The Velvets

The Velvets

The Velvets were an American doo wop group from Odessa in Ector County in west Texas. The African American quintet was formed in 1959 by Virgil Johnson, a high school English teacher, with four of his students. [ [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hiftxqr5ldde~T1 Biography] , Allmusic.com] Roy Orbison heard the group and signed them to Monument Records in 1960. [Nite, Norm N. "Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll (The Solid Gold Years)". Thomas Y. Crowell (1974), p. 630.] Their first release was a tune called "That Lucky Old Sun". Their biggest hit single was "Tonight (Could Be the Night)", which hit No. 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hiftxqr5ldde~T5 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic.com] The follow-up, "Laugh", peaked at number 90, and after a half-dozen further singles the group disbanded.

Their complete recorded output runs to just thirty songs, which were collected on one compact disc and released on Ace Records in 1996. [ [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:gjfrxq8jldfe The Complete Velvets] . Allmusic.com]

Johnson sometimes appears in nostalgia concerts.

Members

*Virgil Johnson
*Will Solomon
*Mark Prince
*Clarence Rigby (died in an auto accident, 1978)
*Bob Thursby

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