 "Velvet" is a song from a band fronted by a Norwegian musician best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in what pop band?
A-ha
Velvet (Savoy song)
"Velvet" is a song by Savoy, a band fronted by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy from their first album, "Mary Is Coming".
 Savoy's version was released as a single in the US, but got very little airplay.
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born Pål Waaktaar Gamst, 6 September 1961) is a Norwegian musician and songwriter.
 He was named Knights First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success.
 Pål Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha.
 He has written or co-written most of the band's biggest hits, including "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.", "Hunting High and Low", "Take On Me", the James Bond theme "The Living Daylights" and the ballad "Summer Moved On".
 In addition, Waaktaar-Savoy is also a painter.
 The band A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
Locomondo
The 7-member band fronted by Markos Koumaris, the main songwriter and composer of the group, Vinnie Dombroski
Mark "Vinnie" Dombroski (born December 4, 1962) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Sponge.
 He has also fronted various Detroit-based bands throughout his career. Cyrus (metal musician)
Cyrus (born Terje Andersen on 12 May 1975) is a Norwegian musician best known as the guitarist of Norwegian black metal band Susperia.
 He plays guitar and bass guitar. Distortion of Glory
Distortion of Glory is a 1993 compilation album from the band Game Theory, a California power pop band fronted by guitarist and singer-songwriter Scott Miller.
 Issued on CD by Alias Records, it anthologizes the band's debut album, most of the songs from two subsequent EPs, and one rare single. The Glass Bottle
The Glass Bottle was an American pop band fronted by Gary Criss, whose song about bitterness and heartbreak, "I Ain't Got Time Anymore", was recorded in 1970 and reached #36 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in September 1971.
 The band was co-produced by Dickie Goodman.
 Goodman had an advertising deal with a PR firm that was trying to save the glass industry from losing soda pop clients to plastic bottles, so Goodman and partner Bill Ramal formed a group, called them "The Glass Bottle" and produced their album.
 The group produced two hits, "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" and "The Girl Who Loved Me When", before breaking up and drifting into obscurity. Candi &amp; The Backbeat
Candi & The Backbeat (initially named Candi) was a Canadian pop band fronted by lead vocalist Candita "Candy" Pennella.
 Band members included Nino Milazzo (bass and background vocals), Paul Russo (drums and percussion), and Rich Imbrogno (keyboards).
 The band is best known among U.S. audiences for the freestyle classic "Dancing Under a Latin Moon", a major dance hit which also made number 68 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1988. Hello Saferide
Hello Saferide is a Swedish twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin.
 According to Norlin's MySpace, the stage name "Hello Saferide" was "inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don't ask."
 The Swedish-language version of the band's biography identifies the town as Willimantic, Connecticut. Nocturno Culto
Ted Skjellum (born 4 March 1972), also known by the stage names Nocturno Culto, Nocturno or Kveldulv, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone.
 He has been with the band since 1988.
 He is also the vocalist of the band Sarke.
 He currently works in Norway as a school teacher, and has a son and a daughter.
 He has also released a documentary film called "The Misanthrope" in which he deals with black metal music and life in Norway.