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Roy Orbison

Published December 2, 2008, 1:14 pm, The Tennessean

October, 1964. The Ed Sullivan Show. The stoop-shouldered host sweeps his arm in introduction for his first guest. The camera zooms in on what looks like a monochromatic statue. Barely moving, the guest picks out a snaky riff on his black Gretsch guitar. He's dressed in a black sharkskin suit, topped off with Ray-Bans and a shellacked black pompadour that makes his pale skin look positively ...

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