Ocean (band)

The group disbanded in 1975. She died of complications from diabetes in Arcadia, California. They are best known for their million-selling 1971 single Put Your Hand in the Hand, penned by Gene McLellan. 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. Ocean was a gospel rock band formed in 1970 in London, Ontario. 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. Put Your Hand in the Hand LP: Billboard Pop Albums, #60 (1971). 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.

Put Your Hand in the Hand single: Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles, #4 (1971). 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. I've Got A Dream. Ford was born in El Monte, California. One More Chance (1972). 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. Put Your Hand in the Hand (1971). 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.

UBK-4052, 2000. Les Paul (b. CD rerelease on Unidisc Music Inc. Kama Sutra Records 2064, 1972. Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance