Ooby Dooby

“Ooby Dooby” – Tribute to Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison was one of the first people I met in nearby Wink, Texas, who could and did write his own style of music. While I was the lead singer of The Cavaliers in San Angelo, Roy was performing with his groups, the Wink Westerners and eventually the Teen Kings. Sure, he was influenced by Elvis, just as we all were in West Texas at that time, but Roy was Roy. His unique, individual talent–song writing, stylistic singing, and guitar artistry–broadened what had begun to be a whole new music trend. Roy recorded “Ooby Dooby” first in Dallas, Texas, then again at Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis, New Mexico, and for the third time with Sam Phillips at Sun Studio in Memphis, which is the version that charted nationally. This is classic Roy Orbison Rockabilly—a tribute to the first artist from West Texas to follow Carl Perkins and Elvis onto the national charts.