Sold Date: January 10, 2023
Start Date: February 10, 2022
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ORIGINAL US SUN CLASSIC 

ROCK-A-BILLY 78 FROM ROY ORBISON IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

ROCKHOUSE

b/w     YOU'RE MY BABY

TWO FANTASTIC ROCK-A-BILLY SIDES ON THIS ORIGINAL SUN 78!

Orbison was born in Vernon, the seat of Wilbarger County in north Texas. He was the second son of Nadine Shults and Orbie Lee Orbison. His family moved to Fort Worth about 1943 to find work in the munitions and aircraft factories which had expanded during the Second World War. They relocated to the West Texas oil town of Wink in Winkler County near the border of New Mexico, in late 1946.

Music became an important part of Orbison's family life. In 1949, at the age of 13, Orbison organized his first band "The Wink Westerners". When not singing with the band, he played guitar and wrote songs. The band appeared weekly on KERB radio in Kermit, Texas. Orbison graduated from Wink High School in 1954. He attended North Texas State College in Denton, Texas for a year, then enrolled at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, the following year to study history and English. The Wink Westerners had some success on local television, and were given 30 minute weekly shows on KMID and KOSA. One guest on their show was Johnny Cash, who advised them to seek a contract with his record producer Sam Phillips of Sun Records. At first, Phillips turned them down, but he eventually agreed to add the band to Sun Records' roster after hearing a recording made at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. The Wink Westerners were renamed "The Teen Kings", and Orbison left college in March, 1956 determined to have a career in music. He ultimately headed for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

DISC DETAILS: 

US  SUN 251  10" 78rpm   SHELLAC

SIDE 1:-  ROCKHOUSE

SIDE 2:-  YOU'RE MY BABY

CONDITION - EXCELLENT  E-

TWO SUPERB ROCK-A-BILLY SIDES 

on an original US SUN 78!

10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND WE CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!

THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A CORRUGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,

WE SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK.