Famous multi-track husband and wife duo, Les Paul and Mary Ford. "Tiger Rag" recorded 1952.
From Wikipedia: Between the years 1950 and 1954, Les Paul and Mary Ford had 16 top-ten hits. They had five top-ten hits within nine months: "Tennessee Waltz," "Mockin' Bird Hill," "How High the Moon" (#1 for nine weeks), "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," and "Whispering."
From August 1952 to March 1953 they had five more top-ten hits: "My Baby's Coming Home," "Lady of Spain," "Bye Bye Blues," "I'm Sitting on Top of the World," and "Vaya Con Dios" (#1 for 11 weeks).
Coming up: Major Dundee (1965)
This duo was very popular. Everywhere you went their music was playing. Just couldn't get enough of it.
ReplyDeleteFord's multi-track recording technology at the time was considered such a feat of ingenuity. And the songs were all so easy to like.
DeleteIt seems like these two were on the radio all the time when I was growing up.
ReplyDeletePatti, they were.
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