ACE RECORDS
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ACE was first local label of note in New Orleans , even thought it was operated out of
    Jackson Mississippi , 196 miles away .
ACE was formed by Johnny Vincent in August 1955 . Vincent was previously a salesman ,
    then a producer for Specialty Records. Almost all of the Ace recordings were made
    at Cosimo Matassa's studio in New Orleans.


LP  1001   JIMMY CLANTON                JUST A DREAM                            1959

Just A Dream / Take Her Back / No Greater Love / Part Of Me / It's All Over Now /
Land of tomorrow // Letter To An Angel/ It Takes A Long Long Time/ My Love Is Strong
/ Losing The One I Love / Angel Face / Ship On A Stormy Sea
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LP  1002   JOE BURTON TRIO              JOE BURTON PLAYS                        1959
           (Note : possibly not issued)
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LP  1003   PROFESSOR HUGS               HONKY TONK PIANO                        1959
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LP  1004   HUEY "PIANO" SMITH & THE CLOWNS : HAVIN' A GOOD TIME                 1959

Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu / Little Chickee Wah Wah / Little Liza
Jane / Just A Lonely Clown / Hush Your Mouth / Don't You Know Yockomo // Havin' A
Good Time / Don't You Just Know It / Well I'll Be John Brown / Everybody's Whalin'
/ High Blood Pressure / We Like Birdland
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LP  1005   FRANKIE FORD                 ON A SEA CRUISE                         1959

Sea Cruise / Alimony / Danny Boy / It Must Be Jelly / Watchdog / What's Going On //
Roberta / Can't Tell My Heart / Your Game Is Over / I'm Worried Over You / Hour Of
Need / Cheatin' Woman
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LP  1006   ALVIN "RED" TYLER            ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN'                     1960

Junk Village / Tonking / Classy Lassie / Lonely For You / Double Whammy / Shake Eyes
/ Happy Sax / Dippy / Drag Race / Long Ride / Peanut Vendor / Walk On
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LP  1007   JIMMY CLANTON                JIMMY'S HAPPY                           1960

You're Just In Love / A Kiss To Build A Dream On / Jimmy's Tune / That Old Feeling /
Linda / I'm Sitting On The Top Of The World // Sleepy Time Gal / I'm Beginning To
See The Light / Beg Your Pardon / Over The Rainbow / You're An Old Smoothie / I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows
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LP  1008   JIMMY CLANTON                JIMMY'S BLUE                            1960

I Feel Those Tears Comin' On / Somebody Please Help Me / You'll Never Know / Don't
Look At Me / Nothing Left For Me / I'm Gonna Try // Another Sleepless Night / You
Better Settle Down / You Kissed A Fool Goodbye / Love Me Tonight / Highway Bound /
I Wanna Go Home
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LP  1009   FIFI BARTON                  ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER                  1960

One Is A Lonely Number / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / Rainy Day / But Not For Me
/ Jelly Jelly Blues / When Your Lover Has Gone // Who's Sorry Now / Don't Take Your
Love From Me / If I Had You / Smoking My Sad Cigarette / That Old Feeling / One For
My Baby (One More For The Road)
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LP  1010   RHYTHM MASTERS               RELIGIOUS HYMNS                         1961

Pass Me Not / Take My Hand Precious Lord / I'm Gonna Move To The Sky / Teach Me Lord
To Waits / Just For Today/ God Made A Way // Amazing Grace / Just A Closer Walk With
Thee / Bend Away Down Low / The Devil And His Old Suitcase / I'll Follow Jesus /
Holding My Savior's Hand
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LP  1011   JIMMY CLANTON                MY BEST TO YOU                          1961

Just A Dream / Another Sleeples Night / Go Jimmy Go / My Old True Love / Come Back /
Wait / What Am I Gonna Do / If I / Little Boy In Love / I Trusted You / I'm Gonna
Try / A Letter To An Angel
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LP  1012   V / A                        THE GREATEST 15 HITS ON ACE             1961

JIMMY CLANTON                   Just A Dream
FRANKIE FORD                    Sea Cruise
SCOTTY MCKAY                    Let The Good Times Roll
JO & ANN                        Gee Baby
HUEY "PIANO" SMITH              Don't You Just Know It
THE CLOWNS                      High Blood Pressure
BIG BOY MYLES                   New Orleans
EARL KING                       Those Lonely Lonely Nights

BOBBY MARCHAN                   We Like Birdland
ALVIN "RED" TYLER               Happy Sax
LITTLE "GONZO" BOOKER           Teen Age Rock
EDDIE BO                        I'll Keep On Trying
CHARLES BROWN/AMOS MILBURN      I Wanna Go Home
LLOYD PRICE                     Such A Mess
HUEY & JERRY                    Little Chick Wah Wah
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LP  1013   C.Z.BREAUX                   MORE LAUGHS WITH THE CAJUN              1961
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LP  1014   JIMMY CLANTON                TEENAGE MILLIONAIRE

Teenage Millionaire / Possibility / Smokey / Yogi / Kissin' Game / Somebody Nobody
Wants / Back To School Blues / Hello Mister Dream/ Green Light / Happy Times / Let's
Twist Again / The Jet / The Way I Am / Lonely Life / Show Me / Oh Mary / I Wait
(Note : soundtrack)
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LP  1015   HUEY "PIANO" SMITH & THE CLOWNS : FOR DANCING                        1961

