Released as a single, her version bubbled under at. Indeed, the horribly overproduced remake of black velvet is nowhere near as engaging or as moody as the original version on alannahs splendid debut, and not even close to being rock n roll, but pure pop. Alannah myles black velvet 2008, slipcase, cd discogs. Cowriter christopher ward, who was myles thenboyfriend, was inspired on a bus full of elvis fans riding to memphis attending the 10th anniversary vigil at graceland, in 1987. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. Black velvet is a blues rock song by canadian singer alannah myles. Alannah myles born december 25, 1958, grew up in toronto, canada listening to.
Written by alannahs exboyfriend, christopher ward, alongside david tyson, both from canada, the single got released on the 17 th of december 1989 and was included on her debut album titled alannah myles. Stream alannah myles black velvet acapella version by mallorie1 from desktop or your mobile device. Once, youll click on buy selected button youll be redirected to my downloads page, where you can download the music youve purchased. Alannah myles black velvet 1989, poster bag sleeve. Black velvet alannah myles performs at montreux jazz festival 1999 size.
Alannah myles black velvet 1989 embed for hosted blogs and item tags. Vinyl 12 alannah myles black velvet 1989, poster bag sleeve, vinyl discogs. Alannah myles black velvet lyrics and tracklist genius. Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell jimmy rogers on the victrola up high mamas dancin with baby on her shoulder the sun is settin like molasses in the sky the boy. The album was a big seller worldwide, and reached number one for two weeks in her native canada, number 5 on the billboard 200 in the us and number 3 in the uk albums chart, and overall. Atlantic records also had robin lee, a countrymusic singer, record a cover of black velvet, which came out just two months after alannahs original. Third canadian single released internationally on atlantic records warner music label in canada, spring 1989 from her debut album eponymously titled alannah myles, black velvet first reached. Alannah myles black velvet sheet music for piano free. Facts about black velvet in its demo form, black velvet was one of three songs which helped alannah myles secure a deal from atlantic records. In december 1989, it was released as the second single from alannahs selftitled debut album. The song was written by david tyson and christopher ward. Another popular cover of the song was by crystal bowersox, who performed the song when she was a contestant on season 9 of american idol, where she finished second. Alannah myles is the selftitled debut album by canadian singer alannah myles, released on march 28, 1989.
Black velvet song instead of a kiss trouble lover of mine still got this thing for you love is family secret our world our times bad 4 you epk. Black velvet alannah myles by m soles free listening. The album was a big seller worldwide, and reached number one for two weeks in her native canada, number 5 on the billboard 200 in the us and number 3 in the uk albums chart, and overall sold in excess of six. Black velvet by alannah myles song meanings and facts. Black velvet first reached number one chosen over love is by radio audiences in quebec in canada where love is reached number one throughout english speaking canada on top 40 radio. Alannah myles black velvet vinyl records and cds for sale. Listen online to alannah myles black velvet and see which albums it appears on. Our world our times lyrics, song instead of a kiss lyrics, sonny say you will lyrics, lies and rumours, family secret lyrics, everybodys breakin up lyrics, you love who you love, what are we waiting for, the last time i saw william lyrics, the great divide lyrics, black velvet lyrics. Check out black velvet explicit by alannah myles on amazon music. I am usually a little turned off when artists revisit their past hits, but she was able to record black velvet with a totally different approach. Alannah myles released an elvis tribute ep with black velvet. Song information for black velvet alannah myles on allmusic. Descargar musica alannah myles black velvet, escuchar.
Alannah myles mississippi in the middle of a dry spell jimmy rodgers on the victrola up high mamas dancin with baby on her shoulder the sun is settin like molasses in the sky the boy could sing, knew how to move evrything always wanting more, hed leave you longing for black velvet and that little boy smile black velvet with that slow. Black velvet alannah myles performs at montreux jazz festival 1999. Musiceel download alana mills black velvet mp3 music. Ali milner performs black velvet with alannah myles on cover me canada. Video clips of her singing the song in concert are also shown throughout. Black velvet explicit by alannah myles on amazon music. Provided to youtube by atlantic records black velvet alannah myles alannah myles. Vinyl 12 alannah myles black velvet 1989, vinyl discogs. As a young girl she competed as an equestrian in canadas prestigious royal winter fair later studying to be a graphic artist, actor, stunt model, make up artist and wardrobe stylist to pay for.
Alannah myles performs in the music video black velvet from the album alannah myles recorded for atlantic records. The song is a paean to elvis presley whose portrait was often painted on black velvet, and who used a hair dye named black velvet. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Black velvet continues to prove that alannah has got one of the most distinctive voices in rock music. Black velvet has little to do with the cheesy black velvet elvis paintings from the 60s, short of being a metaphor comprised of several entendres. Alannah myles sings the song while standing on the porch of a log cabin on her ontario ranch. Alannah myles black velvet, live sunny beach, bulgaria 1996 duration. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. Here are some other things to keep in mind about how to have a successful karaoke night. Youtube im the only one melissa etheridge lyrics on screen duration. Alannah myles black velvet mp3 download and lyrics.
Veronica ferraro is credited for mixing and syril dys is credited for acoustic guitar on a track alternately called black velvet acoustic and black velvet acoustic veronica mix, which is not actually on this album but is noted as an itunes exclusive. Alannah myles black velvet 1990, large centre hole for. In the 90s, alannahs albums contained some decent hard rock with aor mixed in, with a touch of blues and country rock as additional spices. Alannah myles born december 25, 1958, grew up in toronto, canada listening to fm radio stations that strongly influenced her eclectic style of music. Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell jimmy rogers on the victrola up high mamas dancing with a baby on her shoulder the sun is settin like molasses in the sky the boy could sing, knew how to move, everything. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The country singer robin lee, also signed to atlantic records, recorded a popular cover of this song on her 1990 album, which was also called black velvet.
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