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Alannah Myles

Alannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter famous for her Grammy and Juno Award-winning song 'Black Velvet'.

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Alannah Myles is best known for Canadian singer-songwriter known for the hit song 'Black Velvet' which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. On Dead or Alive, Alannah Myles is listed in the One Hit Wonders category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Alannah Myles is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Canadian singer-songwriter known for the hit song 'Black Velvet' which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
Listed under: One Hit Wonders

About Alannah Myles

The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Raised by her parents in Ontario, Myles spent her childhood composing and learning music. Myles began writing songs around age 9 and performed in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at age 12. At the age of 18, she began performing solo gigs in southern Ontario, eventually meeting Christopher Ward, a recording artist and songwriter with Warner Music Group. With Ward's help, she formed her own band and performed cover versions of rock and blues songs while polishing her own material. Myles changed her surname from Byles at the age of 19 after deciding to pursue a career in entertainment. Appearances in TV commercials paid...

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