Most people remember buying 45s vinyl just to hear the big hit on its A side. The B side was usually just a filler song that nobody expected to hear on the radio. Roy Orbison put a song called Candy Man on the back of his famous hit Crying. While Crying was the song everyone bought the record for. This bluesy track on the other side was far too good to be ignored.
Roy stands there like a rock with those famous dark shades and a calm that most singers today just do not have. This is the Roy Orbison we all remember from those late night TV specials that stayed with us long after the screen went dark.
Watch the full video below to see how a simple B-side could still own the entire stage:
Roy Orbison – Candy Man [Americana] 4k 1
The folks who watched him back then still feel the same magic when they see this today. One viewer recently said that Roy was a genius who was simply one of a kind and could never be replaced. Another fan pointed out that even Elvis Presley told people Roy was the greatest singer and guitar player of that whole era.
While he looked like a mystery on stage, the man behind the music was actually full of humble kindness. He did not let his fame or his hits change the gentle way he spoke or the way he cared about his craft. That soft spirit is exactly what made his music feel so personal to every person sitting in their living room.
Roy Orbison Interview & Legacy
In his private moments, Roy admitted that he never really cared about the rules of writing a hit song. He was a man who wrote what he felt and often left out the chorus if it did not feel right in his heart. He was truly shocked when a whole new generation started cheering for him again in the late eighties.
Roy Orbison was a true legend who could make a forgotten B-side feel like the most important song in the world. He proved that you do not have to be loud to be remembered forever. Follow Roy Orbison on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to keep the memory of the Big O going strong.