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FOUR ACES: More Greatest Hits (CD)

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Interpret: FOUR ACES
Album titlle: More Greatest Hits (CD)
Label VARESE SARABANDE
Genre R&B, Soul
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0030206561722
weight in Kg 0.107

Four Aces, The - More Greatest Hits (CD) CD 1
01	Wedding Bells	FOUR ACES
02	Amor	FOUR ACES
03	I'll Never Smile Again	FOUR ACES
04	Honey In The Horn	FOUR ACES
05	Organ Grinder's Swing	FOUR ACES
06	There Goes My Heart	FOUR ACES
07	Let's Fall In Love	FOUR ACES
08	Just Squeeze Me	FOUR ACES
09	Shine On Harvest Moon	FOUR ACES
10	There Is A Tavern In The Town	FOUR ACES
11	Dream	FOUR ACES
12	To Love Again	FOUR ACES
13	Laughing On The Outside	FOUR ACES
14	Written On The Wind	FOUR ACES
15	You Can't Run Away From It	FOUR ACES
16	Friendly Persuasion	FOUR ACES
17	I Only Know I Love You	FOUR ACES
18	Rock & Roll Riiapsody	FOUR ACES

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"FOUR ACES"

The Four Aces

Who Is There To Blame

Not to be confused with Al Alberts' pop quartet of the same name from Chester, Pennsylvania who became infinitely more popular (at least from a mainstream perspective), these Four Aces made their musical mark first.

The Original 4 Aces, as they became known after Alberts' crew made such a huge impression from 1951 on, got their start in Fort Worth while still in high school. First tenor James Franks, second tenor Algia Pickett, baritone George Smith, and bass Otha Jackson eventually relocated to San Francisco, and while the war stalled their momentum (three Aces were inducted into the Navy), they reformed after war's end and proceeded to tear up the Bay Area club scene, leading to a deal with Rene La Marre's Trilon label in 1946. Along the way, they became a self-contained unit with Franks picking up the guitar, Smith on piano and Jackson on upright bass.

The Aces waxed their biggest seller, the two-part I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder (they only sang on Part 2) at their first Trilon session (see our previous volume). The Aces' half dozen Trilon encores didn't make the same local impression, so they moved on to Bill McCall, Jr.'s 4 Star logo. Or at least some of their masters did. Bob Geddins, one of the Bay Area's top R&B indie producers, reportedly sold 4 Star several Four Aces tracks in 1949, and the company pressed up Lazy Navajo b/w Aces Swing, then Too Late b/w Jumpin' Out, before the year was over.

Penned by George Smith and issued in January of '50, the luxurious ballad Who Is There To Blame was half of the Aces' last 4 Star offering. Otha Jackson sang it with suave assurance over Smith's chunky piano chording (he embarks on an aggressive solo halfway through). Yoked to a Pickett-led Because I'm In Love With You, it was the quartet's 4 Star swan song. By the time Geddins released their rendition of Eddie Miller's country classic Release Me in 1954 on his Big Town logo, necessity forced Geddins to issue it as by The Original 4 Aces to differentiate it from the East Coast's Four Aces (ditto their last release the next year, I Can See An Angel). Franks left the act in 1957, and by year's end their last hand was played.

Bill Dahl

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