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    • Jul 7, 1924
    Colleen Summer is born in Pasadena, California. Under the name Mary Ford, she marries guitarist Les Paul in 1949, and the duo gains a pop and country hit two years later with "Mockin' Bird Hill"
    Oct 31, 1944
    The western "I'm From Arkansas" debuts in movie theaters. Music is provided by Carolina Cotton and Jimmy Wakely, who performs "You Are My Sunshine" with the backing group The Sunshine Girls, including Mary Ford
    Dec 8, 1945
    Fiddlin' Arthur Smith lets loose on "Orange Blossom Special" in the debut of "The Lonesome Trail." The western movie stars Jimmy Wakely, plus Lee "Lasses" White, Mary Ford, guitarist Jack Rivers and Texas Playboy Jesse Ashlock
    Jan 26, 1948
    Les Paul and Mary Ford are injured when their car slides down a 20-foot embankment after skidding on icy Route 66 near Davenport, Oklahoma. She fractures her pelvis, while Paul suffers a broken nose and broken right arm. He also contracts pneumonia as they wait eight hours in the snow before they are discovered
    Mar 30, 1948
    "Song Of Idaho" debuts in movie theaters, with The Hoosier Hot Shots trying to convince a broadcaster not to cancel a radio show. The cast also includes The Sunshine Boys, with J.D. Sumner, and The Sunshine Girls, with the future Mary Ford
    Dec 29, 1949
    Les Paul & Mary Ford are married in Milwaukee
    Nov 25, 1954
    Les Paul & Mary Ford welcome a daughter, Colleen Evelyn Paul, at a New Jersey hospital. The child dies four days later
    Nov 29, 1954
    Colleen Evelyn Paul dies at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, following an operation for a breathing issue just four days after she was born. She was the child of Les Paul & Mary Ford
    Oct 15, 1955
    ABC-TV premieres "Grand Ole Opry," which runs every fourth Saturday night. Special guests on the first show: Les Paul & Mary Ford
    Aug 2, 1958
    Future country producer Jimmy Bowen guests on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show." The episode also features Buddy Knox and Les Paul & Mary Ford
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