The Memphis-based Sun Records inked a deal with the Teen Kings in 1956. They redid their song “Ooby Dooby” for the label, and it became a moderate hit when it peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Teen Kings continued their tour with Johnny Cash, Sonny James, Carl Perkins, Johnny Horton, and so on. After the band disbanded, Orbison started penning songs for other musicians. He briefly worked for Acuff-Rose, a songwriting company.
Roy, Anthony, and Wesley were the names of Orbison and Claudette Frady’s three kids, who were born in 1957. Frady’s affair with the builder of their new Tennessee home in the early 1960s caused the marriage to become strained.
The couple’s 1964 divorce was the result of additional infidelity. Frady was traveling with Orbison when he was murdered in a motorcycle accident two years later. Orbison had kids named Roy and Alexander with German teen Barbara Jakobs, whom he married in 1969.
Who Roy Orbison inherited money and estate?
All of Roy Kelton Orbison’s assets, including his royalties, were left in Barbara Orbison’s estate. He had been living with her for about two decades,19 years precisely.
