The B-side of “See Saw” also made the Top 40 and R&B Top 10 for Aretha Franklin. This was a remake of the 1952 Johnny Ace R&B hit. Johnny had once been in B.B. King’s band before succeeding. He was in Houston at a 1954 Christmas Day show when he started waving a gun around backstage. Witnesses said Johnny had been drinking, pointed the .32 pistol at himself and actually said, “See? It’s not loaded...” just before it went off. Geeeeez. His posthumous “Pledging My Love” became a #1 R&B hit for 10 weeks in 1955.
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