#johnny ace

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

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.

I Was There: The Night Johnny Ace Died:

Johnny Ace "Never Let Me Go" Memorial Album, March 1955.