1964 Top Ten: Oh, Pretty Woman (#3)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (63701)
United States
June 28, 2024 10:44am CST
For many of you the look at 1964 ends today, because the top two songs are country songs. What did I know then? And, like Duke Ellington said, there’s really only two kinds of music: good and bad. This one is really good. Happy 60th birthday to this gem.
#3: Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
And yet another case of “don’t you give me that Diamond Dave version” in the top ten (the first was the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me”). Nobody has anything on Roy’s growl in this song!
Roy Orbison was a great songwriter and a better singer. He’ll show up again next month, just so you know.
Meanwhile, enjoy this timeless classic.
Oh, Pretty Woman
Written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees
Recorded by Roy Orbison
Released as a single, 1964
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@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
How about that! 
Pray you’re feeling better. 
Pray you’re feeling better. 1 person likes this
@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
@just4him — hey, you’re not as bad as Daddy Evil. He sends me to the emergency room every time he says he knows one! 
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@just4him (312618)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jun
@FourWalls My son keeps telling me I was born under a stone when it comes to music. What can I say?
Thank you.
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@LindaOHio (163261)
• United States
29 Jun
Who doesn't know this one? Have a good weekend.
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@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
Oh, I’m sure someone doesn’t. I don’t know that person, though…don’t need negativity in my life.
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@BearArtistLady (5800)
• United States
28 Jun
How about "Everybody Loves a Nut"? That's kind of the way I'm feeling today I sent an email to the supervisor of the properties and stated to her that we would lose about 3 work days next week because of the holiday...so we probably won't have the elevator working. She told me "IF I felt the need to relocate they would still move me into a motel 20 miles away from my "home". I keep getting the feeling I should just go crazy and avoid the rush
. I'm going to get a recording of that song and have it playing when they next inspect my apartment.
. I'm going to get a recording of that song and have it playing when they next inspect my apartment.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
Good album. It was nice to see “another side” of Cash after serious songs like “Remember the Alamo” and “The Ballad of Ira Hayes.”
@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
28 Jun
You bet! What’s not to love about Roy!!
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@RasmaSandra (75640)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jun
Love Roy and love the song and most of his songs, Simply love that scene in Pretty Woman where Roberts walks along the street to this song,
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@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
Sometimes I think that entire movie was written just for that scene.
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@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
If you have an hour, watch that Black and White Night concert of Roy’s, where all those superstars of the time gleefully take a back seat to him.
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@Beestring (13730)
• Hong Kong
28 Jun
Yes, it's a classic! I enjoyed the movie Pretty Woman too.
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@FourWalls (63701)
• United States
29 Jun
That was a nice romantic comedy, and those are usually not my types of movies.
