Roy sang pop songs with unusual brio, boy! (7)

I believe the answer is:

orbison

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'roy sang pop songs' is the definition.
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'with unusual brio boy' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'boy' becomes 'son' (synonyms).
'brio' is an anagram of 'orbi'.
'orbi'+'son' is 'ORBISON'.

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