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Johnny Ace *June 9, 1929
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Johnny Ace *June 9, 1929
Johnny Ace with Johnny Board's Orchestra - Pledging My Love (1955) Ferdinand Washington / Don Robey from: "Pledging My Love" / "No Money" (Single)
(Johnny Board's Orchestar = The Johnny Otis Orchestra)
Rhythm and Blues | Ballad
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Personnel: Johnny Ace: Vocals | Piano Johnny Otis: Vibraphone James Von Streeter: Tenor Saxophone Pete Lewis: Guitar Albert Winston: Bass Leard Bell: Drums
Produced by Johnny Otis
Recorded: @ ACA Studios (Audio Company of America) in Houston, Texas USA on January 25, 1954
Released: on February 12, 1955 Duke Records
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Released Posthumously: Johnny Ace died on December 25, 1954, at the age of 25, from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound backstage during a concert intermission in Houston, Texas.
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While Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love" is historically classified as a blues ballad and a foundational R&B hit, it possesses several atmospheric and sonic qualities that lead listeners and critics to view it as a distant ancestor to the "dreamy" aesthetic later formalized as dream pop. - Google AI
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In the opening match, The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (with Terry Gordy) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) in a semi final match of the NWA World Tag Team Championship tournament.
(Clash of the Champions VII: Guts and Glory 6/14/1989)
Johnny Ace, Eddie Tamer, (a young) B.B.King, Rubysteen Hudson, Bill Harvey, Big Mama Thornton, and an unidentified man, 1953
Bob Dylan & Joan Baez "Never Let Me Go" The Rolling Thunder Revue—Palace Theatre, Waterbury, CT, November 11, 1975.
I Was There: The Night Johnny Ace Died:
Our city has a long, compelling, live concert history. According to the Texas State Historical Association, the Bayou City boasted a live mu
Johnny Ace "Never Let Me Go" Memorial Album, March 1955.
Bob Dylan & Joan Baez "Never Let Me Go" The Rolling Thunder Revue, 1975.
