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Johnny Ace

Born: Jun 9, 1929 in Memphis, TN

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Died: Dec 25, 1954 in Houston, TX

Genre: R&B

Styles: Early R&B, Urban Blues

Biography: 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 ...Read full biography

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Memorial Album [US Version]

Released: 1973

Label: Geffen

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Johnny Ace inadvertently pioneered the rock & roll cliché of "live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse." On Christmas day, 1954, Ace died at the age of 25 as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot ...Read full review

Tribute to Johnny Ace

Released: 1955

Label: Duke

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More Johnny Ace albums: Compilations (6)

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