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Article: Les Paul's 90th Birthday to Be Celebrated With New ...
PR Newswire;  April 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... PRNewswire/ -- American guitar legend Les Paul will turn 90 years old on Thursday, June ... Music Catalog Marketing is joining other Les Paul admirers to put on quite a celebration ... for the father of the electric guitar. Les Paul, who continues to perform weekly at New ...

Article: Les Paul Makes His First Chart Return in 50 Years ...
PR Newswire;  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Billboard's Top 200! A Global Success, 'Les Paul & Friends,' Released August 30 ... Shepherd, Sting, Joss Stone, and More Les Paul's Weekly Shows Continue at New York ... Capitol/EMI's August 30 release of "Les Paul & Friends: American Made World ...

Article: Les Paul to Light up Milwaukee.
PR Newswire;  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... quite the celebration when M&I lights the world's largest Les Paul-style guitars in honor of Les Paul's 93rd birthday. Inventor, musician, and entrepreneur Les Paul will "flip the switch" at Marshall & Ilsley Corporation ...

Transcript: Les Paul Still 'Chasing Sound' at 92
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  August 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Weekend Edition - Sunday 08-19-2007 Les Paul Still 'Chasing Sound' at 92 Host: LIANE ... and his name - the guitar. He became Les Paul. He discovered jazz and musical history ... weren't confined to performing music. Les Paul pioneered the development of the solid ...

Article: Gibson celebrates Les Paul's 40th. (Gibson Guitar ...
Music Trades;  October 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... Pay Tribute To The Inventive Genius Of Les Paul On a stormy evening in December 1951 ... resort in the Pocono Mountains to meet with Les Paul, who was in the process of recording ... finalize a deal where Gibson would build the Les Paul Electric guitar. After a discussion that ...

Article: LES PAUL A TRUE ORIGINAL 1915 - 2009
Goldmine;  September 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... special effects included. Yet mention Les Paul to many, if not most, people and he ... player who has ever strapped on a Gibson Les Paul and played a tune. But this man did much ... landscape of modern music. BLACK GOLD Les Paul changes the guitar forever By Dave Thompson ...

Article: You've come a long way, baby! The Les Paul's five ...
Guitar Player;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... hardly have anticipated the impact the Les Paul would have on popular music. Introduced ... to offset its conservative image, the Les Paul filled the bill with its pinup-girl ... century. While most guitarists know what a Les Paul is, its designer remains something of ...