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Les Paul

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Aliases
Les Paul & Friends
Les Paul and Trio
Les Paul Trio
The Les Paul Trio
Les Paul Trio & Friends
Stuyvesant Skonch
Real name
Lester William Polsfuss
Born
June 9, 1915
Died
August 13, 2009
Country
United States
IPI
00034973369 10 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz and country guitarist and songwriter. Paul was also instrumental in developing the hard body electric guitar, and was an innovator in recording techniques.
Family
Mary Ford Wife (1949-1964)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
January 1962 The Revelers [US1]
i January 1962 Campbell and Burr
i 1978 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
August 30, 2005 (unknown), Sam Cooke
November 1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1978 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i November 1946 Quartet of Hawaiian Girls from Kawaihao Seminary
  January 1962 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
i   1991 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i February 11, 1976 Emilio De Marchi
1946 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen
April 4, 1955 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 1991 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
August 30, 2005 Moon Martin
listen on Internet Archive i   July 1945 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
  March 1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
i February 11, 1976 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i   1959 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1946 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
November 3, 1952 Delmore Brothers
1967 Ted Daffan's Texans
August 1962 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
i   February 1948 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
i   June 15, 1978 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
November 3, 1952 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i 1948 Billy Murray and Haydn Qartet with Orchestra
i August 30, 2005 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1967 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i February 11, 1976 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i   April 1952 Etta Moten BRD, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra REL
i 1978 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
March 1951 Billy Briggs
i January 29, 1951 American Standard Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 28, 1956 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
December 1956 (unknown)
i January 1962 Connie Boswell
i December 1962 Darby and Tarlton
i 1978 Seger Ellis with Justin Ring's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i May 1946 (unknown)
January 1962 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
November 3, 1952 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
i 1959 Ted Lewis and His Band
i   January 1962 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i   1991 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
1946 Dinah Shore with Russ Case and His Orchestra
April 4, 1955 Muriel Angelus
Farewell (For Just a While) Les Paul and Mary Ford 1955 Unverified
i 1959 Quartet of Hawaiian Girls from Kawaihao Seminary
August 30, 2005 Steve Miller Band
August 1962 Jim Reeves [US]
listen on Internet Archive   November 3, 1952 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
June 15, 1978 (unknown)
August 30, 2005 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
  November 24, 1961 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
i September 4, 1950 Wayne King and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i May 1947 "Pine Top" Smith, Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother, The Rambler Trio featuring Arthur Smith
i November 1946 The Waikikians
Hawaiian Paradise Les Paul & Mary Ford April 29, 2015 Unverified
2005 Crowel Glee Club, Andy Iona and His Islanders, (unknown)
i 1991 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
March 1957 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
  March 1951 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1945 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
June 1955 Frankie Laine
i 1978 Dolores Valesco
  March 1957 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
  1954 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
March 1957 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
August 1962 Jimmie Davis
August 1962 Gene Autry
December 1962 Ann-Margret
August 1962 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
August 30, 2005 Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 1962 Floyd Tillman
June 21, 1954 Ted Daffan's Texans
i 1997 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
April 1952 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
listen on Internet Archive i   October 1951 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
April 4, 1955 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
March 1953 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight Les Paul & Mary Ford 2019 Unverified
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Les Paul & Mary Ford 1962 Unverified
i 1991 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
1954 Joni James with The Jack Halloran Choir
listen on Internet Archive October 1951 (unknown)
February 1954 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
March 1957 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i 1978 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i June 15, 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 The Ambassadors [US2]
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
January 1962 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
i February 11, 1976 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
listen on Internet Archive i April 1947 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
September 22, 1961 Chuck Willis and His Band
i   April 1947 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
i   June 15, 1978 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
July 2, 1951 Jimmie Davis
i October 1951 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
May 1950 International Novelty Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elliott Shaw
October 13, 1958 Tex Ritter and His Texans
i November 1951 Edison Male Quartette
May 1953 Maria Lătărețu
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i July 2, 1951 Wayne King and His Orchestra
  March 1957 Bing Crosby BRD, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC
October 1951 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
  April 4, 1955 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i 1959 (unknown)
i November 1946 (unknown)
i November 3, 1952 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
listen on Internet Archive i October 1951 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret)
i 1991 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
August 30, 2005 Paul McCartney & Wings
April 4, 1955 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1978 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i November 1950 Joe Sullivan [US1]
i   February 11, 1976 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
August 30, 2005 Bonnie Raitt
i   January 1962 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i June 15, 1978 Isaura Garcia
i August 1952 (unknown)
1954 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
January 29, 1951 Karl Karlsson Jularbo & Helge Erichsson, The Pinetoppers - Vocal Chorus by The Beaver Valley Sweethearts
i February 11, 1976 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF, George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
  March 1957 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Dorothy Lamour BRD
listen on Internet Archive October 1951 (unknown performer), Dorothy Lamour - Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer
i   January 23, 1956 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
i   November 1946 The Dolly Sisters PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC
i 1959 Noelani Hawaiian Orchestra
i   1991 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
March 1957 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
i May 1950 Felix Arndt
April 4, 1955 (unknown)
i 1959 Helen Louise - Frank Ferera
  1948 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Narration by Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
i   April 4, 1955 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i February 11, 1976 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i June 15, 1978 Judy Garland
March 1957 Russ Columbo
July 1958 Eddie Silver
August 30, 2005 Johnny Winter And
i 1978 Prince's Band
1955 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
listen on Internet Archive September 1946 The Two Tones - Bennie and George with Quartet
listen on Internet Archive October 1956 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
listen on Internet Archive i May 28, 1956 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
September 1954 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i 1957 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
August 1962 Billy Brown
November 1951 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
i March 1953 Waring's Pennsylvanians
listen on Internet Archive May 1952 Casa Loma Orchestra
August 30, 2005 Atlanta Rhythm Section
August 30, 2005 Sam Cooke
listen on Internet Archive i January 1955 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
i February 11, 1976 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
August 1962 Elton Britt
April 4, 1955 Sophie Tucker
i 1959 R. K. Holstein and Octette
i November 1946 R. K. Holstein and Octette
i 1991 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
listen on Internet Archive i May 1947 Sylvester Weaver, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
listen on Internet Archive November 3, 1952 Prince's Band
i 1978 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
1957 (unknown)
  May 1948 Jo Stafford with The Starlighters and Paul Weston's Mountain Boys REL, Tex Williams and His Western Caravan REC
March 1957 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1959 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
i November 1946 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
April 4, 1955 Standard Quartette
August 1952 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
  November 1950 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
March 1957 Virginia Verrill
1954 Dean Martin - Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf
  April 4, 1955 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
  1961 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
August 1962 Jimmie Davis
listen on Internet Archive October 1951 Gene Austin
i 1948 Victor Mixed Chorus
i February 1960 Edith Piaf
listen on Internet Archive March 1946 Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive August 1951 Edward Allen
i   July 1946 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
listen on Internet Archive i   October 1951 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Original Dixieland Jass Band, Mills Brothers
i 1959 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians
i November 1946 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians
December 1962 Thelma La Vizzo
i April 4, 1955 W. Arlington
May 1953 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i November 3, 1952 Isham Jones Orchestra
  March 1946 Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i April 19, 1948 Elsie Carlisle
listen on Internet Archive   August 1951 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
  September 1954 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
September 1954 Laurie Loman with Hank Russell's Orchestra and Chorus
December 1962 Ted Daffan's Texans
January 1962 Bing Crosby
i   January 1962 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ed. Loyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC
March 1957 Russ Columbo
December 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
August 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

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