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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]
Elvis Aaron Presley [a] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the " King of Rock and Roll ", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century .
[110] Elvis Presley stated Orbison's voice was the greatest and most distinctive he had ever heard. [3]: p175, 193 Orbison's music and voice have been compared to opera by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and songwriter Will Jennings, among others. [115]
"Hard Headed Woman" is a rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, [1] [2] Presley's publishing company, in 1958. It is an American 12-bar blues written by African American songwriter Claude Demetrius .
Lee was the second woman ever to top the Billboard Hot 100 (after Connie Francis) when her song “I’m Sorry” reached #1 in 1960. Her U.S. success in the 1960s earned her recognition as Billboard 's Top Female Artist of the Decade and one of the four artists who charted the most singles, behind Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles.
It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Richard Gere starring opposite Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.But the actor says it took some convincing to get him to agree to appear in the beloved 1990 ...
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee: Love Letters: Edward Heyman, Victor Young: 1966: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4: The Love Machine: Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson: 1966: I Got Lucky: Love Me: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller: 1956: Elvis (1956 album) Love Me Tender: Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton and Vera Matson (pseudonym ...
The more successful and well-known recording is by Elvis Presley and was released in August 1961. The relatively intense tune, featuring a Bo Diddley beat, performed well on both pop and easy listening stations, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart, based (at the time) on the Top 100. However, the ...