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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. 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, which hit #26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. The follow-up, Laugh, peaked at #90, and after a half-dozen f...