{"id":1387,"date":"2012-02-10T00:10:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T00:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/02\/10\/roy-orbison-jr-and-alex-orbison-take-the-helm-of-orbison-enterprises\/"},"modified":"2012-02-10T00:10:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T00:10:52","slug":"roy-orbison-jr-and-alex-orbison-take-the-helm-of-orbison-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/02\/10\/roy-orbison-jr-and-alex-orbison-take-the-helm-of-orbison-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Orbison Jr. And Alex Orbison Take The Helm Of Orbison Enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image.lyricspond.com\/image\/r\/artist-roy-orbison\/album-roy-orbison-50-all-time-greatest-hits\/cd-cover.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" \/><br \/>Following the recent death of Barbara Orbison, her sons with the late rock  legend Roy Orbison have taken over the management and supervision of Orbison  Enterprises, which includes the Roy Orbison estate and catalog and Still  Working\/Orbison Music publishing company. Roy Orbison, Jr. will oversee the Roy  Orbison estate and catalog. He most recently co-produced, with Barbara, the  acclaimed box set, \u201cRoy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll.\u201d  <!--more-->  <br \/>Alex Orbison  will oversee the operation of the successful Still Working\/Orbison Music  publishing company which includes such songwriters as Tommy Lee James, Terry  McBride, Annie-Rose and new addition, Chase Yaklin. \u201cOrbison Music is stronger  than ever,\u201d said Alex Orbison. \u201cWe have represented an impressive team of  songwriters and we\u2019ll continue to expand our roster. I\u2019m looking forward to  announcing more new signings in the near future.\u201d <br \/>Wesley Orbison, Roy\u2019s son  from his first marriage, is focusing on the upcoming release of his debut album,  \u201cSpread Your Wings.\u201d Therefore, plans for his involvement in Orbison Enterprises  will be announced at a later date. <br \/>Barbara Orbison founded Orbison  Enterprises in Nashville 20 years ago. Throughout this time period she continued  to diversify the company. Her support of songwriters became the benchmark for  Still Working\/Orbison Music. To date, the company has represented some of the  industry\u2019s most successful songwriters, with recognition including BMI\u2019s 2010  award for Song of the Year for Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cYou Belong to Me.\u201d <br \/>In a joint  statement, Roy Orbison Jr. and Alex Orbison said, \u201cOur mother was a respected  member of the international music business community. She was passionate about  keeping our father\u2019s legacy alive and she was passionate about her \u201cfamily\u201d of  songwriters. We look forward to continuing and further developing her vision in  the years ahead.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royorbison.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.royorbison.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the recent death of Barbara Orbison, her sons with the late rock legend Roy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}