13 Facts About Emile Ford

Michael Emile Telford Miller, known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands.

Emile Ford was born in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West Indies.

Emile Ford was the son of Barbadian politician, Frederick Edward Miller, and Madge Murray, a singer and musical theatre director whose father had founded and conducted the St Lucia Philharmonic Band.

Emile Ford's mother married again, taking the name of Sweetnam; some sources erroneously give Emile Ford's birth name as Sweetnam or Sweetman.

Emile Ford moved to London with his mother and family in the mid-1950s, partly motivated by his desire to explore improved sound reproduction technology, and studied at the Paddington Technical College in London.

Emile Ford teamed up in January 1959 with his half-brother, bassist George Sweetnam-Ford was born on 1 January 1940, Castries, St Lucia, British West Indies), electric lead guitarist Ken Street, sax player Dave Sweetnam-Ford (b.

Emile Ford was the first Black British artist to sell one million copies of a single.

In January 1960, Emile Ford signed a two-year employment management contract with Leslie Grade.

Emile Ford had several more hits in the UK, and scored a number one EP in 1960.

Emile Ford made several albums, but his last studio recordings were in 1963.

An article about Emile Ford appears in the November 2004 issue of the UK Synaesthesia Association Newsletter.

Emile Ford once said that he was gifted with the ability to see and hear sound differently from others and that gift allowed him to make first-class recordings.

Back in London they left Emile Ford to sing backup for Joe Brown who Vicki Haseman was engaged to.