![]() While at North Texas State College, Roy heard a song called 'Ooby Dooby', composed by Dick Penner and Wade Moore in mere minutes atop a fraternity house at the college, and after his first year of college, he returned to Wink with 'Ooby Dooby' in hand and continued performing with the Wink Westerners. ![]() Orbison heard that his North Texas State schoolmate Pat Boone had signed a record deal, which further strengthened his resolve to become a professional musician. After graduating from Wink High School, he enrolled at North Texas State College in Denton, planning to study geology so that he could secure work in the oil fields if music did not pay. When they were offered $400 to play at a dance, Orbison realized that he could make a living in music. ![]() They played country standards and Glenn Miller songs at local honky-tonks and had a weekly radio show on KERB in Kermit. In high school, Orbison and some friends formed a band, the Wink Westerners.
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