Johnny Cash toured the area in 19, appearing on the same local TV show as the Wink Westerners, and suggested that Orbison approach Sam Phillips at Sun Records, the home of rockabilly artists Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis (in late 1956), and Cash. While living in Odessa, Orbison saw a performance by Elvis Presley, who was only a year older and a rising star. The Wink Westerners kept performing on local TV, played dances on the weekends, and attended college during the day. As two members of the band quit, one to attend school elsewhere and one to join the Navy, two new members were added to the group, who won a talent contest and obtained their own television show on KMID-TV in Midland, Texas. Orbison moved to Odessa, Texas, and enrolled in Odessa Junior College. 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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