The Official Roy Orbison Site

" I waited, and I'm sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a Fats Domino record to see what was going on. I used to say to some of the guys that Ricky Nelson learned to sing on million selling records. " - Roy Orbison

(On Ricky Nelson's first album in 1958, he did Roy Orbison's 1956 Sun Records hit "GO!GO!GO! (DOWN THE LINE)"! He and Roy remained lifelong friends and they spent time together in 1985 only days before Nelson's plane crash. Roy broke down and cried when he got the news.)

Ricky Nelson covering Roy Orbison's "GO! GO! GO! (DOWN THE LINE)"