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Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) [1] [2] is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song "Black Velvet".The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
The song is a paean to Elvis Presley.His voice was distinctive for the time and could be described as "black velvet". Co-writer Christopher Ward, who was Myles' then-boyfriend, was inspired on a bus full of Elvis fans riding to Memphis attending the 10th anniversary vigil at Graceland, in 1987.
Edgar William Leeteg (April 13, 1904 East St. Louis, Illinois [1] – February 7, 1953 Papeete, Tahiti) [2] was an American painter often considered the father of American velvet painting. He immigrated to French Polynesia in 1933, where he spent the rest of his life painting the local life on black velvet. [1]
Died of undisclosed illness [107] Steve Priest The Sweet: 72: June 4, 2020: Died of undisclosed cause, after health failure [108] Rupert Hine Record producer from Thinkman, Quantum Jump: 72: June 4, 2020: Wiltshire, England: Undisclosed cause, although he had renal cancer and arrhythmia [109] Frank Bey: 74: June 7, 2020: Glenolden, Pennsylvania ...
Location of death Cause of death Misty Morgan Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan: 75: January 1, 2021: Florida, U.S. Cancer [1] Mick Bolton Mott the Hoople, Dexys Midnight Runners: 72: January 1, 2021: Hastings, England: Undisclosed [2] Carlos do Carmo: 81: January 1, 2021: Lisbon, Portugal [3] Jeremiah "Ekoe" Buckner Member of Linkin Bridge: 43 ...
Pioneering filmmaker, writer, artist and musician David Lynch, who upended storytelling norms with Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead and introduced thousands to the benefits ...
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2017.
Colin Gibb, the singer who represented the UK at Eurovision with British pop band Black Lace in 1979, has died just days after retiring, aged 70.. With Black Lace, the Leeds-born musician rose to ...