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Episode 9: “How High The Moon” by Les Paul and Mary Ford

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Rise and Fall of Les Paul and Mary Ford

Les Paul and Mary Ford's version of 'How I hide the moon' was an absolute phenomenon. It spent twenty-five weeks in the Billboard pop charts, nine of them at number one. Even more astonishingly, it also made number two on the rhythm and blues charts. The reason it appealed to the R&B audience is a delight in finding totally new sounds.

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