Roy Orbison
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	April 23, 1936 - December 6, 1988 GRAMMY AWARDS: 5 ROLLING STONE: '100 Greatest Artists of All Time': # 37 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 1987

# 59 Singles Artist of the Year

• Oribison hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Goodnight."
  Year-End Chart Position: # 209

• Oribison hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Ride Away."
  Year-End Chart Position: # 221

• Oribison hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "(Say) You're My Girl."
  Year-End Chart Position: # 314

Orbison won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again" with Emmylou Harris).

Orbison was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Orbison was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (Class Of '55 with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash).

The video for "Pretty Woman" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance Video.

Orbison hit the Top 40 with "You Got It."
Orbison won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Crying" with k.d. lang).

Orbison hit the Top 10 with "You Got It."

Orbison was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("You Got It").

Orbison won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance ("Crying").

Ranked # 49 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (and # 50 on Rock On The Net's Poll).

VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songs included "Oh, Pretty Woman" at # 29.

Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs included "Oh, Pretty Woman" at # 23.

Rolling Stone: The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Orbison at # 37.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "Crying" at # 69.

Rolling Stone: 'The Greatest Singers' includes Orbison at # 13.

Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection was released.

• November 3: A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was released.