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Roy Orbison
Biographical Information
| Sex: | M |
| Age: | 52 |
| Birth Date: | April 23, 1936 |
| Astrology Sign: | Taurus |
| Chinese Sign: | Rat - Yin |
| Birth Name: | Roy Kelton Orbison |
| Birth Place: | Vernon, TX |
| Died Date: | December 6, 1988 |
| Website: | http://www.orbison.com/ |
| Occupation: | singer, songwriter, 'Pretty Woman' |
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ROY ORBISON
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| Biography: | Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 - December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll, whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, three-octave vocal range, characteristic dark sunglasses, and sometimes distinctive usage of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only The Lonely", "Oh, Pretty Woman", and "Crying". In 1989, he was inducted posthumously into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Two common misconceptions about his appearance stubbornly continue to surface about Orbison: one, that he was an albino, and two, that he wore his trademark dark glasses because he was blind or nearly so. Neither is correct, although his poor vision required him to wear thick corrective lenses (He suffered from childhood from a combination of hyperopia, severe astigmatism, presbyopia, anisometropia, and strabismus). Orbison's trademark sunglasses were a fashion statement arising from an accident early in his career. Due to go onstage in a few minutes, Orbison left his regular glasses in an airplane. Unable to see without corrective lenses, the only other pair of glasses he had available were darkly tinted prescription sunglasses. "I had to see to get onstage," so he wore the glasses throughout his tour with the Beatles, and he carried on with it for the rest of his professional career. "I'll just do this and look cool." |
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Chinese Horoscope for Roy Orbison
Includes characteristics and Vices
| Chinese Year: |
January 24, 1936 -
February 10, 1937 |
| Birthday: |
April 23, 1936 |
The Rat is a Yin,
and is the First sign of the Chinese horoscope.
Characteristics:
Appeal
Influence
Thrift
Sociability
Intellectual Skill
Charisma
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Vices:
Nervousness
Verbosity
Acquisitiveness
Thirst for Power
Guile
Meddling
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Personality and Character Cards:
Numerology is used to calculate tarot cards
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The Wheel of Fortune - Personality Card
Birthday: April 23, 1936
A new chapter is starting; problems are solved through changes in circumstances.
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The Magician - Character Card
Birthday: April 23, 1936
Creative initiative, skill and opportunities for new ventures.
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This year's Growth Tarot Card
Based on this year's birthday
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Strength
Birthday: April 23, 2024
A time for self-awareness involving courage, strength, and determination.
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