Les Paul

✶June 9, 1915

†August 12, 2009

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Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul. Paul taught himself how to play guitar, and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he had an early career in country music. In the 1950s, he and his wife, singer and guitarist Mary Ford, made numerous recordings, selling millions of copies.

American guitarist, songwriter and inventor (1915–2009)

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Biography from the article Les Paul on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.