He had a compilation released last year of the remastered original mono mixes of his singles on Monument.

Timmy84 said:

black & white night is 1 of those things i can watch over & over, roy made some cool songs

cool of you T84 to post this thread. imo Roy Orbison had some awesome chops and song writing skills.

i luv Roy Orbison's voice in this song

Single writen by Roy Orbison released 1964

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...etty_Woman

The song has been covered by a number of artists:

In 1964, Johnny Rivers recorded the song on his live album In Action.

In 1972 by Al Green on his album I'm Still in Love With You.

In 1978 by Connie Francis in English and German, both versions changedd the title from Pretty Woman to Lovin' Man. Aside from the change of title, the English version kept Orbison's original lyrics.

In 1982 the song—titled "(Oh) Pretty Woman" -- was covered by the group Van Halen on their album Diver Down, preceded by a bass-driven intro titled "Intruder". The music video (which had the band dress as a samurai, Tarzan, a cowboy, and Napoleon, per a hunchbacked onlooker's request, rescuing a captive girl that turns out to be a transvestite) for this version was one of the first banned by MTV, due to its opening sequence, where the captive girl is tied up and fondled against her will by a pair of little people This was their second Top 20 pop hit, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their version is playable in the video game Guitar Hero: Van Halen.

In 1986 in ska style by the Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada.

Having performed the song in Deutschland sucht den Superstar, Daniel Küblböck recorded the song for his first album Positive Energie.

In 1990 Ricky Van Shelton covered the song on RVS III.

In 1990, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for the soundtrack to their TV documentary Rockin' Through the Decades.

Hong Kong's Samuel Hui covered this song in Cantonese using his comedic lyrics about a woman that looks great from behind until she turned her head and revealed her not so good looking face.

Ray Brown,Jr . released a jazz-style version of this song on the album Stand by Me

Rockapella has released several versions of the song and was a concert staple for well over a decade.

The Boogie Bass (one of the many variations of the popular Big Mouth Billy Bass) sang a parody of "Oh, Pretty Woman" titled "Pretty Fishy".

Green Day has covered the song live.

Westlife has covered the song live on their The Number Ones Tour.

Sharylen Spiterihas covered this song in her album The Movie Songbook

Bon Jovi covers this song live as a mix in with "Bad Medicine", with Bobby Bandiera helping on vocals on The Circle Tour

On October 29, 2009 Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty sang Oh, Pretty Woman live at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame

The original Orbison song inspired the title for the 1990 feature film, Pretty Woman.

i'm surfing over to youtube to check out Bon Jovi's version of this song. i like their sounds, so i'm feeling their version of 'pretty woman' will be kinda nice also.

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When I was little, I thought Roy was blind because he always had dark glasses on. But I later found out they were really tinted bifocals.

Roy actually started his musical career without glasses. He started wearing 'em around the time "Only the Lonely" became a hit I think (there's a 45 cover of the single with him sans glasses). He started wearing his prescription glasses (his trademark) after he lost his other glasses on an airplane.

Timmy84 said:

Roy actually started his musical career without glasses. He started wearing 'em around the time "Only the Lonely" became a hit I think (there's a 45 cover of the single with him sans glasses). He started wearing his prescription glasses (his trademark) after he lost his other glasses on an airplane.

Some of my favorites are blue angel, love hurts, lana, ride away, mystery girl

The first Rock Opera singer! I love the Black and White special I just watch it 2 weeks ago. I think I've seen it over 10 times. The sound on Netflix is incredible. I can't Imagine the blu-ray version.