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"Oh, Pretty Woman", or simply "Pretty Woman", is a song recorded by Roy Orbison and written by Orbison and Bill Dees. [3] It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 26, 1964, making it the second and final single by Orbison (after "Running Scared") to reach number one in the United States. [4]
It was Orbison's first Grammy, and he felt hopeful of making a full return to popular music, [66] In the meantime, Van Halen released a hard-rock cover of "Oh, Pretty Woman" on their 1982 album Diver Down, further exposing a younger generation to Orbison's music. [65]
The recorded "Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions," written and produced by Rose Clayton, earned the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for the four performers, plus for producer Chips Moman, Sam Phillips and Ricky Nelson. For Nelson, it was his last recording session and only Grammy Award of his career.
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Mystery Girl is the twenty-second album by American singer Roy Orbison.It was his last album to be recorded during his lifetime, as he completed the album in November 1988, a month before his death at the age of 52, and it was released posthumously by Virgin Records on January 31, 1989. [2]
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In Canada, "You Got It" reached number 11 and was the 62nd-biggest hit of 1995, while in Iceland, it peaked at number 10. "You Got It" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, becoming Raitt's fifth nomination in the category.