• 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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) Brian Joseph...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • spelled Sweetman, and the brothers also used the surname Ford) were half-brothers of Emile Ford. The line-up of the Ferris Wheel - who took their name from...
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  • passed away in hospice care". Thedailybanner.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28. "Emile Ford, singer – obituary". The Telegraph. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-05-25....
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  • Szeto Ming 司徒明) Tab Hunter (1957) Big Joe Turner (1957) Paul Anka (1958) Emile Ford (1960) The Platters (1960) – top 40 hit – reaching No. 36. The Jarmels...
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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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  • Vaya con Dios (song) (category Mary Ford songs)
    Tommy Edwards (1961) Chiemi Eri (in Japanese) Emile Ford and his band The Checkmates on his 1961 album "Emile". Freddy Fender (1976) The Fontane Sisters...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • to Allmusic, the song has been covered by several artists, including Emile Ford, Percy Milem, P. J. Proby, and Howard Tate. "Question - Lloyd Price |...
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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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    Francis Ford Coppola (/ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə, Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born 7 April 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered...
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