"the greater Houston area. Street Dogs – ""Stand For Something Or Die For Nothing"" (2018) Johnny Rioux Johnny Rioux is a not-dead musician with newfound love of performing in tracksuits, father of a Brady Bunch style family with 17 children, primarily known for playing in and working with many punk rock bands, and for being a ""Goodwill Date/ Eyes Wide Shut"" Mashup enthusiast. He was initially based in Boston but is now based in Texas and a barber at East End Barber in Houston, where he is treated with reverence in his godfather role as ""the Ol' Dirty Bastard of"
"Johnny Ace John Marshall Alexander Jr. (June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954), known by the stage name Johnny Ace, was an American rhythm-and-blues singer. He had a string of hit singles in the mid-1950s. He died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 25. Alexander was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of a preacher, and grew up near LeMoyne-Owen College. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he joined Adolph Duncan's Band as a pianist. He then joined the B. B. King band. Soon King departed for Los Angeles, and the band's"
"The Late Great Johnny Ace ""The Late Great Johnny Ace"" is a song by Paul Simon, which appears on his 1983 ""Hearts and Bones"" album. The song initially sings of the rhythm and blues singer Johnny Ace, who is said to have shot himself in a game of Russian roulette in 1954 (eyewitness accounts say otherwise). Simon goes on to reference former Beatle John Lennon, who was murdered on December 8, 1980, as well as referencing John F. Kennedy who was assassinated in 1963. The following year Beatlemania started (Simon was living in London at the time), and in the"
"Johnny Vincent John Vincent Imbragulio (October 3, 1927 – February 4, 2000), known as Johnny Vincent, was an American record producer for Art Rupe at Specialty Records. He founded Ace Records in 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi, 165 miles away from New Orleans. Although Vincent started out recording local blues musicians, in 1956 he branched out into New Orleans rhythm and blues and rock and roll. He signed up Huey ""Piano"" Smith and his group who was able to develop a New Orleans shuffle style distinctive from the Fats Domino jumping boogie rhythm. Vincent was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and died"
"the Wires Ring"", on his 2000 albbum ""Guarapero/Lost Blues 2"". Dave Alvin's 2011 album, ""Eleven Eleven"", contains the song ""Johnny Ace Is Dead"", about Ace's death. The Squirrel Nut Zippers' Christmas album, ""Christmas Caravan"", contains the song ""A Johnny Ace Christmas"", a love song about Ace killing himself on Christmas. Original singles, all issued simultaneously on 78- and 45-rpm discs by Duke Records One split single, issued on 78- and 45-rpm discs by Flair Records Studio albums and compilations containing only or mostly recordings by Ace Johnny Ace John Marshall Alexander Jr. (June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954), known"
"off, shooting him in the side of the head. According to his biographer Nick Tosches, Ace shot himself with a .32 pistol, not a .22, and it happened little more than an hour after he had bought a new 1955 Oldsmobile. Ace's funeral was held on January 2, 1955, at Clayborn Temple AME church in Memphis. It was attended by an estimated 5,000 people. His remains were buried at New Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. ""Pledging My Love"" was a posthumous R&B number 1 hit for 10 weeks beginning February 12, 1955. As ""Billboard"" bluntly put it, Ace's death ""created"
"cake and other foods are typically served. Piedmont and country blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter Ed Bell was born near Fort Deposit. Though born in Frayser, a community in North Memphis, Tennessee, Johnny Shines, Blues singer and guitarist, moved to Holt, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County, in 1969, where he lived until he died. Shines died on April 20, 1992, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1] He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame later the same year. Alabama has a rich jazz heritage, being the birthplace of such greats as Lionel Hampton, Erskine Hawkins, Nat King Cole, Cleveland Eaton, James Reese Europe,"
"as though he were still playing end at Yale. He just couldn't relax and let others do the heavy work."" Jones lived in Toluca Lake, California. On the hot morning of July 27, 1941, while home alone and washing and waxing his car, Jones fell ill and called his doctor, who lived nearby. By the time he arrived, Jones was dead; he had suffered a heart attack. The sudden, unexpected death was a shock to family, friends and fans: Several thousand people attended his funeral at First Methodist Church in Hollywood. He was buried in Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum at"
