Johnny Vincent
John Vincent Imbragulio (October 3, 1927 – February 4, 2000),
Biography
Vincent was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States[1] and died in Jackson, Mississippi. He had moved to Jackson in the late 1940s and opened a record shop and started the short-lived Champion Records label in the early 1950s.[4]
Then
Ace enjoyed several national hits in the late 1950s, such as Huey "Piano" Smith's "Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu," and Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise"; both of which Vincent produced. In addition, the label had a series of Jimmy Clanton hits, but by 1962 the difficulties in distribution for a small independent record label forced Vincent to close down the label.[4]
Vincent reactivated the label in 1971 to produce some new music and reissue the treasures from the label's vault and by leasing the masters to other labels. In 1997 he sold the label to Music Collection International, a British label.[2][5]
Vincent died in February 2000 in Jackson of heart failure at the age of 72.[1]
Discography
- The Ace Story, Vol. 1-5 (Ace CD 2031-2035)
References
- ^ a b c "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2000". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
- ^ a b "Remembering Johnny Vincent 1927 2000". bluesworld. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
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