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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]
Orbisongs is a compilation LP released by Monument Records in 1965 after Roy Orbison had left the label and joined MGM. It features tracks such as the stereo version of "Oh, Pretty Woman", a different version of "Dance", and the unreleased "I Get So Sentimental."
Based on the 1990 film, the musical features the Roy Orbison hit “Oh, Pretty Woman,” original music and lyrics by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and a book by the movie’s director, Garry ...
[3]: p127 Just 40 minutes later, "Oh, Pretty Woman" was completed. A riff-laden masterpiece that employed a playful growl he got from a Bob Hope movie, the epithet mercy Orbison uttered when he was unable to hit a note, it rose to number one in the autumn of 1964 in the United States and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks.
In addition to Roberts sole Oscar nomination for the film, Pretty Woman opened at number one at the box office and remained in the position for four non-consecutive weeks. It has since earned over ...
Oh, Pretty Woman: The Greatest Hits (1998) 16 Biggest Hits (1999) 20 Golden Hits (2000) Professional ratings; Review scores; Source Rating; Allmusic [1]