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Les Paul (b. June 9, 1915, original name Lester Williams Polfus) and Mary Ford ( July 7, 1928- September 30, 1977, original name Iris Colleen Summers) were a husband-wife musical duo.
Paul was a guitarist, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, who created his own electric guitars from acoustic ones, and recorded several solo guitar hits as well as the songs where he backed his wife's singing.
Ford was born in El Monte, California. The name Mary Ford was picked out of a telephone directory by Paul, so she had as short a name as his when they recorded as a duo. She was originally a country music performer, working with Gene AutryGene Autry ( September 29, 1907 October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. Born as Orvon Gene Autry in Tioga, Texas, his family moved to Ravia, Oklahoma in the 1920s. After l and Jimmy Wakely , and became one of the early practitioners of multi-tracking, where she recorded several parts of a multi-part harmony. She, Patti PagePatti Page (born Clara Ann Fowler November 8, 1927) is one of the best-known female singers in traditional pop music. She is unusual in that she came to traditional pop from country music, and some of her recordings are somewhat country flavored. She is s (who was probably the first), and Jane Turzy were three singers who used multi-tracking on their hits in the early 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb..
They were a couple from 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar, and married in 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming,. In 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort they broke up both personally and professionally; Mary Ford went into retirement, while Les Paul continued as a consultant for the Gibson Company, guitar makers.
She died of complications from diabetes in Arcadia, CaliforniaArcadia is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,054. It is the site of the Santa Anita Park racetrack. History Arcadia was originally inhabited by the Tongva ("Gabrie.