Tonight Could Be The Night

Album: Monument Story (1961)
Charted: 50 26
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Songfacts®:

  • The Velvets were a five-man Doo Wop group formed in 1958 by Virgil Johnson. Virgil taught English in Odessa and Lubbock Texas, and eventually became a high school principal in Lubbock. For many years, he DJ'd part-time at the Lubbock rock station KDAV.
  • This was included on their first album, which they recorded in Nashville at the invitation of Roy Orbison. The group also had a hit with "Lana," which was written by Orbison and reached #1 on the Japanese charts. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    David - Lubbock, TX, for above 2

Comments: 2

  • Paisano from West River, MdMan,it just don't get any better than that. Thanks,Paisano.
  • Hal Hurlbrink from Auburn,ma., Masuch a great song&sound!! did the others ever go on or just fade?
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