<P> `` Oh , Pretty Woman '' or `` Pretty Woman '' is a song recorded by Roy Orbison , written by Orbison and Bill Dees . It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 26 , 1964 , the second single by Orbison to top the US charts . It was also Orbison 's third single to top the UK Singles Chart ( for a total of three weeks ) . The record ultimately sold seven million copies and marked the high point in Orbison 's career . Within months of its release , in October 1964 , the single was certified gold by the RIAA . At the year 's end , Billboard ranked it the number four song of 1964 . </P>
<P> `` Oh , Pretty Woman '' or `` Pretty Woman '' is a song recorded by Roy Orbison , written by Orbison and Bill Dees . It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 26 , 1964 , the second single by Orbison to top the US charts . It was also Orbison 's third single to top the UK Singles Chart ( for a total of three weeks ) . The record ultimately sold seven million copies and marked the high point in Orbison 's career . Within months of its release , in October 1964 , the single was certified gold by the RIAA . At the year 's end , Billboard ranked it the number four song of 1964 . </P>
when did the song pretty woman come out
when did the song pretty woman come out
August 1964
August 1964