On September 30, 1987 a black-and-white television special was recorded at the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles featuring Roy Orbison and his friends Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waite, James Burton....the pwp list goes on and on.
The television special consisted of many of Orbison's hits. The dueling guitar solos in "Oh Pretty Woman" performed by Bruce Springsteen and James Burton are pretty well perfect. Re-released as part of a CD bearing the same title, the song won the 1991 Grammy award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Roy Orbison and Friends, Black & White Night has been used by PBS to assist in fundraising and has proved to be the single most successful fundraiser in PBS history.
An HD DVD of Roy Orbison and Friends, Black & White Night is now available.
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