Memorial Album

Descripción
Product Description 12 tracks from the legendary R&B balladeer who was allegedly killed in a game of Russian roulette! Includes Pledging My Love; My Song; The Clock; Saving My Love for You; Anymore; Cross My Heart; Never Let Me Go , and more. Tienda Johnny Ace’s greatest hit, the dirge-like blues ballad “Pledging My Love,” will forever be entwined with the shocking story of his death during a game of Russian roulette in Houston on Christmas Eve, 1954. The opening track on Duke’s Memorial Album, it sounds–with its stark beat, chiming vibes, and Western-saloon piano–as if it had been sung by a ghost. An original member of Memphis’s Beale Streeters, piano man Ace could also do rollicking R&B (“Don’t You Know”), but Memorial Album is top-heavy with all things slow and mournful: “The Clock” and “Never Let Me Go” were essentially prototypes for the posthumously-released “Pledging My Love,” and the lugubrious “Anymore” was its identical follow-up. –Barney Hoskyns
Review Johnny Ace (John Alexander, Jr.) used his slightly unsteady baritone to intone sad blues ballads that raced up the R&B charts between 1952 and 1955. “Pledging My Love”-released shortly after he accidentally took his life on Christmas Eve 1954-is the one for all time, and nine of the other eleven tracks have aged with nearly equal grace. — © Frank John Hadley 1993 — From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD Ver más
El número de Modelo (ItemModelNumber)
2016900
Peso
3.17 Onzas
Dimensiones
4.88 x 5.55 x 0.47 pulgadas
Fabricante es Geffen
La calificación que le dan a Memorial Album, 85 usuarios es de 4.7 sobre 5 estrellas.