She Got Low Down / Somewhere / Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain / Somebody Put A Tack
(In My Cotton Pickin' Chair) / Doin' The Beatnik Twist / We Want Him Under Alimony
// Scald Dog / Susie Q / Free Single And Disengaged / Tuber-culucas And The Sirup
Flu / I Tried / Mean Mean Man
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LP  1016   V / A                        WORLD'S FUNNIEST CAJUN HUMOR            1961
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LP  1017   SCOTTY MCKAY                 TONIGHT IN PERSON                       1961

Sea Cruise / Roberta / Lonely Lonely Nights / I Got My Eyes On You / Shattered
Dreams / Olive Learned To Pop-Eye // Cry Me A River / Little LIza Jane / Let The
Good Times Roll / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / You're So Square / Shame
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LP  1018   ROLAND STONE                 JUST A MOMENT                           1961

Just A Moment (Of Your Time) / Something Special / Because I Do / Desert Winds /
I Can't Help It / Preacher's Daughter // I Was A Fool / Everybody's Lonesome /
Remember Me / Down The Road / I Wann / Symphony Two
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LP  1019   V / A : THE POP - EYE : LET'S HAVE A DANCE PARTY                     1961

HUEY SMITH & THE CLOWNS         The Pop-Eye
THE CLOWNS                      Charleston In The USA
THE CLOWNS                      Come On Let's Hully Gully
THE CLOWNS                      Stomping Everywhere
THE CLOWNS                      Strollin' My Baby Back Home
THE CLOWNS                      Do The Slop
THE MARVELS                     Crazy 'Bout The U.T.
THE MARVELS                     The Continental Twist
THE MARVELS                     Doin' Everything
THE MARVELS                     Don't Pony With Tony
CLIFF THOMAS                    Gonna Do The Fish
JIMMY CLANTON                   Twist On Little Girl
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LP  1020   V / A                        FOR TWISTER'SONLY                       1962

HUEY "PIANO" SMITH              Everybody's Twistin'
SCOTTY MCKAY                    Little Liza Jane Twist
ROLAND STONE                    Something Special Twist
BILL ROBIN & HIS COMBO          Boll Weevil Twist
BILL ROBIN & HIS COMBO          Near You Twist
ROLAND STONE                    Because I Do Twist

THE CLOWNS                      Scald Dog Twist
FRANKIE FORD                    Roberta Twist
JAMES BOOKER                    Teenage Twist
LARRY BIRDSONG                  Who Do You Love Twist
JON KENNEDY                     Big Bad Jon The Twister
JIMMY CLANTON                   Happy Time Twist
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LP  1021   ALVIN "RED" TYLER            TWISTIN' WITH MR.SAX                    1962

(Note : identical record to LP 1006 except the word "Twist" is added to every title)
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LP  1022   HOLLY LOVE & THE TEDDY SIMMS DREAMY FIVE : MY LOVE CONFESSIONS       1962

I Fell In Love With An Astronaut (What A Big Astronaut He Turned Out To Be) / Who
Took Me Home (After The Office Party) / I'm Just A Hip Musicians Wife (My Husband
Loved To Blow) / Last Season I Made My Debut (Little Did They Know I Was Expecting)
/ I Married An Oil Man Of 75 (But His Pumping Days Are Over) // I Caught My Husband
In Another Man's Arms (Do You Think He Is A Little Queer) / I Was A Teenege Stripper
(I Just Loved To Bump And Grind) / A Farm Boy Taught Me "How" (At Least He Thinks He
Did) / I Made A Pass At A Football Player (And-Oh!-Did He Tackle Me) / I Was A Nurse
At City Hospital (All Of My Patients Were Men)
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LP  1023   JIMMY REED COMBO             TIME TO DANCE                           1962

See You In September / Yesterdays / Third Man Theme / Take The "A" Train / My Funny
Valentine / Drume Negrita / Mambo Jumbo // Big Noise From Winnetka / Nightingale /
What Is This Called Love / Cornsville Medley / Bie Dir War Es Immer So Schon
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LP  1024   GIL PETERSON                 SINGS OUR LAST GOODBYE                  1962

Cottage For Sale / Somewhere Along The Way / I Get Along Without You Very Well / In
The Wee Small Hours / It Won't Be The Same Without You // I'll Bee Seeing You /
February Brings Rain / The Night We Called It A Day / Our Last Goodbye / When Your
Lover Has Gone
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LP  1025   DAVID FISHER                 PETITE CHOSE                            1962
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LP  1026   JIMMY CLANTON                VENUS IN BLUE JEANS                     1962

Darkest Street In Town / Molly Darling / Dreams Of A Fool / Walk With Me / Not Like
A Brother / Just A Moment // Venus In Blue Jeans / Because I Do / Lucky On Love
(With You) / I Just Wanna Meke Love / Twist On Little Girl / Wayward Love
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LP  1027    HUEY "PIANO" SMITH & THE CLOWNS : 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS  1962

'Twas The Night Before Christmas / White Christmas Blue / Happy New Year / All I
Want For Christmas / Silent Night // I Wrote To Santa Claus / Almost Time For Santa
/ Rock'n'Roll Santa Claus / Jingle Bells / Doing The Santa Claus
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Note : titles under the numbers 1023,1024,1025,1026 ixist in stereo format too.


DLP  100   JIMMY CLANTON                JIMMY'S HAPPY , JIMMY'S BLUE            1960

(Note : double LP came in a gatefold cover that combined LP 1007 & LP 1008)
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