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The Four Aces

OLDIES PROVE GOLDEN ON FOLLIES STAGE

Four Aces Return by Popular Demand!

Half a century before teen girls went crazy for 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys, American airways and record players were dominated by the close harmony and soaring melodies of golden-throated male vocal groups. By any measure, the most successful of these original "boy bands" are the Four Aces, who return to guest star at the Follies this season.

Like many groups in the early 1950s, the Four Aces began playing locally in the Philadelphia area. Unable to land a recording deal at first, they released their first record, "(It's No) Sin," themselves. When that debut sold more than a million copies, major label Decca Records signed the group in time to release its next platinum record, "Tell Me Why."

By 1958, the Four Aces had seen more than 30 of their records climb the Top-40 charts, and had earned widespread acclaim for their live performances. Among their best known hits were "Heart and Soul," "Perfidia," "Dream," "Mr. Sandman" and "Stranger in Paradise." But the group scored its biggest successes with the title tunes from a pair of hit movies: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and Three Coins in the Fountain. Each theme song shot to #1 on the Billboard charts, won the Academy Award for Best Song for its year and became an international standard.

Since the 1960s, the group has continued to perform and their recordings remain perennial favorites on radio and compact discs. The Four Aces include Fred Diodati, 79, the group’s senior member and lead singer, Joe Giglio, 69, high-tenor, Danny Colingo, 65, baritone, and Harry Heisler, 64, bass. Heisler also serves as the quartet’s musical conductor.

One of the last "super groups" of the pre-rock 'n’ roll era, the Four Aces never abandoned the loving interpretation of well-crafted songs that made them stars and typified mid-20th century pop. Their importance in music history and their enduring popularity with audiences of all ages guarantee a "good time" as they headline the Follies’ nineteenth edition, Let The Good Times Roll!