October 27, 2015

115 Les Paul (1915-2009) and Mary Ford (1924-1977) “How High the Moon” 1951

Les Paul built a homemade recording studio so he could accompany himself at night. He combined an “absolutely unheard of” twelve overdubs of an old jazz standard, “How High the Moon,” and eventually convinced a reluctant Capital Records to release it, even though the company already had 23 other versions (Les Paul An American Original). Listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. 

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