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Today In Music History: Les Paul Is Born

Posted at 6:15 AM on June 9, 2011 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Musician Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers is 41.

Today in:

1958 - "The Killer" tried to clean it up. Jerry Lee Lewis, with the help of his producer Sam Phillips, placed a full page ad in Billboard magazine in an attempt to justify his second divorce and third marriage to his 14-year-old cousin Myra.
1967 - The Monkees played the Hollywood Bowl with Jimi Hendrix opening.
1970 - Bob Dylan was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from Princeton University.
1972 - Columbia Records signed Bruce Springsteen.
1994 - LIsa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC set fire to the mansion belonging to her boyfriend, Atlanta Falcons receiver Andre Rison.
2000 - Eminem was charged with brandishing a gun at a member of the Insane Clown Posse. The charges came just days after he was arrested for allegedly using a gun to hit a man kissing his wife.

History Highlight:

Guitarist, inventor, and musical pioneer Les Paul was born on this day in 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. "The Wizard Of Waukesha," as he is sometimes called, was a virtuoso musician and multi-track recording innovator, in addition to the instrumental half of the very succusful duo including his wife, singer Mary Ford. It's Paul's invention of the solid-body electric guitar, however, that remains his lasting legacy - it's been described as "the innovation that made rock n' roll possible". We played Les and Mary's cover of "Your Cheatin' Heart," featuring some pretty tasty Les Paul playing.

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