Editing Roy Orbison (section)

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Soon after recording an early version of his next hit "[[Blue Angel (song)|Blue Angel]]", Orbison and his wife and son (Roy DeWayne, born in 1958) moved from Wink to the suburb of Hendersonville near [[Nashville]].<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p94}} Orbison's second son, Anthony King, would follow in 1962.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Orbison|first1=Roy Jr.|title=The Authorized Roy Orbison|last2=Orbison Alex|last3=Orbison|first3=Wesley|last4=Slate|first4=Jeff|publisher=Center Street|date=2017|isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7|location=New York|page=92|oclc=1017566749}}</ref> Melson also moved to Hendersonville soon after, and began working on "Blue Angel" together, which was recorded in August 1960.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p102}} This hit was a more complex song, yet it still peaked at number nine in the USA.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p102}} The follow-up single, "I'm Hurtin'" (with "[[I Can't Stop Loving You]]" as the B-side) rose to number 27 in the US, but failed to chart in the UK.{{sfnp|Whitburn|2004|p=470}} After the success of "Blue Angel", Orbison undertook a hectic touring schedule, often performing with his neighbor [[Patsy Cline]].<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p103}} During this time, Claudette was lonely and unhappy, and some people said that Orbison was unfaithful to her while he was on tour.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p104}}

Back in the studio, seeking a change from the pop sound of "Only the Lonely", "Blue Angel", and "I'm Hurtin'",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orbison |first1=Roy |last2=Orbison |first2=Alex |last3=Orbison |first3=Wesley |last4=Slate |first4=Jeff |title=The Authorized Roy Orbison |publisher=Center Street |location=New York |date=2017 |page=245 |oclc=1017566749 |isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7}}</ref> Orbison worked on a new song, "[[Running Scared (Roy Orbison song)|Running Scared]]", about a man worried that his girlfriend is about to leave him for another man.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p106}} Orbison encountered difficulty when he found himself unable to hit the song's highest note without his voice breaking. He was backed by an orchestra in the studio, and Porter told him he would have to sing louder than his accompaniment because the orchestra was unable to be softer than his voice.<ref>Clayson, Alan, pp. 81–82.</ref> Fred Foster then put Orbison in the corner of the studio and surrounded him with coat racks, forming an improvised isolation booth to emphasize his voice. Orbison was unhappy with the first two takes. In the third, however, he abandoned the idea of using falsetto and sang the final high 'A' naturally, so astonishing everyone present that the accompanying musicians stopped playing.<ref name=decurtis155/> On that third take, "Running Scared" was completed. Fred Foster later recalled, "He did it, and everybody looked around in amazement. Nobody had heard anything like it before."<ref name="escott"/> Just weeks later, "Running Scared" became Orbison's first number-one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart<ref name="offbio" /> and it reached number 9 in the UK. The composition of Orbison's following hits reflected "Running Scared", a story about an emotionally vulnerable man facing loss or grief, with a crescendo culminating in a surprise climax that employed Orbison's dynamic voice.{{sfnp|Whitburn|2004|p=470}}

The B-side "[[Crying (Roy Orbison song)|Crying]]" followed soon after, and reached the top-five singles in August 1961.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p107}} "Crying" was coupled with an up-tempo R&B song, "[[Candy Man (Roy Orbison song)|Candy Man]]", written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the ''Billboard'' Top 30, staying on the charts for two months.{{sfnp|Whitburn|2004|p=470}} By the end of 1961, Orbison had recorded six hit singles in a row over the past two years.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p107}} While Orbison was touring Australia in 1962, an Australian DJ referred to him affectionately as "The Big O"{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}, partly based on the big finishes to his dramatic ballads, and the moniker stuck with him thereafter. Orbison's second son was born the same year, and Orbison hit number four in the United States and number two in the UK with "[[Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)]]", an upbeat song by country songwriter [[Cindy Walker]]. Orbison enlisted The Webbs, from Dothan, Alabama, as his backing band. The band changed their names to the Candy Men (in reference to Roy's hit) and played with Orbison from 1962 to 1967.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orbison |first1=Roy Jr. |last2=Orbison |first2=Alex |last3=Orbison |first3=Wesley |last4=Slate |first4=Jeff |title=The Authorized Roy Orbison |publisher=Center Street |location=New York |date=2017 |page=137 |oclc=1017566749 |isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7}}</ref> They later went on to have their own career, releasing a few singles and two albums on their own. Also in 1962, he charted with "The Crowd", "Leah", and "Workin' for the Man", which he wrote about working one summer in the oil fields near Wink.{{sfnp|Whitburn|2004|p=524}}<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p32}} Orbison's relationship with Joe Melson, however, was deteriorating, over Melson's growing concerns that his own solo career would never get off the ground.<ref>Clayson, Alan, p. 91.</ref>

Orbison first met [[Bob Dylan]] at Dylan's 21st birthday party in May 1962.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p112}}

From 1959 to 1963, Orbison was the top-selling American artist and one of the world’s biggest names in music.<ref name="offbio" />