Ace Records (United States)

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Ace Records
Parent companyDemon Music Group
Founded1955
FounderJohnny Vincent
Defunct1997

Ace Records was a record label that was started in August 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary.

History[edit]

Ace Record's marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail

Ace also had the Vin label. Its records were distributed independently until 1962 when a distribution arrangement was set up with Vee-Jay Records. Ace Records stopped when Vee-Jay ran out of funds and went out of business. The label was relaunched in 1971 and sold in 1997 to the Demon Music Group in the UK.[1]

Ace recorded such artists as Earl King, Frankie Ford, Jimmy Clanton, Huey "Piano" Smith, Joe Tex, Scotty McKay, and Bobby Marchan.[2]

Ace Records received a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.[3]

Notable songs[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Remembering Johnny Vincent 1927 2000". Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
  2. ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll ((2nd Ed.) ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. p. 95. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
  3. ^ "Ace Records - Jackson". Msbluestrail.org. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

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