Les Paul: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Les Paul. Oct 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 08, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 05, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Les Paul. Apr 30, 2026
Add new Web site: TeachRock - Les Paul. Mar 07, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 23, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR Illinois - Les Paul On Piano Jazz. Apr 04, 2024
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Arts - Biography of Les Paul. Sep 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT program - Biography of Les Paul. Jul 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Les Paul. Apr 14, 2023
Link added. Jan 25, 2023
Add new Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - Biography of Les Paul: The Innovative Thinker Who Changed Music. Aug 01, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Inventors - Les Paul. Aug 25, 2021
Noted that he was a 2007 recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Jun 27, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Site of Les Paul. Mar 31, 2017
Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT - Biography of Les Paul. Apr 23, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Les Paul. Sep 06, 2013
Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Les Paul. Sep 06, 2013
Changed his death date from "Aug. 13" to "Aug. 12." Apr 11, 2011
He died on Aug. 13, 2009. Aug 13, 2009
Updated with information about his later recording career and his long-running session at the Iridium Jazz Club. Aug 13, 2009
Media added. Feb 12, 2009
Added new Web site: Salon.com - Biography of Les Paul. Mar 20, 2008
Added new Web site: Lespaulguide.com - Biography of Les Paul. Mar 20, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Les Paul. Mar 20, 2008
Added new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Les Paul. Mar 20, 2008
Article revised. Nov 10, 1999
New article added. Jul 20, 1998
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