Paul McCartney said Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” came together while The Beatles watched. ... That album reached No. 136 on the Billboard 200, staying on the chart for a total of 11 weeks.

“Oh, Pretty Woman,” which would be a 1982 hit for Van Halen and would famously lend its name to a blockbuster Julia Roberts film in 1990, was penned by Orbison with Bill Dees.

Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” became one of the most famous classic rock songs of the 1960s. Subsequently, ... That album reached No. 136 on the Billboard 200, ...

Van Halen released "(Oh) Pretty Woman" on Feb. 6, 1982. It became a hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 — a pleasant surprise, but one with adverse effects for the band.

Roy Orbison‘s family and London’s Royal Philharmonic teamed for a new album that pairs the singer’s classic vocal takes with new orchestral arrangements. A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison ...

A year later, Orbison won a posthumous Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the live version of “Oh, Pretty Woman” from the 1988 TV special Roy Orbison And Friends: A Black And White ...

The ten-month-old grandson of Roy Orbison, named Roy III, is to play the toy guitar and tambourine in a whole-family effort to bring Oh, Pretty Woman to a new generation.

The following Monday morning Dees and Orbison played this early arrangement to Monument Records boss Fred Foster but he told them the song needed a “happy ending”, which the guys duly added with the ...