Mary Ford

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Mary Ford was an American vocalist and guitarist best known for her innovative multi-tracked recordings and hit duets with her husband, guitarist and inventor Les Paul, in the 1950s.

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Mary Ford canonical 13

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeInDecade 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Les Paul & Mary Ford ⓘ
birthName Iris Colleen Summers ⓘ
collaboratedWith Les Paul ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
era 1950s American popular music ⓘ
familyName Summers ⓘ
fieldOfWork popular music ⓘ
recorded music ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
pop ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
givenName Colleen ⓘ
Iris ⓘ
influencedBy Les Paul ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
voice ⓘ
knownFor chart-topping duets in the early 1950s ⓘ
close-harmony overdubbed vocals ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
name Mary Ford ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor 1950s popular music recordings ⓘ
hit duets with Les Paul ⓘ
multi-tracked vocal recordings ⓘ
notableWork How High the Moon ⓘ
Mockin' Bird Hill ⓘ
Vaya Con Dios ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
partOf Les Paul and Mary Ford duo ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
residence United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Les Paul ⓘ
stageName Mary Ford ⓘ
usedTechnology multi-track recording ⓘ
overdubbing ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Paul → associatedWith → Mary Ford ⓘ
Les Paul → spouse → Mary Ford ⓘ
Mary Ford → name → Mary Ford ⓘ
Mary Ford → stageName → Mary Ford ⓘ
Lester William Polsfuss → spouse → Mary Ford ⓘ
How High the Moon → recordedBy → Mary Ford ⓘ
Iris Colleen Summers → stageName → Mary Ford ⓘ
Summers → hasNotableBearer → Mary Ford ⓘ
Iris Colleen Summers → stageName → Mary Ford ⓘ
subject linked to: Summers
Les Paul & Mary Ford → member → Mary Ford ⓘ