Ace,Johnny Collection 1952-55 CD

Johnny Ace, born John Alexander in Memphis, Tennessee, was a highly successful blues and R&B pianist and singer, whose career was tragically cut short at the height of his fame when he died at the age of 25 in a bizarre shooting accident in his dressing room at a gig with Big Mama Thornton on Christmas Day 1954. Before that, he had made some noted recordings accompanying the likes of B.B. King and Bobby Bland, and had run up a string of R&B hits as a solo artist. This 51-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his releases under his own name on the Flair and Duke labels, plus recordings he made with B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Earl Forest and Junior Parker, along with tribute recordings to him made by other artists after his death. It features all his eight Top 10 R&B hits, including the No. 1s "My Song", "The Clock" and "Pledging My Love" and the Top 3 hits "Cross My Heart" and "Saving My Love For You", along with Johnny Moore & The Three Blazers' Top 20 tribute hit "Johnny Ace's Last Letter". It provides as thorough a cross-section of his solo output as could be achieved and also showcases his talents as an accompanying pianist

1. My Song 2. Follow the Rule 3. Cross My Heart 4. Angel 5. The Clock 6. Aces Wild 7. Midnight Hour's Journey 8. Saving My Love for You 9. Yes, Yes, Baby 10. Please Forgive Me 11. You've Been Gone So Long 12. Never Let Me Go 13. Burley Cutie 14. Pledging My Love 15. No Money 16. Anymore 17. How Can You Be So Mean 18. So Lonely 19. I'm Crazy Baby 20. Still Love You So 21. Don't You Know? 22. Shake It Up and Go 23. My Own Fault, Darlin' 24. Someday, Somewhere 25. Gotta Find My Baby 26. I Got a Gal 27. Low Down Dirty Baby 28. I'm So Glad 29. Baby, Baby 30. Rock the Bottle 31. Whoopin' and Hollerin' 32. Pretty Bessie 33. I Wronged a Woman 34. I Can't Forgive You 35. Trouble and Me 36. Sad and Lonely 37. Rumpus Romp 38. Whole Heap of Mama 39. I Cried 40. Drifting from Town to Town 41. I.O.U. Blues 42. Lovin' Blues 43. Army Blues 44. No Blow, No Show 45. Wise Man Blues 46. Love My Baby 47. Johnny Ace's Last Letter 48. Why, Johnny, Why? 49. Johnny Has Gone 50. Salute to Johnny Ace 51. Johnny Ace's Last Letter