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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.
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 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 ...
"Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles [2] "Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis)" by Cowboy Junkies on The Trinity Session [5] "Body Electric" by Lana Del Rey "Boy From Tupelo" by Emmylou Harris [2] "Calling Elvis" by Dire Straits [2] "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen "Cry Like Memphis" by Tamara Walker "Dead Elvis" by Doug Anthony All Stars
The songs that Duffy and the band recorded for the album blended pop music and folk instrumentation. [1] The delicate and folky album opener, "Black Velvet", finds Duffy singing of an ocean falling to its knees, calling to a lover without words, and spending the night crawling "like a snail on black velvet."
Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" is a popular song composed by Illinois Jacquet and Jimmy Mundy, with lyrics written by Al Stillman. It was originally recorded by Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra as an instrumental on April 6, 1949 as "Black Velvet".
Released as a single in April 1989 in Canada, the song peaked at #16, in June of that year, establishing Myles as a chart force in that country. In June 1989, it was released in Australia, [ 1 ] but did not enter the top 100 chart until November 1989, [ 2 ] and did not reach its peak of #12 until April 1990, [ 3 ] after "Black Velvet" was ...
"The Black Velvet Band" (Roud number 2146) is a traditional folk song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the United States describing how a young man is tricked and then sentenced to transportation to Australia, a common punishment in the British Empire during the 19th century.