Of This I'm Sure - The Four Aces - 1955- played on a Garrard 1950's RC88/4 video free download


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Uploaded: 2010/04/17

Of This I'm Sure by the Four Aces 1955 recorded from the original Decca 78 rpm record, and played on a Garrard 1950's RC88/4 changer . The Four Aces is an American male quartet popular since the 1950s. Over the last half-century, the group amassed many gold records. Its million-selling signature tunes include "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Stranger in Paradise", "Dream", "Tell Me Why", "(It's No) Sin", "Shangri-la", "Woman in Love", "Perfidia", and "Sincerely". The original members, responsible for every song made popular by the group, included Al Alberts, Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, and Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro.

Alberts went to South Philadelphia High School, Temple University, and the United States Navy, where he met Mahoney. Originally, Alberts sang with Mahoney playing behind him, and later they added Vaccaro on trumpet and Silvestri on drums. They played locally in the Philadelphia area, and Alberts started his own record label, Victoria Records, when they could not find a distributor to release their first record, "(It's No) Sin". It sold a million copies, and Decca Records soon signed the group, billing them as The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts.

Alberts left the group in 1956 to try to make it as a soloist, but never made the charts. He was replaced as lead singer by Fred Diodati, who had attended South Philadelphia High School a few years after Alberts.

Eventually all of the original members left, leaving Diodati to lead a new line-up which consisted of Fred Diodati, Tony Alesi, Joe Giglio and Harry Heisler. Unfortunately after almost nineteen years with the group, Tony Alesi developed a medical condition that forced him to leave the group. The current Aces configuration includes Fred Diodati, Joe Giglio, Harry Heisler, and Danny Colingo. These members sing all the songs the Original Four Aces had made popular at one time.

In 1975 a court awarded Diodati, Alesi, Giglio and Heisler the right to the name in a court suit in which the original members tried to re-establish their right. The court allowed the founding members to tour as "The Original Four Aces, Featuring Al Alberts", which they did, finally retiring the act in 1987. Fred Diodati, Joe Giglio, Harry Heisler and Danny Colingo, continue to legally use the name of the Four Aces and perform the songs that made the The Original Four Aces popular.

The original lead singer, Al Alberts, died of natural causes on November 27, 2009. He was 87 years old. Alberts was the first group member to die.

Comments

10 years ago

SuperJeremi10

Great record player there man that 78 is clear mine are all scratched up!

10 years ago

chkjns

Thanks for sending me this one, Bill. Always needing more songs for the musical time machine. Long term goal is to max out all 800 of my playlists at 200 songs each. I think 160,000 songs would be enough. Left you a link to the 1955 playlist below. And - that sound really is SUPER on this, as so many others have commented! chuck

10 years ago

MrRossHartman

Thanks for the upload! Great sound for a 78 rpm record! No biggie, maybe check the turntable speed; this sounds about 5% slow [my original runs 2:57 while this version goes 3:06]. But still sounds great!

11 years ago

vinylhound43

Great sounding turntable!

11 years ago

Tayayable

corney song

12 years ago

WCPR1620AM

Did you know what the flipside to that is? "A Woman In Love" from "Guys & Dolls", I'll post the other side later.

12 years ago

felixbautista

As an addendum, I had stored this upload of yours down in my favorites.

12 years ago

felixbautista

How could I have missed this wonderful and nostalgic oldie all along and discovered it uploaded in site only now? Thanks so much for doing it... clicked "like".

13 years ago

AstroSonic1967

Nice record and example of an RC88, Bill. I love the music of the Four Aces. I have several of their records on 45. This song is new to me. I forgot to mention on my post back to you that my Garrard is an RC98 with variable pitch control.

13 years ago

althazarr

Great song! The shellac sounds awesome!

13 years ago

pats60415

very nice sound from best group ever

13 years ago

maynardcat

@jrcstudios I found it years ago at an estate sale. It is amazing how well some 78 records can sound with surprising fidelity if they haven't been played on heavy tracking tonearms damaging and wiping out the higher frequencies.

13 years ago

jrcstudios

Where did you find such a clean 78?? That must have been still in the wrapper.

14 years ago

maynardcat

@vwestlife It is a shellac record

14 years ago

vwestlife

Sounds very good for a 78. Is it pressed on vinyl or shellac?

14 years ago

BrooklynMouseReturns

I have this on a 45.

14 years ago

Vinylrecordsneverdie

RIP Al Alberts

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