Roy Orbison Wore those Shades for a Reason -- He was Blind. But it didn't
stop him from achieving in life. I remember when I was a little kid, of course, I had a hand-me-down transistor radio. I would listen to it all the time. It was during the year of "Big Bad John" by Jimmie Dean, "'Hat's off To Larry", "Pallisades Park", "Runnin' Scared" by Roy Orbison. And somewhere... Sign in to see full entry.