Roy Orbison Biopic In Works; Ray Gideon & Bruce Evans To Write ScriptAnd then his life upended in the ’60s. His wife Claudette died in a motorcycle crash, and sons Roy DeWayne Orbison and ...

Orbison asked her if she needed money, and Dees joked that a pretty woman never needs money. By the time Claudette got back from the store, they had the song written. Y’all like sad stories, right?

Orbison's songwriting partner Bill Dees says the inspiration for the song came one day when they were at Orbison's house. Orbison's wife Claudette announced she was going to town to buy something.

Alex Orbison cried when he saw the image of his father performing on stage — nearly 30 years after his passing.

And the Library of Congress has added Orbison's song, "Oh, Pretty Woman" to the National Recording Registry. The song was written for Orbison's first wife, Claudette Frady.

Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, had died in a motorcycle accident in 1966, but his career by then was in full swing and he was touring throughout the world, especially in England where his ...

Barbara Orbison, who was 60, died here in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, the 23rd anniversary of the death of her husband Roy Orbison.

Two years later, Orbison was touring in England when he learned that his two eldest sons had died in a fire that also destroyed his home north of Nashville (a third son with Claudette survived).

Orbison lost his wife, Claudette, in 1966; followed by the tragic loss of his two young sons in September of 1968.

Roy Orbison The Ultimate Collection [release date: 10/28/16] 1 Oh, Pretty Woman 2 I Drove All Night 3 You Got It 4 Crying 5 Only The Lonely 6 In Dreams 7 Love Hurts 8 Claudette 9 Blue Bayou 10 ...

Barbara Orbison, the widow and manager of the legendary Roy Orbison, died Dec. 6 in Los Angeles on what was the 23rd anniversary of her husband's death. The head of Nashville-based music ...

The story goes that Orbison was sitting down with his songwriting partner Bill Dees when Claudette, Orbison’s wife, came in to tell him that she was going shopping.