Johnny Ace - Collection 1952-55 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Johnny Ace, born John Alexander in Memphis, Tennessee, was a highly successful blues and R&B pianist and singer, whose career was tragically cut short at the height of his fame when he died at the age of 25 in a bizarre shooting accident in his dressing room at a gig with Big Mama Thornton on Christmas Day 1954. Before that, he had made some noted recordings accompanying the likes of B.B. King and Bobby Bland, and had run up a string of R&B hits as a solo artist. This 51-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his releases under his own name on the Flair and Duke labels, plus recordings he made with B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Earl Forest and Junior Parker, along with tribute recordings to him made by other artists after his death. It features all his eight Top 10 R&B hits, including the No. 1s InchMy SongInch, InchThe ClockInch and InchPledging My LoveInch and the Top 3 hits InchCross My HeartInch and InchSaving My Love For YouInch, along with Johnny Moore & The Three Blazers' Top 20 tribute hit InchJohnny Ace's Last LetterInch. It provides as thorough a cross-section of his solo output as could be achieved and also showcases his talents as an accompanying pianist Album Tracks 1. My Song 2. Follow the Rule 3. Cross My Heart 4. Angel 5. The Clock 6. Aces Wild 7. Midnight Hour's Journey 8. Saving My Love for You 9. Yes, Yes, Baby 10. Please Forgive Me 11. You've Been Gone So Long 12. Never Let Me Go 13. Burley Cutie 14. Pledging My Love 15. No Money 16. Anymore 17. How Can You Be So Mean 18. So Lonely 19. I'm Crazy Baby 20. Still Love You So 21. Don't You Know? 22. Shake It Up and Go 23. My Own Fault, Darlin' 24. Someday, Somewhere 25. Gotta Find My Baby 26. I Got a Gal 1. Low Down Dirty Baby 2. I'm So Glad 3. Baby, Baby 4. Rock the Bottle 5. Whoopin' and Hollerin' 6. Pretty Bessie 7. I Wronged a Wom