Black Velvet (song)

December 17, 1989 (USA) 26 February 1990 ( UK)

Black Velvet is a blues-rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward. Alannah Myles picked him up for their first studio album, released in 1989 Alannah Myles. The song reached top positions in many countries in the charts.

History

In 1988, the song was recorded by Alannah Myles. The song was released as the second single from the studio album and first in the French-Canadian space a success. The song represents, inter alia, a tribute to Elvis Presley; in the second verse about Love Me Tender is mentioned. With the " Black Velvet", the black velvet, probably Presley's voice is meant. Ward wrote the song after he had traveled on the occasion of Presley's tenth death anniversary with a group of fans to Memphis to produce a television program.

Success and cover version

The song reached number 2 in the UK and # 1 in the United States. In Germany, it came in at number 2 in Austria at # 3 and Switzerland ranked first Myles was awarded for the piece with the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

1990 coverte the country singer Robin Lee the piece. Their version reached number 12 in the U.S. country singles chart.