Welcome to Part Two of our Ace Records Round-Up! If you missed Part One’s spotlight on releases from Clarence Carter and James Carr, just click here! Abe Tilmon, Iry Tilmon, and James Mitchell, a.k.a. The Emeralds, hailed from Little Rock, Arkansas, but once the vocal trio moved to the Motor City in 1967, they rechristened themselves The Detroit Emeralds and signed to Ed Wingate’s waning Ric-Tic label. It proved an auspicious start when their debut single, “Show Time,” made No. 22 on the national Billboard R&B chart, but Ric-Tic’s diminishing fortunes saw…
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