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Jul 7, 2022 · Performing and recording together from the mid-‘40s until the mid-‘60s, Les Paul and Mary Ford reached their zenith in the earlier part of the ‘50s. During their heyday, the duo scored 16 top ten hits including a unique version of the jazz standard "How High the Moon" that spent an incredible nine weeks at the number one spot.
Jan 25, 2012 · The Pawn Stars guys couldn't believe their luck when the nephew of singer Mary Ford walked into their shop with a piece of history: a cream 1961 Gibson SG that was once owned by guitar innovator, and Ford's ex-husband, Les Paul. The nephew even brought paperwork that documents Paul's on-again, off-again relationship with Gibson.
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Jul 12, 2013 · Mary Ford was born Iris Colleen Summers in El Monte, California on July 7, 1924, the second daughter of Marshall McKinley Summers (1896-1981),a Nazarene minister, who later became a painting contractor, and his wife, Dorothy May White Summers (1897-1988), and was the sister of Byron Fletcher Summers (1918-1994), Esther Eva Summers Wootten (born ...
Mary Ford was born on 7 July 1924 in El Monte, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Speed Racer (2008), Casino (1995) and Carol (2015). She was married to Les Paul and Donald Hatfield. She died on 30 September 1977 in Arcadia, California, USA.
Les Paul and Mary Ford's version of 'How High the Moon', which topped the Billboard singles chart for nine weeks in the spring and early summer of 1951 (while also hitting number one on the R&B chart, something which no white act had done before), was a true wake-up call for many of today's veteran engineers; a multi-layered, souped-up ...
