Online exhibit showing how the need for louder guitars led to the invention and proliferation of the electric guitar and how the emergence and popularity of rock and roll led to the guitar's ...

Paul, who died in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first solid-body electric guitar, a departure ...

Les Paul, a jazz guitarist who helped pioneer the sound or rock and roll music with his development of the solid-body electric guitar, died of pneumonia today at White Plains Hospital. Paul, who was ...

He was remembered as a tireless tinkerer whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first solid-body electric guitar. His invention becamethe standard instrument for legends like Pete ...

MILWAUKEE - Family members, longtime friends and music fans of all ages lined up Friday at a public visitation for Les Paul, the inventor whose creation of the first solid-body electric guitar helped ...