BeschreibungLes-Paul-Mary-Ford-1951.jpg	English: Montage of photographs of Les Paul and Mary Ford in the August 1951 issue of The American Magazine. The photomontage illustrates the department "America's Interesting People", in a section headed "Orchestra and Chorus"
Datum	August 1951
Quelle	Self scan from The American Magazine for August 1951 (p. 56)
Urheber	Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, photographs by Joe Pazen
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Orchestra and Chorus

IN THESE DAYS when, what with the cost of living and everything else, you get so little for so much, it's sort of nice to talk about Les Paul and his wife, Mary Ford, one of the nation's top recording teams. They give you the reverse treatment—so much with so little of everything but talent. With one guitar played by Les and one voice owned by Mary, you get on one record what sounds like an orchestra and chorus. Anyone who has heard How High the Moon (sales of recordings over 1,250,000) and Mocking Bird Hill (sales over 750,000) knows how successful this bargain-basement musicale has been.

It's all the result of Les's ability to get unique effects on a guitar, making it sound like many different instruments; Mary's wide range of voice, making it sound like many different voices; plus a recording trick. Put them all together and they sound like a 12-piece band and choir. The idea of getting more out of something than really should be there seems appropriate to Les, because that has been his actual experience in life itself. Although he is only 35, Les should have been dead three times—once from electric shock, then an auto accident, finally from a heart attack. He survived all three but, because of injuries in the car crash, he found that he could not play the guitar in the regulation way. By experimenting, he came up with effects never thought of before, leading to his ability to simulate an orchestra.

Les was born in Waukesha, Wis., and first studied the harmonica. He switched to the guitar when his father bought him one. Mary was the daughter of a minister and met Les when he called her for an audition after having heard her sing on a Gene Autry radio program. They were married three years ago.
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August 1951 issue of The American Magazine was copyrighted in 1951 by Crowell-Collier Publishing Company but not renewed:

• No renewal is listed for The American Magazine: [1]

Background
"Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly began publishing in 1876. In 1904, it was renamed Leslie's Monthly Magazine, and then Leslie's Magazine in 1905. Later that year (in the middle of volume 60), it was renamed the American Illustrated Magazine, shortening to the American Magazine in 1906. It kept continuous volume numbering throughout its history. The magazine ceased publication in 1956. While no copyright renewals are known for the issues, a number of stories that appeared in the magazine had their copyrights renewed."