Michael Emile Telford Miller (16 October 1937 – 11 April 2016), known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British...
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French architect Émile Cohl (1857–1938), French caricaturist and animator Émile Durkheim (1858–1917), French sociologist Emile Ford (1937–2016), pop singer...
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Alan Hawkshaw (section Emile Ford and The Checkmates)
Crescendos. In the early 1960s, he was a member of rock and roll group Emile Ford and the Checkmates. He also formed the Mohawks band and Rumplestiltskin...
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The song became a UK hit in 1959 when a doo-wop version was recorded by Emile Ford and the Checkmates as the B-side of their single "Don't Tell Me Your Trouble"...
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Minnelli. In the UK, the biggest hit version was recorded in 1959 by Emile Ford and the Checkmates, which peaked at #3 in the official singles chart....
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Larry Parnes, who signed her on the spot. She was a backing singer for Emile Ford before Parnes became her manager and gave her the stage name "Lady Lee"...
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Flying Machine (1969; issued in the US on Congress and then on Janus) Emile Ford and the Checkmates The Foundations (issued in the US on Uni) Graduate...
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"Mary's Boy Child" 7 1958 Conway Twitty "It's Only Make Believe" 5 1959 Emile Ford and the Checkmates "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" 6...
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Electric Prunes The Elgins Ella Fitzgerald Elmore James Elvis Presley Emile Ford The End Engelbert Humperdinck Ennio Morricone Episode Six The Equals Ernie...
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the number-one spot outright. Both Adam Faith's "What Do You Want?" and Emile Ford and the Checkmates' "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" were...
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Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan (d. 2015) 1937 – Emile Ford, Saint Lucia-born British singer and first Black British musician to sell...
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Teardrops" Barry Mann — — — Written by Barry Mann and Howard Greenfield 1960: Emile Ford & the Checkmates, #4 UK "Warpaint" Barry Mann — — — Written by Barry Mann...
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Dakotas released a version of the song on their 1964 EP From a Window. Emile Ford released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1979 single "How Can...
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with sets from British rock and rollers The Houseshakers, Joe Brown, Emile Ford & the Checkmates, Screaming Lord Sutch, Heinz (backed by Wilko Johnson...
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Christmas number-one, "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" by Emile Ford & The Checkmates, remained at number-one for the first four weeks of 1960...
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minister, born in Desruisseaux Emile Ford (born Michael Emile Telford Miller) (born 1937) – singer and musician (Emile Ford and the Checkmates), born in...
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Cryin' Shames Billie Davis Lonnie Donegan Diana Dors The Flee-Rekkers Emile Ford and the Checkmates Lance Fortune Billy Fury Geoff Goddard Iain Gregory...
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Budd, the Brook Brothers, Jimmy Justice, the Montanas, Miki & Griff, Emile Ford, Craig Douglas, Bruce Forsyth, Norman Vaughan, Sue Nicholls, the Breakaways...
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backing Emile Ford. The line-up consisted of Margot Quantrell, Eleanor Russell, Vicki Haseman and Betty Prescott. They spent a year on tour with Ford in 1960...
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co-founder of Ford Models Elena Ford (born 1966), American director within the Ford Motor Company, great-great-granddaughter of Henry Ford Emile Ford (1937–2016)...
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Francis Ford Coppola (/ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə, Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered...
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the final week with "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" by Emile Ford & the Checkmates, the last time two songs were at number one together...
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release, "First Time Around". This led her to musician Alan Hawkshaw (of Emile Ford and the Checkmates, The Shadows and Love De-Luxe), who signed her for...
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Yankee featuring Justin Bieber Emile Ford Saint Lucia "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" 1959 6 Emile Ford and the Checkmates, 1959's Christmas...
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theme from the 1957 film Jeanne Eagels "Half of My Heart", a 1961 song by Emile Ford "Half of My Heart", a 2000 song by The Mooney Suzuki from People Get Ready...
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in Paris, at the Palais des Sports, which also featured Little Tony, Emile Ford, and Bobby Rydell. He continued to record successfully through 1961, and...
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Top 20 1 Emile Ford "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" 2 Emile Ford "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" 3 Emile Ford "What Do...
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Artist Single Record label Week starting date Weeks at number one 1960 94 Emile Ford and the Checkmates "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" Pye...
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Dunstan St. Omer, painter, muralist and designer of the national flag Emile Ford, singer Hunter J. Francois, lawyer and politician Vladimir Lucien, writer...
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This was popular and reached the charts of the day in 1931. A version by Emile Ford & The Checkmates reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960. "Jazz...
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