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Oh, Pretty Woman
"Oh, Pretty Woman" (originally issued as "Pretty Woman") is a song by Roy Orbison, written by himself and Bill Dees. It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records and spent three weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 – the second single by Orbison to top the US charts.〔Bronson, Fred (2003). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Hits'', 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 157.〕 It was also Orbison's third single to top the UK Singles Chart chart (for a total of three weeks). The record ultimately sold seven million copies and marked the high point in Orbison's career.〔Lehman, Peter. ''Roy Orbison: Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity''. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 2003, p. 2, 13〕 Within months of its release, in October 1964, the single was certified gold by the RIAA. At the year's end, ''Billboard'' ranked it the number four song of 1964.〔Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964〕
The lyrics tell the story of a man who sees a pretty woman walking by. He yearns for her and wonders if, as beautiful as she is, she might be lonely like he is. At the last minute, she turns back and joins him. The title was inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out. When Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his co-writer Bill Dees interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money."〔Amburn, Ellis. ''Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story''. New York: Carol Publishing, 1990, p. 127 〕 Orbison's recording of the song, which used four guitars, was produced by Fred Foster.〔
Orbison posthumously won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his live recording of "Pretty Woman" on his HBO television special ''Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night''. In 1999, the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked it #222 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." On May 14, 2008, The Library of Congress selected the song for preservation in the National Recording Registry and in 2012, ''Texas Music'' magazine ranked the song No. 7 on its list of "The Top 50 Classic Texas Songs".
==Recording==
There were four guitar players on the session: Roy Orbison, Billy Sanford, Jerry Kennedy, and Wayne Moss. Billy Sanford, who later played session for Elvis and Don Williams and many others, played the intro guitar. Williams introduced him as a kid who had just arrived Nashville, with a borrowed guitar, who heard Orbison was minus a guitar player, who went over and got the gig. Other musicians on the record included Floyd Cramer on piano, Bob Moore on an upright bass, Boots Randolph and Charlie McCoy on sax, and Buddy Harman and Paul Garrison on drums. Orbison played a 12 string epiphone.
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