Yvonne Elliman

Her official website has announced that a new album, titled Simple Needs, will be released in early 2005. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. A few minor hits followed in 1979, including the theme song from the film "Moment by Moment", and another disco track "Love Pains", but her career had reached its peak, and with marriage and motherhood Elliman was willing to retire from performing. 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. The huge success of the latter song has resulted in Elliman being remembered as a disco artist, though this style of music was an exception to the medium-tempo ballads that she specialized in, and which comprised the bulk of her recordings. 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 biggest success came in 1978 with her #1 hit from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, "If I Can't Have You" which was also written by the Bee Gees. He was replaced as lead singer by Fred Diodati, who had attended South Philadelphia High School a few years after Alberts.

Her recording career began to take off from this point and she scored several hit singles throughout the world, including cover versions of the Barbara Lewis hit "Hello Stranger" and the Bee Gees "Love Me". Alberts, however, left the group in 1956 to try to make it as a soloist, but never made the charts. This performance led to a 1974 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. 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.. She appeared in the Broadway and film versions of "Jesus Christ Superstar" as Mary Magdalene and achieved her first hit single with the ballad "I Don't Know How to Love Him". Originally, Alberts sang with Mahoney playing behind him, and later they added Vaccaro on trumpet and Silvestri on drums. She performed on many of his 70's hits including "I Shot the Sheriff". Alberts went to South Philadelphia High School, Temple University, and the United States Navy, where he met Mahoney.

This led to a recording contract and a close association as a backing vocalist for Eric Clapton. The original members were Al Alberts (originally Albertini), Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, and Rosario "Sol" Vaccaro. They all came from Chester, Pennsylvania. Elliman's singing career began in the early 70's in London where she performed as a vocalist at various bars and clubs. The Four Aces were a pop singing group. Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born Honolulu, Hawaii, December 29, 1951) is an American singer.