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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]
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994), was a United States Supreme Court copyright law case that established that a commercial parody can qualify as fair use. [ 1] This case established that the fact that money is made by a work does not make it impossible for fair use to apply; it is merely one of the components of a fair use ...
Pretty Woman. (soundtrack) 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. Roxette 's "It Must Have Been Love", originally released in December 1987 ...
Pretty Paper (song) "Pretty Paper" is a song written by country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson in 1963. After being signed to Monument Records, Nelson played the song for producer Fred Foster. Foster pitched the song to Roy Orbison, who turned it into a hit. Nelson later recorded his own version of the song in November 1964.
Roy Orbison singles chronology. "Pretty Paper". (1963) " It's Over ". (1964) "Oh, Pretty Woman". (1964) " It's Over " is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison. [ 3] The single was produced by Fred Foster and engineered by Bill Porter.
C. California Blue. Careless Heart. Claudette (song) Congratulations (Traveling Wilburys song) The Crowd (song) Crying (Roy Orbison song)
Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter who found the most success in the early rock and roll era from 1956 [1] to 1964. He later enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s with chart success as a member of the Traveling Wilburys and with his Mystery Girl album, which included the posthumous hit single "You Got It". [2]
To be fair, Van Halen was a victim of their success during this period – thanks to a splendid cover of Roy Orbison’s “(Oh) Pretty Woman” that raced up the charts in early ‘82, they had ...