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Les Paul (I) (1915–2009)


Trivia:

Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (under the category Early Influences) in 1988. See more trivia »

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Guitar Legend Les Paul Dead At 94
13 August 2009 10:51 AM, PDT | WENN

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Filmography

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2009-2012 Fringe (TV series)
The Bullet That Saved the World (2012) (performer: "Jazz Me Blues" - uncredited)
Fracture (2009) (writer: "Jazz Me Blues" - uncredited / performer: "Jazz Me Blues" - uncredited)
 
2012 Silver Linings Playbook (performer: "The Moon of Manakoora")
 
2009 The Blind Side (performer: "How High the Moon")
 
2008 Speed Racer (performer: "Bewitched")
 
2007 Supernatural (TV series)
Bad Day at Black Rock (2007) (performer: "Vaya con Dios")
 
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2007) ("Crazy Rhythm", "How High the Moon", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Ain't That Good News", "Dream Dust", "Get Your Kicks on Route 66", "Blue Moon", "Dark Town Strutters' Ball", "Moonglow", "Hawaiian Paradise", "Blue Room", "My Blue Heaven", "Begin the Beguine", "After You've Gone", "Goodbye, Lover, Goodbye", "Cherokee", "Rumors Are Flying", "Brazil", "Lover", "Nola", "Let's Fall in Love" recorded c. 1950; released 1991, "Just One More Chance" 1951, "Bye Bye Blues" 1952, "Tiger Rag" 1952, "Mocking Bird Kill" 1951, "I Really Don't Want To Know" 1954, "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" 1951, "Vaya Con Dios" 1953, "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" 1953, "Take Me In Your Arms and Hold Me", "Deed I Do", "Avalon", "You Can't Take It With You Blues", "Nature Boy", "Over the Rainbow", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "How High The Moon" / "Just Because" / as Rhubarb Red)
 
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (performer: "Bye Bye Blues" 1930, "The World Waiting for the Sunrise" 1919)
 
2005 The Jealous God (performer: "How High the Moon")
 
2003 Mona Lisa Smile (performer: "How High the Moon", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
 
2001 The Sopranos (TV series)
Proshai, Livushka (2001) ("I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles")
 
1999 Liberty Heights (performer: "I'm a Fool to Care")
 
1995 Casino (performer: "How High The Moon")
 
1993 This Boy's Life (performer: "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise")
 
1991 Naked Lunch (performer: "Vaya Con Dios")
 
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (performer: "Lover")
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
The Roommate (1984) (performer: "How High The Moon")
 
1982 My Favorite Year (performer: "How High the Moon" 1940)
 
1982 Porky's ("How High The Moon")
 
1980 Heart Beat (performer: "THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE")
 
1974 Happy Days (TV series)
All the Way (1974) (performer: "How High The Moon")
 
1955 Texas Lady (performer: "Texas Lady")
 
1947 Sarge Goes to College (performer: "Blues In B Flat and Old Black Joe")
 
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1999 The Dream Catcher
Man in Pick-Up Truck
 
1991 Guitar (video)
Les Paul
 
1947 Sarge Goes to College
Guitarist, The Jam Session
 
1944 Sensations of 1945
Les Paul (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Northern Light Orchestra (documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2013 Phonograph Conversations
Himself
 
2011 My First Guitar (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Martino Unstrung (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2007) … Himself
 
2007 A Tribute to Les Paul (TV special)
Himself
 
2007 American Music: Off the Record (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Before the Music Dies (documentary)
Himself - Musician
 
2006 Sound Man: WWII to MP3 (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Nat King Cole: Loved in Return (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Halle Berry/Les Paul (1993) … Himself
 
1991 Guitar Legends (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Salute! (TV series)
Himself
Jose Feliciano (1983) … Himself
 
1983 The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 July 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1977 The 19th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1962-1963 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.22 (1963) … Himself
Episode #1.6 (1962) … Himself
 
1958 The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.7 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.25 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Big Record (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Herb Shriner Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 November 1956 (1956) … Himself
Episode dated 20 November 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #2.26 (1955) … Himself
 
1951-1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.23 (1955) … Himself
Episode #6.11 (1952) … Himself
Episode #4.29 (1951) … Himself
 
1954 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 13 June 1954 (1954) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1954 The Dave Garroway Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.36 (1954) … Himself
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Guitarist
Episode #4.25 (1954) … Himself - Guitarist
 
1951-1953 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Guitarist / Themselves - Musicians
Episode #5.19 (1953) … Himself - Guitarist
Episode #3.33 (1951) … Themselves - Musicians (as Les Paul Trio)
 
1953 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 25 January 1953 (1953) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1952 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
Sprained Thumb (1952) … Himself
 
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Biography: :  -- Les Paul explains the process he went through to invent the electric guitar.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Compilation album: "The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections from 'The Legend and the Legacy' Box Set" (1992/Capitol Records) with Mary Ford See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 3 Interviews  | 8 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Les Paul Trio
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (under the category Early Influences) in 1988. See more »

Trademark:

Gibson Les Paul See more »

Star Sign:

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