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The Death of Johnny Ace 2nd Edition
Author(s): Steve Bergsman (Author)
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date: March 1, 2014
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 392 pages
- ISBN-10: 1496121988
- ISBN-13: 9781496121981
Book Description
R&B singer’s life cut short too soon The tale of Johnny Ace starts in the late 1940s as a young man returns from the Navy to his hometown of Memphis to try and figure out what to do with his life. The man, Johnny Alexander, will eventually make his way to Beale Street, the epicenter of the blues culture in the United States, successfully launch his recording career as Johnny Ace, and battle against his record company, owned by African-American music mogul Don Robey. Along the way, he’ll cross paths with musical giants such as B.B. King, Ike Turner, Bobby Bland, Roscoe Gordon, Johnny Otis, Junior Parker, Rufus Thomas and Big Mama Thornton. Eventually Johnny Ace works his way to the fateful concert in the Houston Auditorium, where a moment of violence ends his life. Did Johnny Ace think he could beat Russian roulette one more time? Or, did something else happen in that backstage dressing room crowded with girlfriends, record people, and a very angry Don Robey? The Death of Johnny Ace is based on the life of a real person, rhythm & blues singer Johnny Ace, whose meteoric career was cut short by his unexpected death. He allegedly blew his brains out playing Russian roulette just before he was to appear on stage at a Christmas concert in 1954. Although largely forgotten now, Johnny Ace was the biggest star in R&B, a teen idol, in the early 1950s.
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About the Author
Steve Bergsman has contributed to a wide range of magazines, newspapers and wire services for more than twenty-five years, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal Sunday, Phoenix Magazine, Oldies, Chief Executive, The Australian, Creator’s Syndicate, Reuters News Service, Inman News and Copley News Service. He has been a regular contributor to the “Ground Floor” real estate column in Barron’s and has written for all of the leading real estate industry publications, including National Real Estate Investor, Institutional Real Estate Letter, Retail Traffic, Lodging, Multifamily Trends, Real Estate Portfolio, Shopping Center World, Mortgage Banking and Urban Land. His books include After the Fall: Opportunities and Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the Coming Decade, Maverick Real Estate Financing: The Art of Raising Capital and Owning Properties Like Ross, Sanders and Carey, Maverick Real Estate Investing: The Art of Buying and Selling Properties Like Trump, Zell, Simon, the World’s Greatest Land Owners, Passport to Exotic Real Estate: Buying U.S. And Foreign Property In Breath-Taking, Beautiful, Faraway Lands, and Growing Up Levittown: In a Time of Conformity, Controversy and Cultural Crises.
