OH PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON - 1964

OH. PRETTY WOMAN – Roy Orbison

#1 – September 26th, 1964

 

NEWS

• President Lyndon Johnson declares a "War on Poverty".

• Barry Goldwater ran for President.

• John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, resigns from the space program. 

• The New York Worlds Fair opens 

• Plans to build the World Trade Center are announced

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• Beatles got a Grammy as “Best New Artists” in 1964.

• T.V.: “Shindig” “Gomer Pyle” & “Gilligan’s Island” were on TV.

• MOVIES: “Bikini Beach”  “Dr. Strangelove” and “My Fair Lady” wins an Oscar.

• The “Pony” car hit the streets, but its official name was the Ford Mustang.

• Miniskirts & topless bathing suits were the rage!

 

DEAD

• Sam Cooke (born Samuel Cook on January 22, 1931 – died December 11, 1964) Bertha Franklin, manager of the motel, told police that she shot and killed Cooke in self-defense because he had threatened her.

• Ian Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author and journalist. Created the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories.

 

#1@1

• It seemed as if the Beatles had a non-stop headlock on the top spot on the charts with 5 #1’s by years end.

• It would be bespectacled singer with rockabilly roots that the Fab 4 had looked to as inspiration when they were mere lads in Liverpool. 

• Even Van Halen would  take it back to #1 

• But in the fall of 1964 the top spot belonged to Roy Orbison

• “Oh, Pretty Woman” your #1 @ 1 from September 1964.