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continuation of two basic trends of the 50s: rockabilly & soft rock (not as much R&B-influenced mainstream rock)
rockabilly style
like Holly, bucked the rock "image"
with the glasses
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without the glasses
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Roy Orbison with the Traveling Wilburys
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Notice Orbison's plaintive high tenor vocals
Only the Lonely
(#2 in1960)
Pretty Woman
soft rock style
high falsetto voice, backed with solid, tight vocal harmonies
Sherry
(#1 in1962)
Big Girls Don't Cry
(#1 in 1962)
(#1 in 1963)
Comedian George Carlin commented that "Frankie sings '... walk like a man, talk like a man' ... but sings it like a woman." An apt description of the singer's use of high falsetto.
more female solo singers
novelty hits continue into the 60s:
The
Lion Sleeps Tonight
(#1, 1961)
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