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** "She's a Mystery to Me". What sounds like a TitleOnlyChorus is actually an AlbumTitleDrop; the ''song's'' title is the last line of each verse.
** "Oh, Pretty Woman" (or "Oh! Pretty Woman" depending on the album) is more usually known as "Pretty Woman".
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** Upstaging Music/TheBeatles on a UK tour in 1963.
** Leaving an audience in awed silence with a cover of "Indian Love Call."
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Not an example, unless he's also unpopular (or less popular) in his hometown than he is elsewhere.


* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Roy was always popular somewhere. Britain and Australia never stopped loving him, and in 1980, he got a big surprise when he went to Bulgaria and was mobbed like it was the early '60s.
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%%* EpicRiff: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
%%* FirstAndForemost: "Only The Lonely", "Crying", "Oh, Pretty Woman"

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%%* * EpicRiff: He had a few, but the guitar riff from "Oh, Pretty Woman"
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Woman", as one of the most iconic in rock history, particularly stands out.
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FirstAndForemost: "Only The Lonely", "Crying", "Oh, Pretty Woman"
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* CoveredUp: Music/LindaRonstadt's version of "Blue Bayou".

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Music/LindaRonstadt's version of "Blue Bayou".



** Otherwise averted, as although "Oh, Pretty Woman" has been covered umpteen times, "Crying" was a big hit for Music/DonMcLean in 1981, and Music/GlenCampbell had a hit with "Dream Baby," those songs remain primarily identified with Orbison.
* EarWorm: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
* EpicRiff: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
* FirstAndForemost: "Only The Lonely", "Crying", "Oh, Pretty Woman"

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** Otherwise averted, as although "Oh, Pretty Woman" has been covered umpteen times, "Crying" was a big hit for Music/DonMcLean in 1981, and Music/GlenCampbell had a hit with "Dream Baby," those songs remain primarily identified with Orbison.
* EarWorm: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
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%%* EpicRiff: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Upstaging Music/TheBeatles on a UK tour in 1963.

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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
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Upstaging Music/TheBeatles on a UK tour in 1963.



* TheWoobie: Holy crap, his life...
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** Otherwise averted, as although "Oh, Pretty Woman" has been covered umpteen times, "Crying" was a big hit for Music/DonMcLean in 1981, and Music/GlenCampbell had a hit with "Dream Baby," those songs remain primarily identified with Orbison.
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** "I Drove All Night" was a Top 10 hit for Music/CyndiLauper in 1989, not long after Orbison's death. 14 years later, Music/CelineDion had success with her dance-oriented version.

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** "I Drove All Night" was a Top 10 hit for became associated with Music/CyndiLauper when she covered it and scored a Top 10 hit in 1989, not long after Orbison's death. 1989. 14 years later, after that, it was revived by Music/CelineDion had success with her dance-oriented version. and became a hit on the adult-contemporary and dance charts.
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** "I Drove All Night" was a Top 10 hit for Music/CyndiLauper in 1989, not long after Orbison's death. 14 years later, Music/CelineDion had success with her dance-oriented version.

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* lyrical dissonance: usually not the songs he is singing but how he is singing. Ever seen thr studio recordings of him singing for california blue or other songs he is happily bopping his head while he sings of deep melancholy.lol

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* lyrical dissonance: usually not the songs he is singing but how he is singing. Ever seen thr studio recordings of him singing for california blue or other songs he is happily bopping his head while he sings of deep melancholy.lol----
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* TheWoobie: Holy crap, his life...

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* TheWoobie: Holy crap, his life...life...
* lyrical dissonance: usually not the songs he is singing but how he is singing. Ever seen thr studio recordings of him singing for california blue or other songs he is happily bopping his head while he sings of deep melancholy.lol
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* HarsherInHindsight: "Claudette" is one of the minority of Orbison's songs with a happy ending, referencing how "I'm gonna be so happy for the rest of my life, when my brand-new baby is my brand-new wife." Sweet — until one recalls that the titular Claudette, Orbison's first wife, died in a motorcycle accident. He would live another 22 ''less'' than perfectly happy years.
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** Leaving an audience in awed silence with a cover of "Indian Love Call."

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** Leaving an audience in awed silence with a cover of "Indian Love Call.""
* TheWoobie: Holy crap, his life...
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* CoveredUp: Linda Ronstadt's version of "Blue Bayou".

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* CoveredUp: Linda Ronstadt's Music/LindaRonstadt's version of "Blue Bayou".
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Upstaging Music/TheBeatles on a UK tour in 1963.

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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Upstaging Music/TheBeatles on a UK tour in 1963.1963.
** Leaving an audience in awed silence with a cover of "Indian Love Call."
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* EpicRiff: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
* FirstAndForemost: "Only The Lonely", "Crying", "Oh, Pretty Woman"
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Upstaging Music/TheBeatles on a UK tour in 1963.
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* CoveredUp: Linda Ronstadt's version of "Blue Bayou".
* EarWorm: "Oh, Pretty Woman"

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