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.

History

Ace Record's marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail

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 ran out of funds and went out of business. 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 Records received a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.

Notable songs

See also

  • Mabry, Donald J. (Autumn 1990). "The Rise and Fall of Ace Records: A Case Study in the Independent Record Business". Business History Review. 64 (3). Cambridge University Press: 411–450. doi:. JSTOR . S2CID .

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