‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ by Roy Orbison peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Sep 26 1964)

(Saturday, September 26, 1964)“Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Sept. 26, Oct. 3/10, 1964). In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #222 on their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”