Ace Cannon
John "Ace" Cannon (born 5 May 1934 in Grenada, Mississippi) is an American tenor and alto saxophonist. He played and toured with Hi Records stablemate Bill Black's Combo, and started a solo career with his record "Tuff" in 1961, using the Black combo as his backing group. "Tuff" hit #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1962, and the follow-up single "Blues (Stay Away from Me)" hit #36 that same year. In April 1965, he released Ace Cannon Live (HL 12025); according to the liner notes by Nick Pesce the album was recorded in front of a live audience inside Hi's recording studio, and Pesce claims this was the first time such an album had ever been recorded (as opposed to previous live albums recorded in concert venues).
Cannon was inducted into both the Rock and Soul Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000. In May 2007, his hometown of Calhoun City, Mississippi, hosted its first annual Ace Cannon Festival, and on December 9, 2008, he was honored with induction into the Mississippi Musicians' Hall Of Fame.
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ALBUMS
- Help Me Make It Through The Night released: 1969
- Golden Classics released:
- Tuff Sax & Moaning Sax released:
- The Misty Sax Of Ace Cannon + Memphis Golden Hits released:
- Ace Cannon Plays Gold Favorites released:
- 16 Greatest Hits released:
- For the Good Times released:
Tuff Sax & Moaning Sax
- Tuff Sax
- Trouble in Mind
- St. Louis Blues
- Wabash Blues
- Basin Street Blues
- Cannon Ball
- Blues in My Heart
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- The Lonesome Road
- Careless Love
- Kansas City
- I've Got a Woman
- Moanin' the Blues
- Trouble in Mind (version 2)
- Prisoner's Song
- I Love You Because
- Last Date
- Singing the Blues
- It's All in the Game
- No Letter Today
- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
- I Can't Get Started With You
- Prisoner of Love
- Moanin'
The Misty Sax Of Ace Cannon + Memphis Golden Hits
- Wonderland by Night
- Almost Persuaded
- Somewhere My Love
- Blowing in the Wind
- As Time Goes By
- Yesterday
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Strangers in the Night
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- That's My Desire
- Summertime
- Michelle
- Last Night
- Wooly Bully
- Haunted House
- Raunchy
- 20 - 75
- Green Onions
- Tuff
- Walking the Dog
- In the Midnight Hour
- Baby, Let's Play House
- White Silver Sands
- I Walk the Line
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Cottonfields
by: Ace CannonIn them ol' cotton fields back home
In them ol' cotton fields back home
In them ol' cotton fields back home
In them ol' cotton fields back home