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Ace Records Hits, 1955-1982


Ace Records in Billboards Top 100

Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop, 1955-1982 (Menominee Falls, WI: Record Research, Inc., 1983).

TABLE 1

DATE CHARTED ARTIST SONG HIGHEST RANK
8/12/57 Smith, Huey "Piano" Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu 52
3/24/58 Smith, Huey "Piano" Don't You Just Know It 9
4/14/58 Clanton, Jimmy Just A Dream 4
10/20/58 Clanton, Jimmy A Letter to An Angel 25
11/3/58 Clanton, Jimmy A Part of Me 38
12/8/58 Smith, Huey "Piano" Don't You Know Yockomo 56
2/9/59 Ford, Frankie Sea Cruise 14
8/3/59 Ford, Frankie Alimony 97
8/3/59 Clanton, Jimmy My True Love 33
12/7/59 Clanton, Jimmy Go, Jimmy, Go 5
1/18/60 Ford, Frankie Time After Time 75
4/25/60 Clanton, Jimmy Another Sleepless Night 22
5/23/60 Clanton, Ike Down the Aisle 91
8/22/60 Clanton, Jimmy Come Back 63
9/26/60 Clanton, Jimmy Wait 91
1/9/61 Clanton, Jimmy What Am I Going To Do? 50
2/17/62 Smith, Huey "Piano" Pop-Eye 51
8/18/62 Clanton, Jimmy Venus in Blue Jeans 7
1/5/63 Clanton, Jimmy Darkest Street in Town 77
12/31/60 Joe & Ann Gee Baby 108

 

TABLE 2

DATE CHARTED ARTIST SONG HIGHEST RANK
7/6/57 Smith, Huey "Piano" Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu 9
7/19/57 Clanton, Jimmy Just A Dream 1
3/22/58 Smith, Huey "Piano" Don't You Just Know It 4
11/11/58 Clanton, Jimmy A Part of Me 28
4/12/59 Ford, Frankie Sea Cruise 11
12/18/60 Joe & Ann Gee Baby 14
1/17/60 Clanton, Jimmy Go, Jimmy, Go 29