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Birth name | Michael Emile Telford Miller |
Also known as | Emile Sweetnam |
Born | Castries, Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands | 16 October 1937
Died | 11 April 2016 London, England | (aged 78)
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Years active | 1957–late 1960s |
Labels | Pye |
Website | www |
Michael Emile Telford Miller (16 October 1937 – 11 April 2016), known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands. He was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the leader of Emile Ford & the Checkmates, who had a number one hit in late 1959 with "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?", which was the Christmas number one that year. He was also a pioneering sound engineer.