Editing Roy Orbison (section)

==Early life==
Orbison was born on April 23, 1936, in [[Vernon, Texas]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Orbison |first=Roy Jr. |title=The Authorized Roy Orbison|publisher=Center Street|others=Wesley Orbison, Alex Orbison, Jeff Slate|date=2017|isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7|edition=first|location=New York|page=27|oclc=1017566749}}</ref> He was the second of three sons born to Orbie Lee Orbison (1913–1984) and Nadine Vesta Shults (1914–1992). His father was an oil-field driller, who struggled to find work after the [[Great Depression]], and his mother enjoyed painting and writing poetry.<ref name="Amburn">Amburn, Ellis (1990). ''Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story'', Carol Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0-8184-0518-X}}</ref>{{refpage|p2}} Orbison’s direct paternal ancestry was traced to Thomas Orbison (born 1715) from [[Lurgan]], Ireland, who settled in the [[Province of Pennsylvania]] in the middle of the 18th century.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=A19fAgAAQBAJ&dq=roy+orbison+ancestry+lurgan+ireland&pg=PT10|title= Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison|first=John |last=Kruth|date=2013|publisher= Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn= 9781480354920|access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref> According to ''The Authorized Roy Orbison'', a biography written by Orbison's son Alex, the family moved to [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] in 1942 to find work in the aircraft factories.<ref name="Orbison-2017-28">{{cite book |last1=Orbison |first1=Roy Jr. |last2=Orbison |first2=Alex |last3=Orbison |first3=Wesley |last4=Slate |first4=Jeff |title=The Authorized Roy Orbison |publisher=Center Street |location=New York |edition=second |year=2017 |page=28 |oclc=1017566749 |isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7}}</ref> Due to eyesight problems, Orbison wore thick glasses from the age of four.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p3}}

Orbison's father gave him a guitar on his sixth birthday, and he was taught how to play it by his father and older brother.<ref name=offbio>{{cite web | url=https://royorbison.com/roy-orbison-official-biography/ | title=ROY ORBISON – OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY – Roy Orbison }}</ref> Orbison recalled, "I was finished, you know, for anything else" by the time he was seven, and music became the focus of his life.<ref>Clayson, Alan, p. 7.</ref> His major musical influence as a youth was country and [[western swing]] music. He was particularly moved by [[Lefty Frizzell]]'s singing, with its slurred syllables,<ref>Clayson, Alan, p. 21.</ref> leading Orbison to adopt the stage name "Lefty Wilbury" during his time with the [[Traveling Wilburys]]. He also enjoyed [[Hank Williams]], [[Bob Wills]], [[Moon Mullican]], and [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]. One of the first musicians that he heard in person was [[Ernest Tubb]], playing on the back of a truck in Fort Worth. Orbison also said that a formative experience was the regular singing sessions at Fort Worth, where he was surrounded by soldiers who were intensely emotional because they were about to be sent to the front line in World War II. In West Texas, he was exposed to [[rhythm and blues]], [[western swing]], [[Tejano music|Tex-Mex]], the orchestral arrangements of [[Mantovani]], and Cajun music. The Cajun favorite "[[Jole Blon]]" was one of the first songs that he sang in public. He began singing on a local radio show at age eight, and he became the show's host by the late 1940s.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p8-9}} At the age of nine, Orbison won a contest on radio station [[KVWC (AM)|KVWC]], which led to his own radio show, on which he sang the same songs every week.<ref name=offbio/> He attended Denver Avenue Elementary School<ref name="Orbison-2017-28" /> in Fort Worth until a polio scare in 1944 prompted his parents to send Orbison (then eight) and his brother Grady Lee to Vernon to live with their grandmother.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p8}} As World War II wound down, Roy's parents returned to Vernon.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p3}}

The Orbison family moved again in 1946, to [[Wink, Texas]], in search of employment.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orbison |first1=Roy Jr. |last2=Orbison |first2=Alex |last3=Orbison |first3=Wesley |last4=Slate |first4=Jeff |title=The Authorized Roy Orbison |publisher=Center Street |location=New York |date=2017 |page=31 |oclc=1017566749 |isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7}}</ref> Orbison described life in Wink as "football, oil fields, oil, grease, and sand"<ref name="escott">Escott, Colin (1990). Biographical insert with ''The Legendary Roy Orbison'' CD box set. Sony. ASIN: B0000027E2.</ref> and expressed relief that he was able to leave the desolate town.{{efn|Ellis Amburn argues that Orbison was bullied and ostracized in Wink and that he gave conflicting reports to Texas newspapers, claiming that it was still home to him while simultaneously maligning the town to ''Rolling Stone''.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p11-20}}}}<ref name="Pond">{{cite magazine |last=Pond |first=Steve |title=Roy Orbison's Triumphs and Tragedies |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roy-orbison-1936-1988-19890126 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 26, 1989 |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> Orbison was self-conscious about his appearance and began dyeing his nearly white hair black when he was still young.<ref>Clayson, Alan, p. 3.</ref> He was quiet, self-effacing, polite, and obliging.<ref>Clayson, Alan, pp. 3, 9.</ref> During recess at school, he played guitar by himself while the other kids were playing physical games.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p14}} As a teenager, Orbison's lack of sporting ability left him with shyness and low self-esteem.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p16}} He was always keen to sing, however, and considered his voice memorable, but not great.<ref name="escott" />