1993 Indecent Proposal (performer: "A Love So Beautiful" / "A Love So Beautiful")
 
1993 Lo Kolel Sherut (TV series)
– Episode #3.8 (1993) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1992 That Night (performer: "DREAM BABY")
 
1977-1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
– Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) (writer: "Crying" 1961 - uncredited / performer: "Crying" 1961 - uncredited)
– Episode dated 28 December 1977 (1977) (writer: "Blue Bayou")
 
1991 Only the Lonely (writer: "ONLY THE LONELY" / performer: "ONLY THE LONELY")
 
1991 Only Fools and Horses.... (TV series)
– Stage Fright (1991) (writer: "Crying")
 
1990 Get a Life (TV series)
– The Prettiest Week of My Life (1990) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1990 Pretty Woman (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1990 Tulilinja (TV series)
– Episode dated 31 January 1990 (1990) (writer: "Kaunis nainen Oh Pretty Woman")
 
1989 Mystery Train (performer: "Domino")
 
1989 Dream Baby (TV movie) (writer: "Blue Angel" - uncredited, "Only the Lonely" - uncredited)
 
1989 Checking Out (writer: "ONLY THE LONELY" / performer: "ONLY THE LONELY")
 
1988 Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (TV documentary) (writer: "Only The Lonely", "Blue Bayou", "Leah", "Running Scared", "Uptown", "In Dreams", "Crying", "Go, Go, Go Down The Line", "Claudette", "It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1988 Running on Empty (writer: "Oh Pretty Woman")
 
1988 Moonlighting (TV series)
– Maddie Hayes Got Married (1988) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1988 Satisfaction ("Talk to Me")
 
1987 Less Than Zero (writer: "Life Fades Away" / performer: "Life Fades Away")
 
1987 Hiding Out (writer: "Crying" / performer: "Crying")
 
1987 Rags to Riches (TV series)
– Pilot (1987) (performer: "Pretty Woman")
 
1987 The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars (video short) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1986 Blue Velvet (writer: "In Dreams" / performer: "In Dreams")
 
1986 Down by Law (writer: "Crying")
 
1985 Weird Science (writer: "OH, PRETTY WOMAN")
 
1985 Insignificance (music: "Wild Hearts" / lyrics: "Wild Hearts" / performer: "Wild Hearts" / producer: "Wild Hearts")
 
1983 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
– Roy Orbison (1983) (performer: "Only The Lonely", "Dream Baby", "In Dreams", "Mean Woman", "Blue Angel", "Lana", "Blue Bayou", "Leah", "Candy Man", "Cryin'", "Oooby Dooby", "Hound Dog", "Working for the Man", "Down The Line", "It's Over", "Pretty Woman", "Running Scared")
 
1980 Roadie (writer: "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again" / performer: "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again", "Eyes Of Texas")
 
1980 Pink Lady (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1980) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1977 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Steve Martin/Jackson Browne (1977) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth (writer: "Blue Bayou" / performer: "Blue Bayou")
 
1975 Roy Sings Orbison (TV movie) (writer: "Only the Lonely Know The Way I Feel", "Crying", "Blue Bayou", "Running Scared", "In Dreams", "It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Only the Lonely Know The Way I Feel", "Crying", "Penny Arcade", "Blue Bayou", "Running Scared", "Candy Man", "In Dreams", "Mean Woman Blues", "It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman")
 
1970 Zig Zag (performer: "Zig Zag")
 
1969-1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.26 (1970) (writer: "Cryin'", "Pretty Woman", "So Young", "Only the Lonely" / performer: "Cryin'", "Pretty Woman", "So Young", "Only the Lonely")
– Episode #1.15 (1969) (writer: "Cryin'", "Pretty Woman" / performer: "Cryin'", "Pretty Woman")
 
1969 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (TV movie) (writer: "Go, Go, Go Down The Line")
 
