At the age of eight, Les Paul began playing the harmonica.
After learning the piano, he switched to the guitar. During
this time he invented a neck-worn harmonica holder.

Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss)
(June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009) 

Paul, was a jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, and
inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric
guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration
for the Gibson Les Paul. Paul taught himself how to play guitar,
and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he
had an early career in country music. In the 1950s, he and his
wife, singer and guitarist Mary Ford, recorded numerous records,
selling millions of copies.

Paul is credited with many recording innovations. His early
experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on
sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing, and
multitrack recording.          
         

His licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques, and
timing set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired
many guitarists of the present day. (From Wikipedia)

      
      
      
      
      
     

Les (with wife, Mary Ford) in their home recording studio.

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer best known for her
smooth performance of "The Girl from Ipanema," died
Monday from undisclosed causes at her home in
Philadelphia.

Paul Ricci, a family friend and musician, confirmed her
death in a Facebook post.

“The Girl from Ipanema” won a Grammy in 1965 for record
of the year and Gilberto received nominations for best new
artist and best vocal performance.

Astrud Gilberto(Astrud Evangelina Weinert)
(29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023)

(WCYB) — Country music legend Dolly Parton has three new
awards to add to her lengthy list.

Parton, 77, was awarded with three new Guinness World
Records on Wednesday. Here are the new awards she
received:

• Longest span of No. 1 hits on the US Top Country Albums
  chart (female)
• Most studio albums released by a female country singer
• Most Top 10 entries on the US Top Country Albums chart
  (female)

Parton already had won seven Guinness World Records
previously. Those awards are:

• Most decades with a Top 20 hit on the US Hot Country
  Songs chart
• Most No.1 hits on the US Hot Country Songs chart by
  a female artist
• Most decades on the US Hot Country Songs chart
  (female)
• Most hits on the US Hot Country Songs chart by a
  female artist
• Longest span of No.1 hits on the US Hot Country Songs
  chart
• First country singer to be nominated for the EGOT
• Most Grammy nominations for a female country artist

Parton was quoted as saying…“I am humbled every time
I receive a new Guinness World Record title.”

The 8-track tape technology was popular from the mid-1960s to
the early 1980s.

Inventor George Eash invented a design in 1953, called the
Fidelipac cartridge, also called the NAB cartridge.    

The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge was designed by Richard Kraus
while working for the Lear Jet Corporation.

George Eash (1927 – 2006)

On this day in history, June 1, 1967, the Beatles released "Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band," their 8th album — which
became the soundtrack to the "Summer of Love," according
to the official website of the Beatles.

With its 13 songs, the album was recorded in over 400 hours
during a 129-day period.