1951 HITS ARCHIVE: How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford (a #1 record)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- How High The Moon (Lewis-Hamilton) by Les Paul and Mary Ford
The iconic Les Paul & Mary Ford arrangement of the jazz-pop standard spent nine weeks atop the national sales charts and is one of eight of their tracks included in this collection of 1951 hits....a most successful year for Les and Mary.
When “How High The Moon” was first heard in the 1940 Broadway revue “Two For The Show,” it was recorded by such bands as Benny Goodman, Larry Clinton, Russ Morgan, Fred Rich and Mitchell Ayres.
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THE 1951 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1951 (some were recorded in 1950). .
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Old age brought me here.
Sounds like rock and roll 101 in 1951! This music by Les Paul and Mary Ford is spectacular!
This song goes hard AF for 1951
WHO STILL HERE SEP 2024 I LOVE THIS SONGG
One of my Moms 78s. She introduced me to her music and I thank her for that. She's gone(2006) but I play her music to keep it alive.
I could listen to Mary Ford sing all day long. Such a beautiful voice.
And Les's guitar playing is alright too. : )
So beautiful to know that this is the song that inspired Jeff Beck to be a guitarist. God bless him in heaven. ❤️🙏
It's true!
It you listen to the Yardbirds' instrumental "Jeff's Boogie" you can hear obvious strains of this song in his solos.
THE Best pop song ever recorded.
Iconic song. Among the best of the pre R&R era. Les led the way for so many guitarists and Mary's voice was great. Too bad they split, but very thankful for this song which sounds as good today than it did in '51..
How High The Moon was featured in many films, but the one I remember most is "My Favorite Year" (1982).
In 1951, "How High The Moon" was the very early beginning of Rock and Roll. Les Paul and Mary Ford were early pioneers of Rock and Roll. Les Paul revolutionized the electric guitar, which paved the way for Rock and Roll. Very few if any, had any use for the electric guitar before Les Paul.
Was this the start of Rock and Roll? Love the guitar solo by Les Paul!
... I consider this recording to be a very early "cross-over".. from jazz into 'pop'. Rock & Roll more or less began with Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and "Doo-wop" groups... in the early 1950s. ... And then came Elvis....
@@34Packardphaeton I would say there was a lot of early rock and roll further back than Chuck and Fats. Much heavier stuff than doo wop too. Check out Boogie In The Park by Joe Hill Louis or Hot Rod Race by Arkie Shibley both from 1950. There's also Move It On Over by Hank Williams from 1947 which has the same rhythm as Rock Around The Clock.
The first recordings of rock and roll can be traced to piano solo recordings by boogie woogie artists such as the notorious PineTop Smith and Jimmy Yancey from the 1920s and 1930s
My dad loved this song. I inherited this one from him, it was gray from playing.
Interesting, my grandfather's favorite song (he passed in the 90's, but I just found out today)
Beautiful song
I love this tune! I remember hearing it on the radio in the 1950s when I was a boy.
I believe this was the very first pop music tune featuring an electric guitar. Les Paul's playing is wonderful and the rhythm of this song is fantastic!
Isn't this the first #1 single to use multi track recording? This must have blown minds in 1951.
1948 was the year multi track recording was first used. Les Paul more or less gets credit for inventing this unique way of recording. In 1948, L-O-V-E-R by Les Paul, was the first muti track recording.
"The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page, which hit #1 at the tail end of 1950 and was at the top well into 1951, featured Patti duetting with herself.
This isn't really multi-track yet. It's sound-on-sound. The existing track is played back and mixed with fresh audio which is then laid down onto the same tape also erasing the existing track, so mistakes cannot be made.
@@td3993high pressure
@@td3993Mere child's play for a genius like Lester Polfus a/k/a Les Paul, the Wizard of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Genius
Les Paul pioneered multitrack recording. He actually changed the way music was recorded and changed the listening experience for music fans forever. That’s kind of a really big influence on music.
When Les and Mary reached #1 with
this song on The Cash Box Sales chart, it replaced their own song "Mockin' Bird Hill (only on Cash Box) :-)
YEAH,GO FIGURE!! ha ha I was one year old!!
@@RonaldVaughan I was, too.
Birth of Rock n roll
Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
@@Hisan-SaNexus96 Hi))
I was 18 when this was number one.
Just have to dance to this one!
Tom and Jerry brought me here. Toward the end of "Pecos Pest", Uncle Pecos plays his encore and it sounded like the beginning of this song.
The pilot episode of "Happy Days" brought me here.........lol!
Great guitar sound
24 tracks of genius
"My Favorite Year"!
this song is my favorite play it please
I LOVE THIS SONG*
The True Inventors Of Rockabilly.
My Mom had this 45/ single. She graduated from high school in 1950.
1:53 great song. Best part though is this little downwards sequence right here!
Les Paul learned the art of over dubbing way before anyone knew what it was.
invented it
Mary Ford is so neglected! Wish she had recorded more songs! Such a beautiful voice!!!!! (:
Casino brought me here!
He's not here? He's gone? Yeah I think he went somewhere else......
This les paul fella, pure wizardry. no one tops he, chet atkins or django
The beginning of rock
I remember hearing this song in the pilot episode of "Happy Days" about 40 years ago....lol!
❤Songwriting
Word is this was the record that inspired Jeff Beck to play guitar. Quite an accolade if true.
Blue book brought me here
JAIME RPDRIGUEZ so your not the only one
Heh! Who knew that a Formula 1 Champion would be named after the two composers of this hit tune?
Without Les Paul there would be no Beatles he invented a great guitar and multitrack recording
"Im over here now......"
Jeff Beck stole every lick from this!
Casino brought me here
Bruce Swedien brought me here.
Casino by Martin Scorsese soundtrack
Wish those Capitol master tapes could be re-mixed for STEREO.....How about it? With LES' multi-track platform,isn't it possible?
Les recorded this one sound on sound, so no stereo version, only mono.
I've heard some very good stereo remixes done with digital technology. Even so, there's so much going on in this song, with the rhythm parts buried in echo and generation loss from the sound-on-sound recording technique, it'd be a challenge to get it right.
El primer rock AND roll mucho antes que Bill Haley y sus cometas
Carmine brought me here..
wish there was more Mary and less Paul
Interesting pun but we want more Paul too!
Nope its about perfect
Let’s just say, uncle Pecos brought me here
Almost -- not quite -- a rock 'n roll record.
The resulting dissonance from Mary overdubbing her voice so many times makes the song sound almost demonic. You can't tell me that this song had no influence on metal