Roy Orbison

BLACK & WHITE NIGHT

When asked who HIS favourite singer was Elvis Presley without any hesitation said "The King is Roy Orbison"

On this day in music history: September 30, 1987 - The television special “Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night” is filmed. Shot on 35mm black & white film, the concert is filmed in the Coconut Grove Nightclub of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The concert stars the rock & roll hall of famer with numerous musician friends and admirers including Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Tom Waits, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, and Jennifer Warnes. The show is put together by producer and musical director T-Bone Burnett leading a backing band that includes keyboardist Glen D. Hardin, bassist Jerry Scheff and guitarist James Burton. The special is first broadcast on Cinemax on January 3, 1988. The special is also released on home video and as an album after Orbison’s death. He also wins a Grammy Award posthumously for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the live recording of “Oh, Pretty Woman” in 1991.

thanks to the most excellent Jeff Harris' blog 'Behind The Grooves  On this day in Music History

One of my favourite concert videos of all time . . . . . . .the master go buy it NOW!