1967 The Fastest Guitar Alive (writer: "The Fastest Guitar Alive", "Pistolero", "Good Time Party", "River", "Whirlwind", "Medicine Man", "Rollin' On" / performer: "The Fastest Guitar Alive", "Pistolero", "Good Time Party", "River", "Whirlwind", "Medicine Man", "Rollin' On")
 
1965 Un callejón sin salida (writer: "Ay Preciosa Pretty Woman")
 
1965 Jongens, jongens, wat een meid (short) ("Pretty Woman" - uncredited)
 
1964 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1964) (writer: "Oh, Pretty Woman" / performer: "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Wha'd I Say?")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1986 Roy Orbison Live in Texas (video)
 
1972 Sez Les (TV series)
– Episode #5.4 (1972)
 
1967 The Fastest Guitar Alive
Johnny
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010/I Now Here (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
2007 The True History of the Traveling Wilburys (video documentary short)
Himself (as Lefty Wilbury)
 
2005 Roy Orbison: Live from Australia 1972 (video)
Himself
 
1988 Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 She's Having a Baby
Himself (uncredited)
 
1987 Live from Her Majesty's (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.6 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.9 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (documentary)
Himself - DVD only
 
1987 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Dennis Hopper/Roy Orbison (1987) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1985 Everyman (TV series documentary)
– John Lennon: A Journey in the Life (1985)
 
1985 Wogan (TV series)
– Episode dated 12 June 1985 (1985)
 
1985 Blue Suede Shoes (TV special)
Himself - Narrator
 
1983 Just Our Luck (TV series)
Himself
– Something Alien This Way Comes (1983) … Himself
 
1983 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Roy Orbison (1983) … Himself
 
1981 SCTV Network (TV series)
Himself
– Pledge Week (1981) … Himself
 
1981 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Himself
– The Great Hazzard Hijack (1981) … Himself
 
1981 The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 Roadie
Himself
 
1974-1980 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 16 May 1980 (1980) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 15 February 1974 (1974) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1980 Pink Lady (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1977) … Himself
 
1975 Roy Sings Orbison (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (TV series)
Himself
 
1970-1972 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.23 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #3.34 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.73 (1970) … Himself
 
1970-1971 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 February 1971 (1971) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 November 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself
– The Johnny Cash Christmas Show (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.26 (1970) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.15 (1969) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.3 (1969) … Himself - Singer
 
1970 Mike and Bernie's Scene (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1970) … Himself
 
1966-1967 The London Palladium Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 1967 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Where the Action Is (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.232 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #2.215 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #2.194 (1966) … Himself
 
1963-1966 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.39 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #6.232 (1963) … Himself
 
1963-1966 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.30 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #2.25 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #2.24 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #1.38 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1963) … Himself
 
1964-1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Audience Bow / Singer
– Episode #18.31 (1965) … Himself - Audience Bow
– Episode #18.3 (1964) … Singer
 
1965 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself - Top Of The Bill
– Episode #10.22 (1965) … Himself - Top Of The Bill
 
1963-1965 Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.22 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #5.32 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #5.4 (1963) … Himself
 
1964 Shindig! (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.5 (1964) … Himself - Singer
 
1964 The Roy Orbison Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.46 (1960) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (27 titles)
2012 Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 100 Years of the London Palladium (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Light My Fire (video)
Himself
 
2009 30 for 30 (TV series)
 
2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2008 The Big O in Britain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2007 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Duet Impossible (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2006 Jeopardy! (TV series)
 
2006 One for the Money: The Birth of Rock N' Roll (video documentary)
Himself - Singer/Songwriter
 
2005 80s (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (video)
Himself
 
2003 Lubbock Lights (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 George Harrison - Der sanfte Beatle (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Roy Orbison: The Anthology (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Life and Times of Roy Orbison (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll
 
1988 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
 
1987 The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars (video short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Was known to insist his backup performers give their best at every performance. Reportedly, one night while touring in Florida he dismissed his regular band (called the Candy Men, after an early hit), then invited the opening group, the Webs, to join him on tour, adopting the Candy Men name. One member of the Webs was singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro. See more »

Trademark:

Often wears black clothes See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Taurus