Biography
Born Johnny Cannon, 5 May 1934, Grenada, Mississippi, USA. Saxophonist Ace Cannon is best remembered for his 1962 US Top 20 single "Tuff", on Hi Records. He began playing saxophone at the age of 10 and started working with country bands in Memphis in his teens. In the mid-50s he joined the band of Sun Records artist Billy Lee Riley. In early 1960 Cannon joined the Bill Black Combo and stayed for nearly two years. He signed as a solo artist with Hi in 1961 and recorded "Tuff', a song dating back to the 20s. Cannon placed four further singles on the charts, although none was as popular as the first. He stayed with Hi Records until the label expired in the late 70s. He then recorded for other, smaller labels and appeared on the Class Of "55 album with fellow Memphis artists Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison.
Discography:
Tuff Sax (Hi 1962)****, Looking Back (Hi 1962)***, The Moanin' Sax Of Ace Cannon (Hi 1963)***, Aces High (Hi 1964)***, The Great Show Tunes (Hi 1964)**, Christmas Cheers (Hi 1964)*.
Music Albums
Hank Williams Songbook By
K-Tel
07/30/1996
Best Of Ace Cannon
Curb Records
10/29/1996
Misty Sax/Memphis Hits
Hi Records (UK)
01/16/1996
The Hi Masters
Hi Records (UK)
09/15/1998
Golden Favorites
Ranwood Records
04/16/1995
Entertainer
Deluxe
09/18/1997
Tuff Sax/Moanin' Sax
Hi Records (UK)
09/05/1994
The Very Best Of Ace Cannon
Laserlight
09/01/1998
Best Of The Best
Federal Records
03/15/2000
Blues Sax For The Millenium
RMD Records
01/04/2000
The Best Of The Hi Records Years
The Right Stuff
04/10/2001
Plays Gold Favorites
Power Pak
1995
Unsafe Sax
King Records
02/27/1996
22 All-Time Greatest Hits
King Records
2002
The Greatest Hits Of *
Classic World Productions, Inc.
2002
16 Greatest Hits
Deluxe
n/a
Aces High/Plays The Great Show
Hi Records (UK)
07/15/1993
Golden Classics
Deluxe
03/11/1994
Source: Encyclopedia of Popular Music
