![]() The song was produced by Johnny Otis, the brilliant greek bandleader, singer and songwriter who was often thought of as black. ![]() Identify the song: 'No one really knows how the game is played, the art of the trade, how the sausage gets made.' Answer: The Room Where It Happens. Pledging My Love was the first R&B tune to cross over to the "white" charts (Billboard Pop) and opened the door for other artists to bring on rock and roll. This song is sung after Alexander Hamilton and Eliza lose Philip in Act Two, and they have to learn to deal with their misfortunes. Ace was exhausted after doing 340 shows on the road and while drinking and playing with a gun, he accidently shot himself on Christmas Day, 1954 in Houston. Pledging my Love was written by Ferdinand "Fats" Washington and probably Johnny Ace. Robey took credit on many songs he released, but really never wrote a tune. He had a reputation as a gun toting strong arm, who ran his business ruthlessly. Coy from Palestine, TexasDon Robey, who owned Duke/Peacock Records was a black 'mogul" in Houston who also owned clubs (Mostly the Bronze Peacock) and a booking agency.Two other covered version had charted, Teresa Brewer. In 1955 Johnny Ace's original version reached #17 on the Top 100 and it spent ten weeks at #1 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart. He didn't have a record on Billboard's Top 100 at the time, three weeks earlier his covered version of "Pledging My Love" was at #88 and in it's twelve and last week on the Top 100, five weeks ealier it had peaked at #45 for one week. ![]() Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 18, 1959, Roy Hamilton was a guest on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'.Matilda70 from NyThis song was also used in the movie Ashes (2012) starring Ray Winstone, and James Sturgess.
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