{"id":3124,"date":"2022-08-06T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istori.website\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2022-08-06T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:00:22","slug":"1961-release-of-crying-by-roy-orbison-hits-number-2-on-the-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istori.website\/?p=3124","title":{"rendered":"1961 release of \u2018Crying\u2019 by Roy Orbison hits number 2 on the charts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 31st, 1961, the legendary Roy Orbison released the hit song \u2018Crying.\u2019 From 1960 through 1966, Roy had twenty two singles reach the Billboard Top fourty. His hits included \u2018Only the Lonely\u2019 and \u2018In Dreams.\u2019 Do you remember Roy\u2019s amazing look?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy\u2019s band is on stage in front of a studio crowd. He sings and plays the guitar with the band wearing matching black suits. Roy\u2019s guitar strap has his name etched on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy sings the emotionally-charged lyrics, \u2018I was alright for a while, I could smile for a while. Then I saw you last night. You held my hand so tight. When you stopped to say hello. You wished me good. You couldn\u2019t tell that I\u2019d been crying over you.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-156.png 911w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-156-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-156-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-156-600x313.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy would typically perform standing motionless while wearing black clothes that matched his dyed black hair. He topped off the outfit with his signature dark sunglasses. He had to deal with stage scare his whole career, and it was believed that the glasses helped him stay calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-157.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-157.png 909w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-157-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-157-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-157-600x314.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Crying\u2019 was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Roy\u2019s third studio album of the same name. It became a number two hit in the U.S. and was covered in 1980 by Don McLean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-158.png 906w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-158-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-158-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-158-600x316.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy was known as \u2018The Caruso of Rock\u2019 and \u2018The Big O\u2019 due to his operatic singing style. He conveyed vulnerability in his lyrics with his emotional ballads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy is most associated with his signature song \u2018Oh, Pretty Woman,\u2019 which spent three weeks at number one in 1964. \u2018Crying\u2019 was ranked 69th on Rolling Stone magazine\u2019s list of \u2018The five hundred Greatest Songs of All Time.\u2019 Roy\u2019s iconic style and stage persona made him a legend in American music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"338\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLC9o_unLq4\" title=\"Roy Orbison - Crying (Monument Concert 1965)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 31st, 1961, the legendary Roy Orbison released the hit song \u2018Crying.\u2019 From 1960 through 1966, Roy had twenty two singles reach the Billboard Top fourty. His hits included&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3129,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions\/3129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}