"6:45PM. He was found dead 45 minutes later. Johnny ""J"" Johnny Lee Jackson (August 28, 1969 – October 3, 2008), professionally known as Johnny ""J"", was a Mexican American multi-platinum songwriter, music producer and rapper best known for his early career with Death Row Records and for his work with 2Pac for ""Me Against the World"", ""All Eyez on Me"" as well as his posthumous albums. He was born in Juárez, Mexico, in 1969 and raised in South Central Los Angeles. Johnny ""J"" was co-owner and CEO of Klock Work Entertainment. Johnny ""J"" was raised on 103rd and Budlong in"
"often cited, especially in Canada, as the worst sitcom ever made. Note, though, that while Ace had a hand in the modern adaptation of the scripts, neither he nor Jane Ace appeared in it, and neither played any part in the actual production of the series. Jane Ace died after a long illness in 1974, just days before what would have been their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Her husband's tribute to her in the 8 February 1975 issue (""Jane"") provoked hundreds of letters from his regular readers and from the couple's old radio fans. ""...now alone at a funeral home...the questions...the"
"singer Polo Hofer and the Schmetterband wrote the song ""Johnny Ace"" in 1985; it was released on the album ""Giggerig"". Rock-and-roll historian Harry Hepcat noted that ""Johnny Ace was a crooner who sounded like Johnny Mathis with soul. ...Soon after the death of Johnny Ace, Varetta Dillard recorded ""Johnny Has Gone"" for Savoy Records in early 1955. She incorporated many of Ace's song titles in the lyrics. This was the first of the many teen tragedy records that were to follow in the later 50s and early 1960s."" Will Oldham noted Ace's death in the lyrics of his song ""Let"
"Jane Ace Jane Ace (October 12, 1897 – November 11, 1974) was the high-voiced, malaprop-mastering wife on legendary, low-keyed American radio comedy ""Easy Aces"" (1930–45). Playing herself opposite her real-life husband and the show's creator-writer, Goodman Ace (1899–1982), she delivered clever malaprops over the air in each episode of the urbane serial comedy, and many became part of the American vernacular. Born as Jane Epstein in Kansas City, Missouri, she met Goodman Ace while both attended the same Kansas City high school and Goodman, hoping to make a writing career, edited the school newspaper. In due course, he became a"
"Johnny ""J"" Johnny Lee Jackson (August 28, 1969 – October 3, 2008), professionally known as Johnny ""J"", was a Mexican American multi-platinum songwriter, music producer and rapper best known for his early career with Death Row Records and for his work with 2Pac for ""Me Against the World"", ""All Eyez on Me"" as well as his posthumous albums. He was born in Juárez, Mexico, in 1969 and raised in South Central Los Angeles. Johnny ""J"" was co-owner and CEO of Klock Work Entertainment. Johnny ""J"" was raised on 103rd and Budlong in South Central, Los Angeles, by his adoptive parents."
"as ""Johnny Ace"" instead of naming him for the ""non-smart"" fans. She finally divorced him after what she describes as a drunken murder attempt when he nearly killed her with his wrestling finisher, the sleeper hold. Weaver also had a son by a previous marriage. Bill Weaver of Houston Texas, still living and a retired D.J. and webmaster Weaver died of natural causes on February 15, 2008, aged 72. Johnny Weaver Kenneth Eugene Weaver (November 17, 1935 – February 15, 2008) was an American professional wrestler and wrestling commentator in the National Wrestling Alliance, better known by his ring name,"
"in NYC. In the 1990s, he moved to his mother's home in Gulf Port, Florida. to help care for her. While in Florida, he would make random appearances and do occasional solo performances throughout the club circuit. In his final years, he befriended multi-media performance artist Mikee Plastik, whom he did his final work with (costume design and photo shoot). Coe died of an AIDS related illness in 2001 in St. Petersburg, Florida. at St. Anthony's Hospital (the same hospital where famed beat poet Jack Kerouac died). Several books and documentaries about Studio 54 and its legendary scene have featured"
"an associate. He was the only full-time guest at the hotel. Paramedics were called, but Grant was eventually pronounced dead after they arrived, apparently of natural causes, at the age of 84. On January 11, 2008, Grant's sister, Peggy G. Adams of Goldsboro, North Carolina, announced that Johnny did not want a funeral service. Instead, there was a private memorial service held at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. Various publications reported that Grant wished for cremation, and for his ashes to be scattered under the Hollywood Sign. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has not set a timetable to name"
