L to R : Buddy Glass, Jessie James, Melvin Holmes, Charles Fuller & Calvin Talley
Jessie James & The Royal Aces (Vallejo, CA.)
Personnel :
James Herbert McClelland "Jessie James" (Lead)
Buddy Glass
Melvin Holmes
Charles Fuller
Calvin Talley
Discography :
1961 - Cha Cha Minnie / I Will Go (Shirley 103)
Biography :
School
group from Vallejo, CA. composed by Vocalists Jessie James (Lead),
Buddy Glass, Melvin Holmes, Charles Fuller & Calvin Talley. The
Royal Aces also consisted of five musician; Dick Ellis John Turk, Harvey
Toney, Tarnage Horn and Sylvester Stewart Known later as "Sly Stone"
was the guitar player in this group. In June 1961, the group recorded
"Cha Cha Minnie" and "I Will Go" released in July by Shirley Records.
Shirley Record is based in Fremont, Calif. owned by Ron Badger and
gained distribution from Atlantic Records. After this record, Sly Stone
will join the Viscaynes.
Musicians:
L to R : Dick Ellis John Turk, Harvey Toney, Tarnage Horn
Sylvester Stewart
Born
in 1943 in El Dorado, Arizona, James Herbert McClelland recorded three
more singles for Shirley and and one for Hit Records (several with
guitar work from Sly Stone), then made the big time when he switched to
20th Century Fox Records. "Believe In Me Baby, Pt. 1" was a modest pop
and R&B hit during 1967. His biggest hit, 1970's "Don't Nobody Want
to Get Married, Pt. 2," reached the R&B Top 20 for the Zea Records,
and he continued recording during the '70s and '80s for T.T.E.D.
Records and Gunsmoke. The latter was the label for full-lengths like
1988's "I Can Do Bad by Myself" and 1993's "Operator Please Put Me
Through".
Songs :
I Will Go Cha Cha Minnie