Emile Ford
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Emile Ford was a Saint Lucian singer and sound engineer born Michael Emile Telford Miller on October 16, 1937, in Castries. He moved to London in the mid-1950s and taught himself to play instruments including the guitar, piano, and drums. In 1959, he formed the group Emile Ford & the Checkmates. Their first self-produced recording, âWhat Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?â, reached Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in late 1959. Ford was the first Black British artist to sell one million copies of a single. The ensemble received the Best New Act award from New Musical Express readers in 1960. His discography included the studio recordings Emile (1961) and My Kind of Country Music (1976). Ford also pioneered sound engineering, creating a backing track system for stage shows that provided a basis for karaoke. Ford died on April 11, 2016.
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- Darling Tell Me Do You Love Me featuring The Checkmates
- To Know Her Is to Love Her featuring The Checkmates
- Over and Over featuring The Checkmates
- Paralyzed featuring The Checkmates
- Buona Sera featuring The Checkmates
- Still
- After You've Gone featuring The Checkmates
- Dreamboat featuring The Checkmates
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now featuring The Checkmates
- Afraid featuring The Checkmates
- The Alphabet Song featuring The Checkmates
- On A Slow Boat To China featuring The Checkmates
- That Lucky Old Sun featuring The Checkmates
- My Wish Came True featuring The Checkmates
- Half Of My Heart featuring The Checkmates
- Them There Eyes featuring The Checkmates
- Question featuring The Checkmates
- Lonely Weekends
- Be My Guest featuring The Checkmates
- So Many Ways
- Don't featuring The Checkmates
- Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
- Yellow Bird
- Fever featuring The Checkmates