"Dr. John. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1998 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Johnny Adams Laten John Adams Jr. (January 5, 1932 – September 14, 1998), was an American blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as ""The Tan Canary"" for the multi-octave range of his singing voice, his swooping vocal mannerisms and falsetto. His biggest hits were his versions of ""Release Me"" and ""Reconsider Me"" in the late 1960s. Adams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the oldest of 10 children. He became a professional musician on leaving school. He began his career singing gospel with"
"Ace Records (United States) </div> 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. 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 went broke. The label was relaunched in 1971 and sold in 1997 to the Demon Music Group in the UK. Ace recorded such artists as Earl King, Frankie Ford, Jimmy Clanton, Huey ""Piano"" Smith, Joe Tex, Scotty McKay, and Bobby Marchan. Ace"
"Johnny Pace Johnny Pace (born 1929, Paterson, New Jersey - 1979) was an American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s, although he had limited recording and was overshadowed by Frank Sinatra, he rivalled Johnny Desmond, Chet Baker and Bobby Darin Pace was born in Paterson, New Jersey and served in the Army USO in Germany where he met his wife Anneliese Glaser, they traveled back to the states in 1954. Johnny and Anneliese had three children Monica, Suzanne and John. Discovered by Chet Baker in 1958, his sole album, ""Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace"" was recorded in"
"and several smaller labels. He billed himself ""The Silver Fox of the Blues"" after his hair turned white in his forties. Buddy Ace died of a heart attack aged 58, while performing in Waco, Texas, early on Christmas Day, 1994. Buddy Ace Jimmie Lee Land, known as Buddy Ace (November 11, 1936 – December 25, 1994) was an American Texas blues singer, billed as the ""Silver Fox of the Blues."" Born in Jasper, Texas, he was raised in Baytown near Houston, and began his career by singing gospel in a group that included Joe Tex. He joined up with other"
"sing songs like the guy who cries""). In Eva Rice's 2005 novel, ""The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets"", Johnnie Ray is an idol to the main characters, Penelope and Charlotte - and is introduced as a precursor to Elvis Presley. 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Johnnie Ray John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music"
"radio listeners. They also began writing and performing in commercials. Husband Goodman continued a second career as a radio and television writer and regular essayist for ""Saturday Review"", and his writings for that magazine frequently referenced Jane's doings, undoings, sayings, and unsayings. Jane Ace died in New York City in 1974 from cancer, aged 77. Goodman Ace composed a eulogy in a ""Saturday Review"" column:Now alone at a funeral home ... the questions ... the softly spoken suggestions ... repeated, and repeated ... because... because during all the arrangements, through my mind there ran a constant rerun, a line she"
"2009 at Norwalk Hospital of pneumonia. He was survived by his second wife, Valerie Anthony, as well as by four daughters and six grandchildren. An earlier marriage ended in divorce. Anthony's daughter, Michele Anthony, is the executive vice president of the Universal Music Group. She was formerly the president and chief operating officer of Sony Music. Dee Anthony Dee Anthony (April 9, 1926 – October 25, 2009) was an American talent manager who started in the business with fellow Bronx native Jerry Vale. After meeting Tony Bennett in 1954 at a nightclub in Yonkers, New York, he ended up representing"
"him an extended performance engagement at the legendary Mocambo nightclub. Moore died at age 71 on December 13, 1958 of pulmonary tuberculosis in Los Angeles, four days after his birthday. There was no money to pay for his hospital care or for his funeral, Moore having received his final $65.00 residual payment from ""Amos 'n' Andy"" in January 1958. At one time, Moore had made $700 per week. After a large funeral at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, he was buried at Rosedale Cemetery. At the funeral service, 10,000 fans and mourners passed his open coffin; attendance was star-studded and included"
"as quickly as the hits had started, they stopped. She recorded more than thirty sides for Federal, but only one, ""Ring-a-Ding-Doo"", made the charts, reaching number 8 in 1952. Not working with Otis was part of her problem; the other part was her deepening dependence on heroin, to which she was addicted by the middle of the decade. Being in the same room when Johnny Ace shot himself (accidentally) on Christmas Day, 1954, while in-between shows in Houston, presumably did not help matters. In 1954, she returned to Houston to live with her father and recuperate. Short on money, she"
