Alannah Myles (born December 25, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. In 1989, she released her self-titled debut album called Alannah Myles. The single from the album "Black Velvet" topped the Billboard Hot 100, and was also a hit in four other countries, including her native Canada. Alannah grew up in Toronto and Buckhorn, where her family owns a ranch and where she also learned to ride horses. She wrote her first song at the age of eight, called "Ugly Little Cabbage In The Garden," a song meant for her sister, whom she was teasing.[citation needed] One story told about her said that, later in her life, she had to sell her horse to buy an Ovation guitar to play in various clubs and coffee houses. However, since she came from a very wealthy family, this story is considered apocryphal. When she was eighteen, she began performing in Southern Ontario. She eventually met Christopher Ward with whom she formed a band and performed cover songs of Aretha...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Alannah Myles. You should replace/update it...