Tonight (Could be the Night) -- Velvets

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 04:59:46 +0000

The Velvets were an American doo-wop group from Odessa, Texas, United States. They were formed in 1959 by Virgil Johnson, a high-school English teacher, with four of his students. Roy Orbison heard the group and signed them to Monument Records in 1960.Their first release was a tune called "That Lucky Old Sun". Their biggest hit single was "Tonight (Could Be the Night)", which hit #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961.The follow-up, "Laugh", peaked at #90,[and after a half-dozen further singles the group disbanded.