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Ace Records was a record label that was started in August 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary.
| Ace Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Demon Music Group |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Founder | Johnny Vincent |
| Defunct | 1997 |
History
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Ace also had the Vin label. Its records were distributed independently until 1962 when a distribution arrangement was set up with Vee-Jay Records. Ace Records stopped when Vee-Jay ran out of funds and went out of business. The label was relaunched in 1971 and sold in 1997 to the Demon Music Group in the UK.[1]
Ace recorded such artists as Earl King, Frankie Ford, Jimmy Clanton, Huey "Piano" Smith, Joe Tex, Scotty McKay, and Bobby Marchan.[2]
Ace Records received a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.[3]
Notable songs
edit- "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" by Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns (1957)
- "Don't You Just Know It" by Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns (1958)
- "Just a Dream" by Jimmy Clanton (1958)
- "Sea Cruise" by Frankie Ford (1958)
- "Go, Jimmy, Go" by Jimmy Clanton (1959)
- "Gee Baby" by Joe and Ann (1959 - 1960)
- "Pop-Eye" by Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns (1962)
- "Venus in Blue Jeans" by Jimmy Clanton (1962)
See also
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edit- ^ "Remembering Johnny Vincent 1927 2000". Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
- ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll ((2nd Ed.) ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. p. 95. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
- ^ "Ace Records - Jackson". Msbluestrail.org. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- Mabry, Donald J. (Autumn 1990). "The Rise and Fall of Ace Records: A Case Study in the Independent Record Business". Business History Review. 64 (3). Cambridge University Press: 411–450. doi:10.2307/3115735. JSTOR 3115735. S2CID 154873240.
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