Mary Ford

Mary Ford
Ford with Les Paul in 1953
Background information
Birth name	Iris Colleen Summers
Born	(1924-07-07)July 7, 1924 El Monte, California, U.S.
Died	September 30, 1977(1977-09-30) (aged 53) Arcadia, California, U.S.
Genres	Western country pop Gospel
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar vocals
Years active	1939–1966
Labels	Capitol Columbia Calendar
Spouse(s)	David Marvin Palmquist ​ ​ (m. 1941)​ Marvin Chester Watson ​ ​ (m. 1942⁠–⁠1946)​ [1] Les Paul ​ ​ (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.