Following the death of someone as innovative and important as Les Paul, it would be ridiculous for me to not post a playlist like this. Not only was Les Paul a groundbreaking pioneer in the creation of the solid-body electric guitar -- he was also concieved and developed the process of overdubbing and multitrack recording, the most popular way of recording popular music (basically, without Les Paul, we'd have very little of the music we have today).
Les Paul was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame with his wife Mary Ford in 1978. He also recieved a Grammy Trustees Award in 1983. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The Mix Foundation established an annual award in his name (The Les Paul Award) which honors "individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of audio technology."
This playlist is made up of ten songs. The majority are recordings by Les Paul and his wife Mary Ford, including the first track, which includes a demonstration of Les Paul's overdubbing innovations, captured in his invention, the "Les Paulverizer". This playlist also features a Bing Crosby collaboration and an Alsou collobration, which was featured on the Grammy-winning album Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played. Enjoy.
(June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009)
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