answers: Running Scared
context: to overwinter in Hawaii. While there, he checked into a hospital where testing discovered that he had severely obstructed coronary arteries. On January 18, 1978, Orbison underwent a triple coronary bypass. He had suffered from duodenal ulcers since as early as 1960 and had been a heavy smoker since adolescence. He felt revitalized following the triple bypass, but he continued to smoke, and his weight fluctuated for the remainder of his life. In 1980, Don McLean charted with "Crying" and his version unexpectedly went to the top of the charts at first in the Netherlands, afterward hitting No. 5 in </s> and deliver, a cache of gold to the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and was outfitted with a guitar that turned into a rifle. The prop allowed him to deliver the line, "I could kill you with this and play your funeral march at the same time", with—according to biographer Colin Escott—"zero conviction". Orbison was pleased with the film, although it proved to be a critical and box office flop. While MGM had included five films in his contract, no more were made. He recorded an album dedicated to the songs of Don Gibson and another of Hank </s> the United States and to #1 in the UK Singles Chart, which launched Orbison to international musical stardom. Not only did that song influence Orbison to write such operatic ballads as "In Dreams," but a few months later it also induced Orbison's friend Elvis Presley to record "It's Now or Never," based on the Neapolitan art song "'O Sole Mio." Joe Melson and Orbison followed up with similar sounds such as the dramatic "Running Scared" that went to #1 in the US. The result of their collaborative efforts produced such songs as: "Lana" was also recorded by Virgil Johnson's the
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