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The Four Aces

Biography

Started: 1950s
City and Country of Origin: Chester, Pennsylvania
Music Background:
Awards: 2001 inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame
Top Recordings: ”Heart and Soul,” ”(It's No) Sin,” ”Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing,” ”Tell Me Why,” ”Three Coins in the Fountain”
The Four Aces Biography: The Four Aces were a 1950s pop singing group. The original members were Al Alberts (originally Albertini), Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, and Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro. They all came from Chester, Pennsylvania.

Alberts attended 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. The group played locally in the Philadelphia area, and Alberts started his own record label, Victoria Records, when they were unable to 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 charted. 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. In 1975 a court awarded Diodati the right to the name in a court suit in which the original members tried to re-establish their right. The court also, however, allowed the founding members to tour as "The Original Four Aces, Featuring Al Alberts", which they did, finally retiring the act in 1987. Diodati still has a group which he calls the Four Aces, though it contains none of the original members.

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