“Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)” was an international hit. It topped the UK Singles Chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100. It also reached the top 10 in multiple countries around the globe.
Roy Orbison’s great voice was powered by loneliness. It projected both beauty and darkness from the soft-spoken singer. K.D. Lang once described it as a “powerful, high, flowing, liquid voice.” She ...