Les Paul and Mary Ford

She died of complications from diabetes in Arcadia, California. The band was named for an actual temperance organization formed in the late 19th century. They were a couple from 1946, and married in 1949. In 1964 they broke up both personally and professionally; Mary Ford went into retirement, while Les Paul continued as a consultant for the Gibson Company, guitar makers. Vince Gill, now a major country music star as a solo artist, is a former lead singer for the band. She, Patti Page (who was probably the first), and Jane Turzy were three singers who used multi-tracking on their hits in the early 1950s. Their biggest hits included Let Me Love You Tonight and Amie. She was originally a country music performer, working with Gene Autry and Jimmy Wakely, and became one of the early practitioners of multi-tracking, where she recorded several parts of a multi-part harmony. Pure Prairie League was a popular American soft rock and country rock band active in the 1970s and early 1980s.

The name Mary Ford was picked out of a telephone directory by Paul, so she had as short a name as his when they recorded as a duo. Something in the Night (1981). Ford was born in El Monte, California. Firin' Up (1980). Paul was a guitarist, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, who created his own electric guitars from acoustic ones, and recorded several solo guitar hits as well as the songs where he backed his wife's singing. Can't Hold Back (1979). June 9, 1915, original name Lester Williams Polfus) and Mary Ford (July 7, 1928-September 30, 1977, original name Iris Colleen Summers) were a husband-wife musical duo. Just Fly (1978).

Les Paul (b. If the Shoe Fits (1976). Dance (1976). Two Lane Highway (1975). Bustin' Out (1972).

Pure Prairie League (1972).