Biography
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Emile Ford
Real name: Michael Emile Telford Miller
Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1983
British musician and singer, who was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the leader of Emile Ford & The Checkmates. He was the first black British male singer to score a No. 1 hit in the UK charts. Co Founder Web-Fi Sound. Born: 16th October 1937 Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies - Died: 11th April 2016Also known as Emile Sweetman; half-brother of and George Sweetnam.