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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.
While performing as "Black Velvet", he was eventually discovered by Gabriel Roth (better known as "Bosco Mann"), a co-founder of Daptone Records. Roth introduced Bradley to his future producer, Daptone artist Tom Brenneck (then the songwriter and guitarist for The Bullets, and later for Menahan Street Band ) who invited Bradley to his band's ...
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 2015.
Died after a short illness Jonathan Melvoin The Smashing Pumpkins: 34: July 12, 1996: New York City, New York, U.S. Heroin and alcohol overdose Keith Whittaker Lead singer for The Demics: 44: July 16, 1996: Cancer John Panozzo Styx: 47: July 16, 1996: Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage/Cirrhosis Chas Chandler The Animals: 57 ...
Scott Richard Weiland (/ ˈ w aɪ l ə n d /, WY-lənd; né Kline; October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter.He was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2013, recording six albums with them.
O'Donel "Butch" Levy (September 20, 1945 – March 14, 2016) was a rhythm & blues, funk and jazz guitarist from Baltimore, Maryland.He was brother of session drummer Stafford Levy.
Black Velvet is the fourth and final studio album by American funk/soul artist Charles Bradley, released on 9 November 2018. [7] The album release was preceded by two singles, "Can't Fight the Feeling" and "I Feel a Change". [8] The name of the album comes from Bradley's stage name during his time as a James Brown impersonator. [8]