For the Oregon politician, see Mary Alice Ford. For the American author and suffragist, see Mary Hanford Ford.
Mary Ford
Ford with Les Paul in 1953
Background information
Birth name
Iris Colleen Summers
Born
(1924-07-07)July 7, 1924 El Monte, California, U.S.
Died
September 30, 1977(1977-09-30) (aged 53) Arcadia, California, U.S.
Genres
Western
country
pop
Gospel
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
Years active
1939–1966
Labels
Capitol
Columbia
Calendar
Spouse(s)
David Marvin Palmquist
(m. 1941)
Marvin Chester Watson
(m. 1942–1946)
[1]
Les Paul
(m. 1949; div. 1964)
Donald E. Hatfield
(m. 1965)
Musical artist
Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American guitarist and vocalist, 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.
^"Yuma Wedding: Mrs. Marvin C. Watson." Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News, 28 October 1942, 7.
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