Alannah Myles

Sonny say you will, take me strolling with you out on the boardwalk
'Cause you know you always make me feel
Like we are lovers on parade with your sweet talk
You look so cool but I know that you care
The way you run your fingers through my hair
You make me feel like I'm a star on your sleeve
The way you hold me it's so wild and sweet
And Sonny say we will, go walking down by the ocean
'Cause the night can get so still, and lovers they can get the notion
The street is crazy with the summer heat
Lost souls collide and try to land on their feet
You make me feel like I'm no ordinary girl
Why don't we walk out of this every day world
And Sonny say we will, spend the night all alone together
This is some kinda wonderful, Sonny let it last forever
Oh Sonny say you will, Sonny let it last forever and ever and ever
Sonny say you will, I know you will
I know you will

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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Rockinghorse (1992)
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