He managed to take all the pain of his personal grief - he lost his wife in a motorcycle accident, and two sons in a house fire - and channel it into his vocals.
An amazing artist who had a bit of a tragic life, I went to to see the Big O, a theatre adaptation of his life,a guy from Canada took the lead role,he was brilliant too but only Orbison could hit that octave
When we stood by where he was buried we were told his grave is unmarked because of a dispute with his family and they just hadnt got round to marking his grave.
I saw him in concert a few times. He was a brilliant performer. What was very noticeable was he never spoke between songs. Just went straight into the next song.