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Fact #82532

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Short story:

Roy Orbison releases a new single, Crying / Candy Man, on Monument Records in the USA. [Candy Man is written by noted Greenwich Village folkie Fred Neil and Brill Building songstress Beverley Ross].

Full article:

Billy F. Gibbons (Z.Z.Top) : One of the earliest and most specific memories of Roy Orbison's great work set the stage for slow-dancing at Junior High house parties where it found me and my sweetie hugging and listening to his big hit Crying. It was a privilege to meet him years later in his all too brief, brilliant career. He was as gracious a man as you could ever encounter and was delighted to be regaled about my earlier exploits set to his awe-inspiring sounds. A great artist.
(Source : sleeve notes to the boxed set, Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll, 2008)