![]() In addition to singing, he would often play in films and present his own television series, something that was unimaginable in America until then. His characteristically deep voice turned him into a superstar. He then decided to focus on ballads like “Nature Boy” and “Unforgetable” that would sell him millions of records. He would make a career as a jazz singer in The King Cole Trio. Like many black singers, Nat King Cole came from a pastor family. Orbison was praised by fellow musicians with whom he often performed together until his death in 1988. ![]() ![]() After the sixties Orbison seemed to have been forgotten, but in the eighties he made a glorious comeback, partly because his songs were used in films such as Blue Velvet and Pretty Woman. No one has such a nice gasp in their voice as Orbison on songs like “Only the Lonely”, “In Dreams” and “It’s Over”. Roy Orbison was an American country singer who created a furore from the 1950s with his specialty: the ballad. Thriller and Dangerous would make him one of the most successful singers of all time. Jackson developed enormously as a singer and, like James Brown, would use a lot of vocal tics and high notes, which often makes his lyrics unintelligible. In the seventies he would continue as a solo artist and become a world star with the disco record Off the Wall. ![]() Michael Jackson performed at an early age with his brothers who formed The Jackson 5 and scored a number of hits such as “ABC”.
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