Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer‑songwriter who has won both a Grammy Award and a Juno Award for the song “Black Velvet.” The song was a top‑ten hit in Canada and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Myles was born Alannah Byles on Christmas Day 1958 in Toronto, Ontario. She is the daughter of William Douglas Byles, a pioneer in the Canadian broadcasting industry who was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1997. She is the second of five children. Raised in Ontario, Myles spent her childhood composing and learning music. She began writing songs around age nine and performed in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at age twelve. At age eighteen, 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 developing her own material. Myles changed her surname from Byles at age nineteen after deciding to pursue a career in entertainment. Appearances in TV commercials financed music demos that initially led to numerous rejections in Canada, until she recorded masters for three songs: “Who Loves You” and a video demo for “Just One Kiss,” directed by photographer Deborah Samuel. With matched financing from her songwriting collaborator, MuchMusic (City TV) and program director Christopher Ward, she signed her first record contract with Atlantic Records in 1987.
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Black Velvet
Love In The Big Town
Sonny Say You Will
Still Got This Thing For You
Love Is
Bad 4 You
Our World Our Times
Song Instead Of A Kiss
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