Mary Ford Musical artist

Mary Ford (July 7, 1924–September 30, 1977), born Iris Colleen Summers, was an American vocalist and guitarist, 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 practitioners of multi-tracking.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 07, 1924
Birth place
El Monte California
Date of deathSeptember 30, 1977
Place of death
Arcadia California

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Musical artist

Career started1939
Career ended1966
associated musical artist
Les Paul
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Country music
Jazz
Pop music
Gospel music
Western music (North America)
instrument
Guitar
Singing
record label
Capitol Records
Columbia Records
Don Kirshner

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Mary Ford on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://lespaulfilm.com/trailer.html
  2. http://musicyouwont.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
  3. http://reevesaudio.com/visitlesandmary.html
  4. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285772
  5. http://www.lespaulonline.com
  6. https://archive.org/details/TheLesPaulShow