"Music Legends" Less Paul & Mary Ford Hand Signed Album Page Todd Mueller COA

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Lester William Polsfuss
(June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as
Les Paul
, was an American
jazz
,
country
, and
blues
guitarist, songwriter,
luthier
, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the
solid-body
electric guitar, and his techniques served as inspiration for the
Gibson Les Paul
. Paul taught himself how to play guitar, and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he had an early career in country music. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with
overdubbing
(also known as
sound on sound
),
[2]
delay effects
such as
tape delay
,
phasing effects
and
multitrack recording
were among the first to attract widespread attention.
His innovative talents extended into his playing style, including
licks
,
trills
,
chording
sequences,
fretting
techniques and timing, which set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired many guitarists of the present day. He recorded with his wife, the singer and guitarist
Mary Ford
, in the 1950s, and they sold millions of records. Among his many honors, Paul is one of a handful of artists with a permanent, stand-alone exhibit in the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
. He is prominently named by the music museum on its website as an "architect" and a "key inductee" with
Sam Phillips
and
Alan Freed
. Les Paul is the only person to be included in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Mary Ford
(born
Iris Colleen Summers
; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) 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
.