Well......
This was another one of those weeks where I thought I had everyone stumped.....
then everyone came out of the woodwork with the correct answer.....
Mr. Roy Orbison.
The "Mrs"......
Maribeth was the first correct answer.....with several others on her heels.
--Roy starred in one movie for MGM...."The Fastest Guitar Alive"....1967
--His wife Claudette.....(he wrote "Claudette" an early Everly Bros. hit) died in a motorcycle accident while they were both out for a ride......when she didn't come over the hill.....he went back to see that she was broadsided by a truck.
--2 out of his 3 sons were killed in house fire when he was out of town on tour.....Johnny Cash (who was his next door neighbor) ran out and tried to put out the fire with a garden hose but to no avail.....Johnny bought the land where the house stood and planted an orchard in memorial.
--He died at age 52.
--Today's his Birthday....
CHA...CHA...CHA...would have been 74 today.
--Elvis called him the greatest singer ever.....and I agree.
--He was huge overseas in England....when touring with the Beatles in the early '60's....he opened the show and the Beatles sat backstage through 14 encores waiting for their turn to go on...only to go on to chants of "We want Roy....We want Roy....."
Enjoy the tunes.....
especially #16
"A Love So Beautiful"
....a song written right before he died.
Marty
Marysville, OH
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