Any country rock or blue rock fan identifies with Alannah Myles’s songs. The 1989 single “Black Velvet” is still popular today among many fans.
This song includes a mix of blues and rock. The blue verses and rock chorus for this paean to Elvis Presley include straight from heart vocals that resonate with many.
Fun Facts:
- “Black Velvet” is the second single to Alannah’s debut album, which was released on July 26, 1989.
- “Black Velvet” won a Grammy Award and several Juno Awards.
- Alannah Myles and Christopher Ward were a couple when they wrote “Black Velvet.”
- “Black Velvet” was dedicated to Elvis Presley. Ward got his inspiration from Elvis’s fans. He was on his way to cover’s 10th anniversary when he wrote the lyrics to document what Elvis meant to his fans.
- “Black Velvet” won a Diamond Award in Canada, an award for songs with more than 1,000,000 sales.
- “Black Velvet” won the 2005 “Millionaire Award.”
- Robin Lee, a popular country music singer, did a “Black Velvet” cover.
- Alannah Myles received a first-ever loyalty check for “Black Velvet” in 2008.
- “Black Velvet” was Myles’s first single to succeed in the U.S. It made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for two weeks.
- Myles recorded another “Black Velvet” version to commemorate Robin Lee’s 30th anniversary in 2007.
Lyrics
Mississippi
in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers
on the Victrola up high
Mama’s dancin’ with baby on her shoulder
The sun is settin’ like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing
Knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more
He’d leave you longing for
Black velvet
And that little boy’s smile
Black velvet
With that slow southern style
A new religion that’ll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Up in Memphis
The music’s like a heatwave
White lightning
Bound to drive you wild
Mama’s baby’s in the heart of every schoolgirl
“Love Me Tender” leaves ’em cryin’ in the aisle
The way he moved
It was a sin
So sweet and true
Always wanting more
He’d leave you longing for
Black velvet
And that little boy’s smile
Black velvet
With that slow southern style
A new religion that’ll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Every word of every song
That he sang was for you
In a flash, he was gone
It happened so soon
What could you do?
And that little boy’s smile
Black velvet
With that slow southern style
A new religion that’ll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Black velvet
And that little boy’s smile
Black velvet
With that slow southern style
A new religion that’ll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
If you please
If you please
If you please
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