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Morning Open Thread Tuesday, July 22, theme: Les Paul and Mary Ford [1]
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Date: 2025-07-22
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>>The theme for this month’s Tuesdays is: ‘named’ groups. I selected the ones listed, but any similarly ‘named’ group fits the theme.
1st: Crosby, Stills, Nash 8th: Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15th: Simon, Garfunkel 22nd: Les Paul and Mary Ford 29th: Brooks and Dunn
Today: Les Paul and Mary Ford
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wiki: Les Paul and Mary Ford
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Les Paul and Mary Ford were a popular 1950s husband-and-wife musical duo who performed and recorded during 1950–1963. They both sang and played guitar.
The couple were introduced to each other by Gene Autry in 1945 and were married on December 29, 1949. They first appeared in the pop charts in 1950. Between the years 1950 and 1954, Les Paul and Mary Ford had 16 top-ten hits.
Their 1954 version of "I'm a Fool to Care" was featured in a memorable Southern Comfort commercial in 2013 that got over 1 million views on YouTube.
The duo have a star at 1541 Vine Street in the Recording section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Les Paul was ‘instrumental’ (haha) in the development of the electric guitar, and in multi-track recording. Here’s a lengthy detailed Wiki on his life, with those portions in it: Les Paul
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