Ace Records (United States)

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

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

See also: Category:Ace Records (United States) singles

See also

References

  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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