Virgil Johnson, American singer (born 1935)

The Velvets

Doo-wop group from Odessa, Texas

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. They recorded in Nashville…