<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Running Scared" (1961) The ending of "Running Scared" features Orbison's natural voice hitting high A natural . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> Orbison was now able to move to Nashville permanently with his wife Claudette and two sons Roy DeWayne and Anthony King . Back in the studio, seeking a change from the pop sound of "Only the Lonely" and "I'm Hurtin"', Orbison worked on a new song, "Running Scared", based loosely on the rhythm of Ravel's Boléro; the song was about a man on the lookout for his girlfriend's previous boyfriend, who he feared would try to take her away . Orbison encountered difficulty when he found himself unable to hit the song's highest note without his voice breaking . He was backed by an orchestra in the studio and Porter told him he would have to sing louder than his accompaniment because the orchestra was unable to be softer than his voice . Fred Foster then put Orbison in the corner of the studio and surrounded him with coat racks forming an improvised isolation booth to emphasize his voice . Orbison was unhappy with the first two takes . In the third, however, he abandoned the idea of using falsetto and sang the final high' A' naturally, so astonishing everyone present that the accompanying musicians stopped playing . On that third take, "Running Scared" was completed . Fred Foster later recalled, "He did it, and everybody looked around in amazement . Nobody had heard anything like it before ." Just weeks later "Running Scared" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 9 in the UK . The composition of Orbison's following hits reflected "Running Scared": a story about an emotionally vulnerable man facing loss or grief, with a crescendo culminating in a surprise climax that employed Orbison's dynamic voice . </P> <P> "Crying" followed in July 1961 and reached number 2; it was coupled with an up - tempo R&B song, "Candy Man", written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months . While Orbison was touring Australia in 1962, an Australian DJ referred to him affectionately as "The Big O", partly based on the big finishes to his dramatic ballads, and the moniker stuck with him thereafter . Orbison's second son was born the same year, and Orbison hit number four in the United States and number two in the UK with "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)", an upbeat song by country songwriter Cindy Walker . (Orbison's producer would later form the Candymen quintet, which was Orbison's backing band from 1965 to 1970, while releasing a few singles and two albums of their own). Also in 1962, he charted with "The Crowd", "Leah", and "Workin' for the Man", which he wrote about working one summer in the oil fields near Wink . His relationship with Joe Melson, however, was deteriorating over Melson's growing concerns that his own solo career would never get off the ground . </P>

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