Alannah Myles

Something you’ve heard
Somewhere you’ve seen
To real to ignore
You’ve chosen not to believe

From the black of their pain
To the white of their fear
In the dust they die
While eden lies near

The freedom bought, changed hands, was sold
The heat of love has turned ice cold

We just can’t escape it
Flames reaching out from sun

From the garden of love, been banished to long
And watch
But you should have run
Like the flames that leap
From the base of the sun

And you dream you’re free but you’ll awake
Oh to much to soon, to much to late

The freedom bought, changed hands, was sold
The heat of love has turned ice cold

We never learn what we know to well
Heavens’ died and it’s gone to hell

We just can’t escape it
Like flames reaching out from the sun

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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