Les paul and mary ford biography
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Mary Ford
American vocalist and guitarist
For the Oregon politician, see Mary Alice Ford. For the American author and suffragist, see Mary Hanford Ford.
Mary Ford | |
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Ford with Les Paul in 1953 | |
| Birth name | Iris Colleen Summers |
| Born | (1924-07-07)July 7, 1924 El Monte, California, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1977(1977-09-30) (aged 53) Arcadia, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1939–1966 |
| Labels | |
| Spouses | David Marvin Palmquist (m. 1941)Marvin Chester Watson (m. 1942–1946)Les Paul (m. 1949; div. 1964)Donald E. Hatfield (m. 1965) |
Musical artist
Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American guitarist and vocalist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits, including "How High the Moon" and "Vaya con Dios", which were number one hits on the Billboard charts. In 1951 alone they sold six million records. With Paul, Ford became one of the early practi
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
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Gone now, but never forgotten. An amazing duo with spectacularly unmatched performances...
The following is a visit with the father of multi-track recording,
Les Paul
and his wife, vocalist, guitarist partner and my harmony heroine,
Mary Ford
in their home studio.
You never know what brings greatness together. Who'd have thought it would be
Gene Autry . For it was his introduction of Mary to Les that started an historical era.
Between the years 1950-1954, Les Paul and Mary Ford had 16 top-ten hits. They had five top-ten hits within nine months. "Tennessee Waltz","Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon" ( #1 for nine weeks), "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise","Nola", "Lover." and "Whispering". From August 1952 to March 1953 they had five more top-ten