I always carried that song with the utmost respect because it was given to me by him personally-literally handed to me on a silver platter by Roy Orbison… I will always be deeply, deeply humbled, and honored that I was given that song.” “That was an epic moment in my musical career, in my life, I mean, in my being.
I think as a singer it literally shifted me somehow,” said lang on her collaboration with Orbison. Available on CD, digitally and as a limited-edition LP pressed on red vinyl, the new edition of King of Hearts has been completely remastered and is offered by Roy’s Boys LLC, the Nashville-based company founded by the late icon’s sons to administer their father’s catalog and safeguard his legacy, in partnership with Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings.”
According to a press statement, “In celebration of the 30th anniversary of its initial release, King of Hearts-the posthumous Roy Orbison album lovingly assembled by his friends and family after his untimely death-will be reissued this October 14.