Mary Ford

Mary Ford
Ford with Les Paul in 1953
Ford with Les Paul in 1953
Background information
Birth nameIris Colleen Summers
Born(1924-07-07)July 7, 1924
El Monte, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 30, 1977(1977-09-30) (aged 53)
Arcadia, California, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1939–1966
Labels
Spouses
David Marvin Palmquist
(m. 1941)
Marvin Chester Watson
(m. 1942⁠–⁠1946)
[1]
(m. 1949; div. 1964)
Donald E. Hatfield
(m. 1965)

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.

  1. ^ "Yuma Wedding: Mrs. Marvin C. Watson." Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News, 28 October 1942, 7.