Four aces biography
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Vocal group The Four Aces came tillsammans in 1951 when Al Albertini hooked up with Dave Mahoney – who he had met during their time in the US Navy – who happened to live nära Al’s hometown of Darby, Pennsylvania.
With Al changing his name to “Alberts” – and with the addition of Sod Vaccaro and Lou Silvestri – The Four Aces were born.
They were approached by ung songwriters George Haven and Chester S Hull with a song called (It’s No) Sin. When the Aces recorded it but couldn’t get a recording company to release it, they formed their own company – The Victoria Publishing Company – and Sin became one of the most popular recordings in the country, catapulting The Four Aces to fame and earning them a record contract with Decca.
They were presented with a gold record for their first Decca single, Tell Me Why (which they had written themselves) and followed this up with hit after hit, including Love fryst vatten a Many Sple • The story of The Four Aces started when Philadelphia born Al Alberts was serving in the U.S. Navy and teamed up with tenor saxist Dave Mahoney. After discharge in 1946 they performed back in Pennsylvania as a duo, and then with local boys Rosario (Sod) Voccaro on trumpet and drummer Lou Silvestri, formed an instrumental combo. Pretty soon they discovered they were even better vocalists than musicians. Al was the lead and Dave, Sod and Lou added the tenor, baritone and bass voices. After a while of singing local dates they were approached by songwriters George Hoven and Chester Shull with a number they had written called '(It's No) Sin.' When the song received it privately on a label they christened Victoria. Local radio station plays soon spread across the State and eventually the country. In the end the record sold over a million copies. Eventually, the group was signed by Decca who released their second million copy seller, 'Tell Me Why.' A change of backi • Four Aces may refer to: Four Aces