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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.
They did several shows together including a sold-out show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas, but McKibbin left the band in September of the same year due to creative and personal differences. [ 5 ] In 2005, McKibbin appeared in several reality shows, including a "Reality TV Stars" episode of Fear Factor , and the sports competition show Battle of ...
The Weeknd might be doing away with his public persona.. In a new cover story interview with Variety, the R&B singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, opened up about experiencing a "mental ...
In the years after having her collection go the Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, she was named as an honorary dame by the Queen of England.
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 ...
Osibisa was the most successful and longest lived of the African-heritage bands in London, alongside such contemporaries as Assagai, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Demon Fuzz, Black Velvet, and Noir, and was largely responsible for the establishment of world music and Afro rock as a marketable genre.
Robin Lee (née Robin Lee Irwin, born November 7, 1963 [2]) is an American country music artist. She recorded in the 1980s and 1990s as Robin Lee for Evergreen and Atlantic Records, charting at number 12 on Hot Country Songs in 1990 with "Black Velvet". After charting her last single in 1994, she began working as a songwriter for other artists.