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by **noelford** » 22 Dec 2014, 22:04

Come on! Surely everyone here remembers Emile Ford, don''t they?!

by **kipper** » 22 Dec 2014, 22:08

Emile Ford & the Checkmates. if i remember right. petewr

by **JimN** » 23 Dec 2014, 00:29

He's your brother, isn't he, Noel?

Emile's backing group, the Checkmates, provided three deps for the Shadows over the years.

by **GoldenStreet** » 11 May 2016, 16:26

Emile Ford RIP...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m ... d-obituary

The story goes he signed for Pye, rather than EMI, in order to be able to produce his own sessions.

Bill

by **Iain Purdon** » 11 May 2016, 22:04

Thanks for posting this, Bill

by **keithmantle** » 12 May 2016, 09:32

alanbakewell wrote:
ecca wrote:Who's Emile Ford ?

Was he the bloke who said "You can have any colour as long as it's black"?

He was a Yorkshire athlete LoL.