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It was a confusing time to be in the record business in the mid-'50s, as this 16-selection album could be found as a single 12-inch LP, two 10-inch LPs, two 45 RPM double albums, four 45 RPM single albums, and it has been spotted on 78s too. Not only were the formats diversified, so was the repertoire -- to a degree extreme even for the free-thinking Les Paul. Alone and/or with Mary Ford, Paul plays with pop standards ("On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Just One of Those Things"), old jazz ("Twelfth Street Rag"), Berlin cabaret-vintage Kurt Weill ("Moritat" a.k.a. "Mack the Knife," which Paul at first tried to copyright under his own name as "Theme from Laughing Eyes"!), gospel ("Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), Brazilian samba ("Tico Tico"), even a recent country hit like Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On." Sometimes one gets the feeling that Paul and Ford were beginning to reach the limits of their hit formula, but the energy of "Tico" and Ford's spirited choral belting of "I'm Movin' On" have plenty of the old pizzazz.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Andy Razaf, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - Euday L. Bowman, Composer
℗ 1948 Capitol Records, LLC
Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - George Springer, Composer - Harry Barris, Composer
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Geraldo Blota, Composer - Angelo Apolonio, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Traditional, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Hicks, Composer - Bill Carey, Composer - Jim Lowe, Composer - Marvin Moore, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Ray Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Lew Brown, ComposerLyricist - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - Buddy DeSylva, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Kurt Weill, Composer - Bertolt Brecht, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - Shelton Brooks, Composer
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Z. Abreu, ComposerLyricist - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - A. Oliveira, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
Clarence Williams, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - Charles Warfield , Composer
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - Beryl Machin, Composer
℗ 1953 Capitol Records, LLC
Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - HANK SNOW, Composer
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Jack Brooks, Composer - Les Paul, Producer, MainArtist - Mary Ford, MainArtist - Eddie Lund, Composer
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
It was a confusing time to be in the record business in the mid-'50s, as this 16-selection album could be found as a single 12-inch LP, two 10-inch LPs, two 45 RPM double albums, four 45 RPM single albums, and it has been spotted on 78s too. Not only were the formats diversified, so was the repertoire -- to a degree extreme even for the free-thinking Les Paul. Alone and/or with Mary Ford, Paul plays with pop standards ("On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Just One of Those Things"), old jazz ("Twelfth Street Rag"), Berlin cabaret-vintage Kurt Weill ("Moritat" a.k.a. "Mack the Knife," which Paul at first tried to copyright under his own name as "Theme from Laughing Eyes"!), gospel ("Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), Brazilian samba ("Tico Tico"), even a recent country hit like Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On." Sometimes one gets the feeling that Paul and Ford were beginning to reach the limits of their hit formula, but the energy of "Tico" and Ford's spirited choral belting of "I'm Movin' On" have plenty of the old pizzazz.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:12
- Main artists: Les Paul Mary Ford
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1955 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
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