The Four Aces

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. Her last hit was "California Nights" (1967), after which she spent the remainder of her career performing in cabarets and achieving some success as a professional songwriter, including composing songs for the soundtrack of the 1980 film, Fame. In 1975 a court awarded Diodati the right to the name in a court suit in which the original members tried to establish their right. By the late 1960s, though, her fame was rapidly deterioriating as popular tastes evolved towards a harder-edged, psychedelic sound. Eventually the group broke up, but Diodati still has a group which he calls the Four Aces, though it contains none of the original members. Her record producer was Quincy Jones, who would later become one of the most famous producers in American music. He was replaced as lead singer by Fred Diodati, who had attended South Philadelphia High School a few years after Alberts. It was followed by others, including "Judy's Turn to Cry" (the sequel to "It's My Party"; US #5), "She's a Fool" (US #5), "You Don't Own Me" (US #2), and "Maybe I Know".

Alberts, however, left the group in 1956 to try to make it as a soloist, but never made the charts. Her first single was the #1 hit "It's My Party", still perhaps her best known recording, which also made #9 in Britain. They played locally in the Philadelphia area, and Alberts started his own record label, Victoria Records, when they could not 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.. Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946) is an American singer, one of the best known performers of the girl group era. Originally, Alberts sang with Mahoney playing behind him, and later they added Vaccaro on trumpet and Silvestri on drums. Alberts went to South Philadelphia High School, Temple University, and the United States Navy, where he met Mahoney.

The original members were Al Alberts (originally Albertini), Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, and Rosario "Sol" Vaccaro. They all came from Chester, Pennsylvania. The Four Aces were a pop singing group.