Screenshots below are from the BBC documentary....
BBC iPlayer - Roy Orbison: In Dreams:-
https://www.bbc.co.u...bison-in-dreams
In the BBC documentary Roy Orbison and his wife Claudette are seen getting into an 'Austin Mini Cooper S' in 1963 during his UK tour with the Beatles.....however you may have noticed the Mini has a 1965 registration CBL 386C....which makes it more likely this was actually during his 1966 UK tour!
"As "In Dreams" was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing with the Beatles. When he arrived in Britain, however, he realized he was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of the Beatles, and annoyed, asked rhetorically, "What's a Beatle, anyway?" to which John Lennon replied, after tapping his shoulder, "I am". On the opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first, although he was the more established act. The Beatles stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison simply played through 14 encores. Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and Paul McCartney physically held Orbison back. Ringo Starr later said, "In Glasgow, we were all backstage listening to the tremendous applause he was getting. He was just standing there, not moving or anything." Through the tour, however, the two acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work. Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but it was George Harrison with whom he would later form a strong friendship in 1988 as part of the Traveling Wilburys."
https://en.wikipedia...veling_Wilburys
Edited by mab01uk, 05 February 2023 - 06:51 PM.
