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Alannah Myles Autograph
- Artist: ALANNAH MYLES
- Autographed By: ALANNAH MYLES
- Product: 4″ x 2.5″ BLACK AND WHITE PROMO PHOTO HAND SIGNED BY ALANNAH MYLES
- Genre: MUSIC
- Product Attributes: EXCELLENT CONDITION
- Service Attributes: From the Graydon Wall collection. Market leading unconditional 90-day money back guarantee and lifetime COA. Worldwide shipping is available
Alannah Myles (née Byles) is a Canadian singer-songwriter born on December 25, 1958, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is best known for her hit song “Black Velvet,” which won both a Grammy and a Juno Award. 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. She began writing songs around age 9 and performed in a song writing 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 for music demos that 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 song writing collaborator, Much Music (City TV), and program director Christopher Ward, she signed her first record contract with Atlantic Records in 1987.
Myles was featured in several TV and film productions as a guest host and actor prior to becoming a recording artist. She appeared in a 1984 episode of the television series The Kids of Degrassi Street, in which she played the role of an aspiring singer and single mother. In 1989 she appeared in an episode of War of the Worlds, which aired only three weeks after the release of her self-titled debut album.
Alannah Myles Autograph