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Ford was born in Pasadena, California . The name Mary Ford was picked out of a Telephone directory by Paul, so she had as short a name as he did when they recorded as a duo. She was originally a Country Music performer, working with Gene Autry and Jimmy Wakely , and became one of the early practitioners of multi-tracking, where she recorded several parts of a multi-part harmony. She, Patti Page (who was probably the first), and Jane Turzy were three singers who used multi-tracking on their hits in the early 1950s . She was a couple with Paul from 1946 , and married in 1949 . In 1964 they broke up both personally and professionally; Mary Ford went into retirement; Les Paul continued as a consultant for the Gibson Company, guitar makers. Mary Ford died on September 30 , 1977 , of complications from Diabetes in Arcadia, California at the age of 53. EXTERNAL LINKS
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