![]() Fred Foster, Orbison's manager at Monument, later explained that a small company as Monument simply couldn't offer Orbison the amount of money a major could.Ī new musical direction. This long-term contract had a price of $ 1,000,000.- excluding movie contracts. ![]() His contract at Monument had expired and he now signed a contract at MGM records. Soon after this single was released, it was made known that Orbison would be changing record-companies. "Oh, Pretty Woman" sold 7 million copies, whereas its successor "Goodnight" only made 200,000 copies in 1965. However, as testified by the history of popular song, it is very difficult to equal or even surpass such a milestone recording. "Oh, Pretty Woman" had been a global hit and the song had engraved his name into the minds and hearts of his countless fans. As far as music was concerned, the sitation then was looking very good for Roy Orbison. Cataloguing Roy Orbison's song list, last time I left you in the middle of the year 1965. ![]() ![]() De Bruin now takes us through the MGM-years, adding yet another 156 songs to the Orbison's songlist.Ī contract at MGM Records. Over that period Orbison released no less than a hundred songs. In his earlier contributions - De eerste vijfentwintig Orbisongs and The monumental music of Roy Orbison - René de Bruin catalogued the song career of Roy Orbison from 1955 till 1965. Listing the 156 songs of Roy Orbison's MGM-years, 1965-1973 ![]()
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