Monday, June 09, 2008
Today 1929 Johnny Ace was born
For over a day R#pidsh#re doesn't show me the links to uploaded files. The problem seems to be in their script. The page shows an error. Firefox users get them but Windows doesn't.
Maybe I will make the article today but there will be no link until RS has fixed their script.
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R#pidsh#re fixed the problem monday. Here is the intended album.
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AMG Biography by Bill Dahl of Johnny Ace
Born John Alexander on Jun 9, 1929 in Memphis, TN ; Died Dec 25, 1954 in Houston, TX
The senseless death of young pianist Johnny Ace while indulging in a round of Russian roulette backstage at Houston's City Auditorium on Christmas Day of 1954 tends to overshadow his relatively brief but illustrious recording career on Duke Records. That's a pity, for Ace's gentle, plaintive vocal balladry deserves reverence on its own merit, not because of the scandalous fallout resulting from his tragic demise.
John Marshall Alexander was a member in good standing of the Beale Streeters, a loosely knit crew of Memphis young bloods that variously included BB King, Bobby Bland, and Earl Forest. Signing with local DJ Mattis' fledgling Duke logo in 1952, the re-christened Ace hit the top of the R&B charts his very first time out with the mellow ballad "My Song." From then on, Ace could do no musical wrong, racking up hit after hit for Duke in the same smooth, urbane style. "Cross My Heart," "The Clock," "Saving My Love for You," "Please Forgive Me," and "Never Let Me Go" all dented the uppermost reaches of the charts. And then, with one fatal gunshot, all that talent was lost forever (weepy tribute records quickly emerged by Frankie Ervin, Johnny Fuller, Varetta Dillard, and the Five Wings).
Ace scored his biggest hit of all posthumously. His haunting "Pledging My Love" (cut with Johnny Otis & His Orchestra in support) remained atop Billboard's R&B lists for ten weeks in early 1955. One further hit, "Anymore," exhausted Duke's stockpile of Ace masters, so they tried to clone the late pianist's success by recruiting Johnny's younger brother (St Clair Alexander) to record as Buddy Ace. When that didn't work out, Duke boss Don Robey took singer Jimmy Lee Land, renamed him Buddy Ace, and recorded him all the way into the late '60s.
Johnny Ace - Memorial album 1955.
01-Pledging My Love
02-Don't You Know
03-Never Let Me Go
04-So Lonely
05-I'm Crazy Baby
06-My Song
07-Saving My Love For You
08-The Clock
09-How Can You Be So Mean
10-Still Love You So
11-Cross My Heart
12-Anymore
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Maybe I will make the article today but there will be no link until RS has fixed their script.
>>
R#pidsh#re fixed the problem monday. Here is the intended album.
>>
AMG Biography by Bill Dahl of Johnny Ace
Born John Alexander on Jun 9, 1929 in Memphis, TN ; Died Dec 25, 1954 in Houston, TX
The senseless death of young pianist Johnny Ace while indulging in a round of Russian roulette backstage at Houston's City Auditorium on Christmas Day of 1954 tends to overshadow his relatively brief but illustrious recording career on Duke Records. That's a pity, for Ace's gentle, plaintive vocal balladry deserves reverence on its own merit, not because of the scandalous fallout resulting from his tragic demise.
John Marshall Alexander was a member in good standing of the Beale Streeters, a loosely knit crew of Memphis young bloods that variously included BB King, Bobby Bland, and Earl Forest. Signing with local DJ Mattis' fledgling Duke logo in 1952, the re-christened Ace hit the top of the R&B charts his very first time out with the mellow ballad "My Song." From then on, Ace could do no musical wrong, racking up hit after hit for Duke in the same smooth, urbane style. "Cross My Heart," "The Clock," "Saving My Love for You," "Please Forgive Me," and "Never Let Me Go" all dented the uppermost reaches of the charts. And then, with one fatal gunshot, all that talent was lost forever (weepy tribute records quickly emerged by Frankie Ervin, Johnny Fuller, Varetta Dillard, and the Five Wings).
Ace scored his biggest hit of all posthumously. His haunting "Pledging My Love" (cut with Johnny Otis & His Orchestra in support) remained atop Billboard's R&B lists for ten weeks in early 1955. One further hit, "Anymore," exhausted Duke's stockpile of Ace masters, so they tried to clone the late pianist's success by recruiting Johnny's younger brother (St Clair Alexander) to record as Buddy Ace. When that didn't work out, Duke boss Don Robey took singer Jimmy Lee Land, renamed him Buddy Ace, and recorded him all the way into the late '60s.
Johnny Ace - Memorial album 1955.01-Pledging My Love
02-Don't You Know
03-Never Let Me Go
04-So Lonely
05-I'm Crazy Baby
06-My Song
07-Saving My Love For You
08-The Clock
09-How Can You Be So Mean
10-Still Love You So
11-Cross My Heart
12-Anymore
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'Clickable' links are for you downloaders soooo convienent but the disadvantage is they don't seem to 'last' long.
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This seems, in my opinion, the best deal between 'protecting' my links and the least effort for you.
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'Clickable' links are for you downloaders soooo convienent but the disadvantage is they don't seem to 'last' long.
The Blogger gets a lot of comments 'please re-up'...... Other, more appropriate/interesting comments, they sadly don't get.... :(
So you will have to do a little work to get the link.
This seems, in my opinion, the best deal between 'protecting' my links and the least effort for you.
Link :
http://r#pidsh#re.com/files/120782447/A_J-Ma_55.rar
You are smart, ain't ya ? So of course you understand to replace in r#pidsh#re twice the # in an a otherwise you don't have a 'valid' link !!
Paste this valid link in your browser-url and hit RETURN. You can also copy/paste the link into your 'downloadmanager'.
Pass to extract the file : 080607
The file is a small 25MB, 'cause the songs are only in low bitrate 128kbits.
Please donnut give a nasty comment about that, neither about the sleeve.
>>
The next depends, amongst other things, on your security options in your browser and by so the ability to copy/paste the link.
When you see this in Google or Yahoo cache or by my Blog's search function read first the RED instructions at the top left of my Blog !
Direct link (after that go to the plain comment of this 2008_june article !) : JeansMusicBlog
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This Album is very special to me and the development of Jamaican music...
Believe It!
Johnny Ace was one of the cornerstones the early Jamaican Artists emulate & copy.....the other acts are: Rosco Gordon, Smiley Lewis, Fats Domino, Louis Jordon, Impressions,
A Sure Gem to have in any collector's box
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Believe It!
Johnny Ace was one of the cornerstones the early Jamaican Artists emulate & copy.....the other acts are: Rosco Gordon, Smiley Lewis, Fats Domino, Louis Jordon, Impressions,
A Sure Gem to have in any collector's box
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