Between the years 1950-54, Ground-Breaking guitarist Les Paul and singer Mary Ford had 16 US top-ten hits. They had five top-ten hits within nine months. "Tennessee Waltz", "Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon" ( #1 for nine weeks), "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" and "Whispering". From August 1952 to March 1953 they had five more top-ten hits; "My Baby's Coming Home", "Lady of Spain", "Bye Bye Blues", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" and "Vaya Con Dios" (#1 for 11 weeks).

 

"Electric guitar pioneer Les Paul was one of 14 people inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this year.Paul invented the solid body electric guitar in 1946, and his Gibson Guitar Corp. model is one of the best-selling instruments in the industry.The 89-year-old Wisconsin native is widely renowned for his recording techniques.Paul has also won five Grammy Awards."