Listen to official albums & more. Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Dream Baby," recorded in 1962 on the Monument Records label.
Recorded live in September 1987 at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, the concert featured the great Roy Orbison and an all-star line-up of special guests for a never-to-be-repeated evening of rock and roll, filmed entirely in black and white.
| A Black & White Night Live |
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| Released | October 23, 1989 |
| Recorded | September 30, 1987 |
| Venue | Coconut Grove Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles |
| Genre | Rockabilly, country |
Bonnie Raitt singing Roy Orbison's "YOU GOT IT" for the 1995 movie Boys On the Side. Bonnie Raitt can also be seen singing backup vocals for the Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black & White Night Concert.
50 Years of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman": Covers from Al Green, Van Halen, John Mellencamp, More.
"Oh,
Pretty Woman" or "
Pretty Woman" is a song recorded by Roy Orbison, written by Orbison and Bill Dees.
Oh, Pretty Woman.
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" |
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| Released | August 28, 1964 |
| Format | 7-inch single |
| Recorded | August 1, 1964 |
| Genre | Rock and roll |
Richard Gere and Julia Roberts are 18 years apart in real life. They were 40 and 22 years old at the time of filming.
One of these clean songs is "Pretty Woman". With this song, 2 Live Crew basically took the distinctive bass riff from the original Orbison song and changed the lyrics in true Crew style. Interestingly, the soundtrack featured the Roy Orbison version of the song, but the movie took the 2 Live Crew version of the title.
Roy Orbison Biography. Singer-songwriter Roy Orbison wrote romantic 1960s pop ballads like "Oh, Pretty Woman." In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 1988, he co-founded the Traveling Wilburys, a rock supergroup, with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne. Orbison died of a heart attack in December 1988 at the age of 52.
| Roy Orbison |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter musician |
| Instruments | Vocals guitar harmonica |
| Years active | 1953–1988 |
In 1987, Lang released a duet with Roy Orbison, a new recording of his 1961 hit "Crying." In addition to putting Lang on the country charts for the first time, this song brought garnered the country singer a Grammy Award win for best country vocal collaboration.
Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Only The Lonely," recorded on the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
Roy Orbison. Legendary drummer and singer for "The Band," Levon Helm, has sadly passed away.
Beginning with King of America (1986), Burton recorded and toured with Elvis Costello intermittently for about a decade. In 1988, he was a prominent part of the acclaimed Cinemax special, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. In 1990, Burton moved back to his hometown of Shreveport permanently.
It Must Have Been Love
| "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)" |
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| Length | 4:48 |
| Label | EMI |
| Songwriter(s) | Per Gessle |
| Producer(s) | Clarence Öfwerman |
The song was also featured in the United States Army aviation action movie Fire Birds starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Young.
1. Along with their cover of "Got To Get You Into My Life," it was one of two new songs included on the set, which became their best-selling album and helped the band cross over to a broader audience. Movies that used this song include Night at the Museum, The Ringer, Soul Food, Dan In Real Life and Babel.
