Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter. Nicknamed “The Big O”, his best-known songs include “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “You Got It”, “Crying” and “In Dreams”.

First rising to fame in the late 1950s, he became one of the biggest artists of the 1960s, producing 22 U.S. top 40 singles. He then went over two decades without any commercial success, before seeing a surprise career revival in the late 1980s when he was invited to be part of The Travelling Wilburys, a supergroup with Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and George Harrison.

Off the back of the Wilburys' success, Orbison recorded his comeback album, Mystery Girl, but he would unfortunately never live to see his revived popularity as he died before the album’s release.