Roy Orbison performing “OH, PRETTY WOMAN” on The Dukes of Hazzard in 1981 with none other than Daisy Duke herself just over his shoulder-
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Fred Foster & Wayne Moss Photo
In January of 2014 Roy Orbison received the inaugural “Iconic Riff Award” for “OH, PRETTY WOMAN” from The Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum! On hand to participate in the festivities were two key players in the recording of that classic song 50 years ago.
Label founder and producer: Fred Foster
and one of the three guitar players that day that helped create that iconic riff: Wayne Moss
“OH, PRETTY WOMAN” AMERICAN BANDSTAND
“OH, PRETTY WOMAN” by Roy Orbison
Performed live on American Bandstand on June 5, 1966-
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“IT’S OVER” by Roy Orbison
“IT’S OVER” by Roy Orbison
Released in 1964, “It’s Over” hit #9 on the Pop chart! It was followed by “Oh, Pretty Woman,” which went all the way to #1 50 years ago this week proving it was not in fact over for Mr. Orbison!
Here’s “IT’S OVER” from Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black & White Night-
ROY ORBISON’S “OH, PRETTY WOMAN” CHART LAUNCH BEGAN 50 YEARS AGO…
ROY ORBISON’S “OH, PRETTY WOMAN” CHART LAUNCH BEGAN 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK BRITISH INVASION DISRUPTED BY MASSIVE SMASH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC
Roy Orbison began making his mark on the music world in 1956 at Sun Records, which boasted a roster of unparalleled talent that also included Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. However, it was during his years on Monument Records in the early-to-mid ’60s when Orbison’s commercial success reached stratospheric levels, the apex of which was “Oh, Pretty Woman,” a song co-written by Orbison and Bill Dees. The blockbuster hit, first appeared at #101 on Billboard’s “Bubbling Under” chart in the issue dated August 22, 1964. It would go on to spend three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with sales of 7 million copies. It also topped the British charts for three weeks, an unprecedented achievement for any American to have this kind of chart-topping power simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic in the Beatles-dominated year of 1964.