"Alf's career would be spent in São Paulo, collaborating with other artists from time to time, occasionally embarking on solo recording projects, and earning most of his living from his performances in the clubs of São Paulo. Alf would eventually gain employment at a local conservatory of music. Johnny Alf died on March 4, 2010, in Santo Andre, Brazil (just outside São Paulo, his home of the past fifty years) of complications caused by prostate cancer. He left no immediate survivors. Alf's first recordings (“Falseta” and “De cigarro em cigarro”) were similar rhythmically and structurally to the well-known samba-cançãos of"
"and performing with Tommy Jamison's Soul Invaders. Sayles died from a heart attack in 1993, in Hazel Crest, Illinois, aged 56. Johnny Sayles John Earl Sayles, Jr. (February 9, 1937 – August 17, 1993), known as Johnny Sayles, was an American R&B and soul singer. Sayles was born in Winnsboro, Texas. Around 1955 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he sang with Eugene Neal’s Rocking Kings, and with Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm. In 1959 he formed the Johnny Sayles Band, who played at Chuck Berry's Paradise Club. He left music for a time to study in"
"William Mizell (Jam Master Jay) of the hip hop group Run-D.M.C was shot and killed in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. On December 25, 2006, James Brown – an American recording artist known as the ""Godfather of Soul"" died of pneumonia at the age of 73. On September 12, 2003, Johnny Cash – an American musician known as the ""Man in Black"" died of diabetes at the age of 71. On June 10, 2004, Ray Charles – an American musician best known as one of the pioneers of soul music died of liver failure at the age"
"Peralta Community College District class. Otis died of natural causes on January 17, 2012, in the Altadena area of Los Angeles. He died three days before Etta James, whom he had discovered in the early 1950s. He is interred with his wife at Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California, USA. Johnny Otis Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll."
"Eddie Jones (jazz musician) Eddie Jones (March 1, 1929, Greenwood, Mississippi – May 31, 1997, West Hartford, Connecticut) was an American jazz double bassist. Jones grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, and played early in the 1950s with Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. Jones taught music in South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, and became a member of Count Basie's orchestra in 1953, remaining there until 1962. He recorded frequently with this ensemble, and also played with Basie in smaller ensembles; these featured both Basie sidemen (Joe Newman, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Thad Jones, Ernie Wilkins) and others (Milt"
"until Spann left to join Muddy Waters's new band. In 1955, Joe moved back to Arkansas and generally removed himself from the music scene, except for occasional gigs with Willie Cobbs in small venues. In August 1959, Joe was located by Alan Lomax, and he recorded for the final time for the Atlantic label. Joe started performing more and was expected to return to Chicago. However, he died on April 3, 1960, at the age of 33, when his truck flipped over after returning from a dance in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas. The crash crushed Joe's skull, killing him instantly. In"
"from California's Santa Ynez Valley to Redding, Connecticut in 2007. Joyce died of throat cancer at his Redding, Connecticut home on August 2, 2014 at the age of 81. Ed Joyce (journalist) Edward Matthew Joyce (December 13, 1932 – August 2, 2014) was a former television executive. He was president of CBS News. He lived for many years in California's Santa Ynez Valley and in Redding, Connecticut. Born in Phoenix, Arizona during the Depression, Ed Joyce’s father was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps (an unemployment combatant during the FDR administration), making travel commonplace (think cardboard boxes, second hand"
"single, ""Falseta"" was released in 1952, with a debut album following in 1961. Over his career, he recorded nine albums and appeared on nearly fifty others. He died in 2010, aged 80, from prostate cancer. Johnny Alf (b. Alfredo José da Silva) was born on May 19, 1929, in Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His family was of low socio-economic class relative to his musical colleagues. Alf was raised almost exclusively by his mother, his father having perished in combat in the valley of Paraíba when Alfredo was only three years of age, a casualty of the Brazilian Civil"