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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.
Turkish singer Zeki Müren died of a heart attack during a live performance on stage at TRT İzmir Television. Opera singer Richard Versalle died on stage at the Metropolitan Opera during the company's première performance of The Makropulos Case when he suffered a heart attack while standing on a sliding ladder attached to a file cabinet. He ...
David Lynch, the groundbreaking director of films and shows including "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet," has died at the age of 78, his family announced Thursday. "It is with deep regret that we, his ...
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Jim Beard, a musician and solo artist who had been the touring keyboardist for Steely Dan since 2008, has died. He was 63. According to reports in Billboard, the pianist, composer and producer ...
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with ...
The Black Velvets, an English rock band "Black Velvet" (song), a 1989 song by Alannah Myles "Black Velvet", a song by Ferry Corsten from the 2008 album Twice in a Blue Moon "Black Velvet", a song by Gass from the 1970 album Juju; Black Velvet (Robin Lee album), 1990, featuring a cover of the song "Black Velvet" Black Velvet (O'Donel Levy album ...