Les Paul

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audio engineer guitarist human inventor record producer songwriter

Les Paul was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, and inventor who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording, profoundly shaping modern popular music.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	audio engineer → guitarist → human → inventor → record producer → songwriter →
alsoKnownAs	Rhubarb Red →
associatedWith	Gibson Guitar Corporation → Mary Ford →
awardReceived	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → National Medal of Arts → Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction →
birthName	Lester William Polsfuss →
burialPlace	Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States →
causeOfDeath	complications from pneumonia →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1915-06-09 →
dateOfDeath	2009-08-12 →
familyName	Polsfuss →
fieldOfWork	music technology → musical instrument design → sound recording →
genre	blues → country music → jazz → pop music →
givenName	Lester →
influenced	electric guitar playing → modern popular music → rock music →
instrument	electric guitar → guitar →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	National Inventors Hall of Fame → Rock and Roll Hall of Fame →
name	Les Paul →
notableAchievement	developed close-miking techniques → developed overdubbing techniques → pioneered multitrack recording → pioneered solid-body electric guitar design →
notableWork	Gibson Les Paul →
occupation	audio engineer → guitarist → inventor → record producer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States →
placeOfDeath	White Plains, New York, United States →
spouse	Mary Ford →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Capitol Studios →	designedBy
Capitol Records Building →	designerOfEchoChambers
Lover (jazz standard) →	hasNotablePerformer
Grammy Trustees Award →	hasNotableRecipient
I'm Sitting on Top of the World →	hasNotableRecordingBy
Django Reinhardt →	influenced
Les Paul →	name