Les PAUL feat. Mary FORD - Blowing The Smoke Away From A Trail Of Hits

This compilation ably reveals the talents of Les Paul at the peak of his ‘Pop’ chart successes in the 1950s. The Country roots remain much in evidence, not least because Mary Ford was also from that background: her real name was Iris Colleen Summers and she was introduced to Les by Gene Autry in 1945 when Les was looking for a singer to add some ‘hillbilly’ music to his then Jazz-orientated Trio; in 1949, they were to marry. Amongst the big hits featured here, none is bigger than "Vaya Con Dios" from 1953, a song Les first heard sung by Anita O’Day and which, once he and Mary had recorded it, he had to fight with his record label to promote. Whose instincts were right ?

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Track Listing

1. MANDOLINO
2. A TEXAS LADY
3. VAYA CON DIOS (MAY GOD BE WITH YOU)
4. JOHNNY IS THE BOY FOR ME
5. MAGIC MELODY
6. RUNNIN' WILD
7. AMUKIRIKI (THE LORD WILLING)
8. SAN ANTONIO ROSE
9. CRYIN'
10. BLOW THE SMOKE AWAY
11. TERESA
12. AUCTIONEER (I'LL BUY THAT DREAM)
13. I DON'T WANT YOU NO MORE
14. LADY OF SPAIN
15. SONG IN BLUE
16. I'M A FOOL TO CARE
17. TIGER RAG
18. DON'CHA HEAR THEM BELLS
19. SOMEDAY, SWEETHEART
20. HUMMINGBIRD
21. THE KANGAROO
22. HOW HIGH THE MOON
23. GOODBYE MY LOVE, GOODBYE
24. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE