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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]
Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1990 film Pretty Woman, released on March 13, 1990, by EMI. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The album features the song " Oh, Pretty Woman " by Roy Orbison , which inspired its title.
Dees eventually made his way to Nashville, Tennessee, where his meeting with Roy Orbison led to a collaboration that produced a string of successful songs for Monument Records, including the hits "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "It's Over". [2] In 1967, Dees co-wrote all the songs for the Orbison album and MGM motion picture The Fastest Guitar Alive. [3]
Compilations of chart placings, such as those by Joel Whitburn, give it the title "Oh, Pretty Woman". [5] Roy Orbison's official website gives it the title "Oh, Pretty Woman". [6] BMI says "Oh Pretty Woman (Legal Title)". [7] - BMI Work #1103512. Secondary sources like this article - [8] - give it the title "Oh Pretty Woman". So, I hope the IP ...
Orbison's success was greater in Britain; as Billboard magazine noted, "In a 68-week period that began on August 8, 1963, Roy Orbison was the only American artist to have a number-one single in Britain. He did it twice, with 'It's Over' on June 25, 1964, and 'Oh, Pretty Woman' on October 8, 1964.
Pretty Women, a song in the 1979 musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "Oh, Pretty Woman", a song by A. C. Williams recorded on Albert King's 1967 album Born Under a Bad Sign, later recorded by several others including Gary Moore; Pretty Girl (disambiguation) Pretty Lady (disambiguation)
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]
Leah (Roy Orbison song) Like a Ship; A Love So Beautiful (song) ... Oh, Pretty Woman; Only the Lonely; R. Rattled; Ride Away; Running Scared (Roy Orbison song) S (Say ...