John Lennon would later write Day Tripper, and if you compare the riffs and chord progressions, they are quite similar. There are many stories of him writing this song while touring with the Beatles. Buster from TorontoA great track to show Orbison's acumen on guitar.Graeme from ScotlandWhere was the original video for Pretty Woman filmed?.
Malcolm Wright from WallaseyThe Supremes had a UK number one in 1964 with Baby Love. I even have a bunch of blue-noses in my family. Remember who put them there in the first place. Only Americans can make a wonderful happy ending movie about a wonderful woman of the streets. Claude Morita from Imari City, JapanMajor hit movie and song in Japan. "Weird" Al Yankovic, who had been doing parodies for 15 years by this point, always got permission from publishers when needed, and even asked the artists if they were OK with his send-ups before releasing them. To this point, parody artists either took great care to avoid using copyrighted songs (by writing original backing music or sticking with songs in the public domain) or got permission from the publishers before doing their parodies. A key to the decision is the judgment that 2 Live Crew did not harm the market value of Orbison's original with their parody - in other words, nobody was rejecting "(Oh) Pretty Woman" because they could get the 2 Live Crew song instead. On March 7 1994, the Court ruled that 2 Live Crew's parody did not violate federal copyright laws, clarifying that parody constitutes fair use under certain circumstances. Acuff-Rose Music, went all the way to the US Supreme Court. Orbison's publisher, Acuff-Rose Music, sued 2 Live Crew on the basis that the fair use doctrine did not permit reuse of their copyrighted material for profit. The Crew sampled the distinctive bassline, but the romantic lyrics were replaced by talk about a hairy woman and her bald-headed friend. In 1989, the controversial rap group 2 Live Crew recorded a parody of this song, using the alternate title "Pretty Woman" for their album Clean As They Wanna Be. I used to say that all the time when I saw a pretty woman or had some good food. In the same book Bill Dees recounts how the distinctive growling cry of "Mercy" came about: "I can't do that growl like Roy, but the "Mercy" is mine. Actually, the yeah, yeah, yeah in Oh Pretty Woman probably came from The Beatles." We wrote Oh Pretty Woman on a Friday, the next Friday we recorded it, and the next Friday it was out. From the moment that the rhythm started, I could hear the heels clicking on the pavement, click, click, the pretty woman walking down the street, in a yellow skirt and red shoes. Orbison asked if she needed any money, and Dees cracked, "Pretty woman never needs any money." Inspired, Orbison started singing, "Pretty woman walking down the street." Bill Dees recalls in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: "He sang it while I was banging my hand down on the table and by the time she returned we had the song. Orbison's wife Claudette came in and said she was going to go into town to buy something. 
Roy Orbison was writing with his songwriting partner Bill Dees at his house when he told Dees to get started writing by playing anything that came to mind.
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