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unusual facts about The Four Aces


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The show is a revue of the close-harmony "guy groups" (e.g. The Four Aces, The Four Freshmen) that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s.


Guest appearance

Still the term "featuring" was used as early as in the July 1954 UK Singles Chart by "The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts" with "Three Coins In The Fountain" at 5th place.

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During the week though they played a Standards format with artists like Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Petula Clark, Tony Bennett, Tommy Dorsey, Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, Pat Boone, The Carpenters, Jack Jones, Tom Jones, the Andrews Sisters, Bobby Darin, James Taylor, the Four Aces, Johnny Mathis, Artie Shaw, Righteous Brothers, etc.


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Al Alberts

The Four Aces biggest hit was "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", which was the theme to the 1955 film starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones.

Howard Schenken

In 1943 he took over the Four Aces syndicated bridge column and in 1957 merged it with the column of Richard Frey.

The Four Horsemen, as the team was known, was the most successful around the tournament scene for the next couple of years, but then Schenken and Burnstine broke away to form the "Four Aces" with Oswald Jacoby and Michael Gottlieb.