Alannah Myles

Sitting here on the horizon
Waiting for the moon to rise
Love has a way of arriving
Out of the clear blue sky

Ooo, I love you
Don't you know it's true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Always comes true

Last year was harder
Think I'll settle down for a while
And the peaks of the mountains are glowing
ANd the canyons echo your smile

Ooo I love you
Don't you know it's true?
When you believe in something good
It aways comes through
Always comes true

You are there to catch each tear
Every time I fail
How can I give back each year
Tell you I... I....
I believe

Ooo I love you
Don't you know it's true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Ooo I love you
Don't you know it's true
When you believe in something good
It always comes through
Always comes true

It always comes true

When Alannah Myles played the role of a young aspiring singer on an episode of The Kids Of Degrassi Street, it was more than just an act. Less than a decade later, the daughter of Canadian Hall Of Fame Broadcaster William Douglas Byles would be a Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer best known for her 1990 international hit “Black Velvet”.

Myles (who changed her last name from Byles as a teen) began writing songs at nine and was participating in Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival at twelve. While gigging solo at nineteen across southern Ontario, songwriter/musician Christopher Ward invited her to form a rock and blues cover band with him. During this time Ward became MuchMusic’s first VJ.

Ward spent seven years trying to get Myles signed. He produced a three song demo for her, and her entertainment lawyer Stephen Stohn came up with the idea of making a ‘video demo’ of Myles singing “Just One Kiss”. This finally attracted Warner Music Canada in 1987. The demo was passed along to Warner’s US affiliate labels and Atlantic Records also took interest.

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