Favorite Songs From Movies Top Ten: Oh, Pretty Woman (#10)

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It’s top ten time! After looking at the great songs in movies that weren’t nominated for Oscars in alphabetical order, we move on to the top ten. Let’s get rolling with a rock and roll classic that inspired a movie title. #10: Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Heck, I could do an entire countdown of song titles that ended up as movie titles. (Spoiler: if I do, the #1 song will be “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead.”) There’s been a long connection between music and movies. They Might Be Giants took their name from the movie, and on Goodnight Vienna you see Ringo Starr mimicking the final scene in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Here we have a movie inspired by a 1964 Roy Orbison hit. The movie is a cute rom-com with Richard Gere as an executive in need of female companionship on a business trip and Julia Roberts as the prostitute that fills the bill. It’s not the greatest movie I’ve ever seen but I liked it enough. The song, on the other hand, is one of the great classics of rock and roll. Some of you (looking toward Olney, Illinois) might know the Van Halen cover of this. But ol’ Diamond Dave couldn’t match the brilliance of Roy Orbison. Not with the delivery and especially not with the growl. Oh, another spoiler: Roy will be back for next month’s countdown, too. Oh, Pretty Woman Written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees Recorded by Roy Orbison From Pretty Woman, 1990 Mercy!