You got it (1989) (I)

Roy Orbison, nicknamed "The Big O" was an American rock and roll singer and songwriter whose career spanned 32 years.

You got it we could consider it as his last great success.

By the mid-1960s, Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads about lost loves, for his rhythmically advanced melodies, his three-octave vocal range, his characteristic dark glasses, and an occasional use of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only the Lonely," "Oh, Pretty Woman," and "Crying." In 1988 he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

As for his appearance, Orbison was neither albino nor nearly blind, although due to suffering from a combination of hyperopia, severe astigmatism, anisometropia and strabismus since childhood, he had to wear special glasses. In any case, the use of his peculiar sunglasses was the result of an accident at the beginning of his career: after forgetting his usual glasses on a plane, he was forced to use the sunglasses, which he also had prescriptions, to handle himself with ease on the stage where he was to perform. He wore those glasses during his tour with The Beatles and would later adopt them for good. In fact, he didn't even take them off to sleep and sometimes woke up with the mark of the sideburn on his face.

Roy Orbison - You got it (1989)

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