Les Paul American jazz guitarist country guitarist songwriter and inventor
Les Paul is a 94 years old American jazz guitarist country guitarist songwriter and inventor from Waukesha, Wisconsin. Les Paul was born on June 09, 1915 (died on August 12, 2009, he was 94 years old) in Waukesha, Wisconsin as Lester William Polsfuss. His nickname was Paul Les.
About
Birth name of Les Paul is Lester William Polsfuss
No, he died on 08/12/2009, 15 years ago. He was 94 years old when he died. Cause of death: pneumonia. He died in White Plains and buried in Wisconsin .
Family
Wife
Mary Ford, American musician
He married with Mary Ford (53), on Thursday, December 29th, 1949. Les Paul was 34 and Mary Ford was 25 years old. After 14 years, 11 months, they break up on December 1st, 1964.
Les Paul net worth
He had a net worth of 10 million dollars.
Works
Les Paul Albums (32)
There are 32 albums of Les Paul.
His last album Say The Words I Love To Hear released 3 years 3 months ago. When Say The Words I Love To Hear released, he was 106 years old. This album contains 4 tracks
His first album Hawaiian Paradise released 75 years ago, he was 33 years old when this album released. There were 8 songs in this album.
Say The Words I Love To Hear
Welcome To The Vault
The Very Best Of Les Paul And Mary Ford
The Essential Chet Atkins
View all Les Paul albums.
Popular Les Paul Songs
- Smoke Rings (Bye Bye Blues, released 72 years ago)
- Vaya Con Dios (The Hit Makers, released 71 years ago)
- How High The Moon (The Hit Makers, released 71 years ago)
- Tico Tico (Les & Mary, released 69 years ago)
- Caravan (Chester & Lester, released 48 years ago)
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (The Hit Makers, released 71 years ago)
- It's Been A Long, Long Time (Chester & Lester, released 48 years ago)
- It Had To Be You (Chester & Lester, released 48 years ago)
- Someday Sweetheart (Chester & Lester, released 48 years ago)
- Over The Rainbow (Guitar Monsters, released 46 years ago)
Les Paul Movies (2)
There are 2 movies of Les Paul.
His first feature film was Sensations of 1945 (1944, as Les Paul (uncredited)). He was 29 when he starred in this movie. Since 1944, he has appeared in 2 feature films. The last one is Les Paul - Live in New York (2010). In this movie, we watched him as himself .
Les Paul TV Shows (5)
His first TV Show was The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
View all Les Paul TV shows.
Awards (5)
Awarded Grammy Trustees Award in 1982 , awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame , awarded National Medal of Arts , awarded Technical Grammy Award , awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame and
What was Les's zodiac sign?Les Paul zodiac sign was gemini.
Other facts about Les Paul
| Alias | Paul Les |
|---|---|
| Place of death | White Plains |
| Genre | Blues, Country music, Jazz, Rock and roll |
| Instrument | Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Gibson Les Paul |
| Given name | Lester , series ordinal: 1 |
| Family name | Paul. Show people with the surname Paul , instance of: pseudonym |
| Official website | Les Paul official website |
| Work period (start) | 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Record | Columbia Records |
| Date of death | 2009-08-13T00:00:00Z |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Place of burial | Wisconsin |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Commons Creator page | Lester William Polsfuss |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 002086011 |
| Birth name | Lester William Polsfuss |
| Place of birth | Waukesha |
| Libris-URI | 42gkqz9n13tklp5 |
| Google Doodle | Les-pauls-96th-birthday |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/61158 |
