Ace (band)

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Ace
General information
origin Sheffield
Genre (s) Soft rock , pub rock
founding 1972 as Ace Flash & the Dynamos
resolution 1977
Last occupation
Alan "Bam" King
guitar
 Phil Harris
Vocals, keyboard
Paul Carrack
Terry "Tex" Comer
Fran Byrne

Ace was a British pub rock and soft rock band from the 1970s, who achieved a top 3 hit in the United States in 1974 with How Long .

Band history

Founded in 1972 in Sheffield as Ace Flash & the Dynamos , the quintet changed its name to Ace shortly afterwards . Their first album Five-A-Side (1974) and their first single How Long (Has This Been Going On) , written by singer and keyboardist Paul Carrack himself, were particularly impressive in the USA. How Long was inspired by Carrack after he found out that bassist Terry Corner had been secretly working for other bands on the side.

Despite good reviews, the second album was no longer a great success and a second larger single hit was denied them, which is why they are also rated as a one-hit wonder . After a third album in 1977 was also unsuccessful, they split up.

Fran Byrne, Paul Carrack and Terry Comer intermittently joined Frankie Miller as part of the backing band. And Paul Carrack in particular later had great success as a soloist and with various other bands such as Squeeze , Mike & The Mechanics and Roxy Music . Among other things, he recorded the ace hit How Long again in 1996 and reached the charts with it.

Members

The most successful line-up (September 1974 - July 1977):

  • Alan "Bam" King (born September 18, 1945 in Kentish Town, London), singer and guitarist
  • Phil Harris (born July 18, 1948 in Muswell Hill, London), lead guitarist
  • Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield, Yorkshire), singer and keyboardist
  • Terry "Tex" Comer (born February 23, 1949 in Burnley, Lancashire), bassist
  • Fran Byrne (March 17, 1948 in Dublin, Ireland), drummer

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Five-A-Side (an Ace album)
  US 11 03/15/1975 (22 weeks)
Time for Another
  US 153 December 27, 1975 (6 weeks)
No strings
  US 170 02/12/1977 (2 weeks)
Singles
How long
  UK 20th 11/9/1974 (10 weeks)
  US 3 03/08/1975 (16 weeks)
Rock & Roll Runaway
  US 71 07/26/1975 (4 weeks)

Albums

  • Five-A-Side (1974 - Anchor Records; US title: An Ace Album )
  • Time For Another (1975 - Anchor Records)
  • No Strings (1977 - Anchor Records)

Singles

  • How Long (Has This Been Going On) (1974)
  • No Future In Your Eyes (1975)

Web links

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  1. ↑ toponehitwonders.com
  2. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums , 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 9781904994008
  3. ↑ Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 by Joel Whitburn , Record Research 2007, ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7
  4. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006