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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. (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 ...
It Must Have Been Love. " It Must Have Been Love ", originally " It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted) ", is a song written by Per Gessle and performed by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. The power ballad [ 2][ 3] became the duo's third number one hit in the United States, [ 4] and is one of their best selling releases, being ...
Lauren Wood. Lauren Wood (born Ilene Rappaport [ 1] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), also known as Chunky, is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist, and producer. Her 1981 single "Fallen" from the album Cat Trick was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman. In 1979 she recorded "Please Don't Leave", a duet with singer Michael McDonald.
Vivian is hired to be Edward's escort for several business and social functions, and their relationship develops during her week-long stay with him. The film's title Pretty Woman is based on the 1964 song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison. The original screenplay was titled “3,000,” and was written by then-struggling screenwriter J. F. Lawton.
Background. "If You Wanna Be Happy" is based on the song "Ugly Woman" by the Trinidadian calypsonian Roaring Lion (writing credited to his real name, Rafael de Leon), recorded in 1934. It hit #1 on the Hot 100 on May 18, 1963, as well as on the R&B singles chart. [ 1]
Pretty Woman is a musical with music and lyrics by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and a book by Garry Marshall and J. F. Lawton. [ 1] The musical is based on the 1990 film of the same name written by Lawton and directed by Marshall. It centers on the relationship that develops between Vivian Ward, a free spirited Hollywood prostitute, and Edward ...
Billy Preston wrote "You Are So Beautiful" with one of his regular collaborators, Bruce Fisher. [4] Preston's inspiration was his mother, who worked as a stage actress. According to his friend Sam Moore (who had assumed it was a standard love song), Preston was appalled to learn that Moore was using the song as a means to attract young women ...