# Emile Ford

> Michael Emile Telford Miller, known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands. He was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the leader of Emile Ford & the Checkmates, who had a number one hit in late 1959 with "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?", which was the Christmas number one that year. He was also a pioneering sound engineer.

*Saint Lucian musician and singer (1937-2016)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/emile-ford

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1937-10-16
- **Died:** 2016-04-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 20.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 6.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091656/ (@nm2091656)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/402157)
- [إيميل فورد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [ايميل فورد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [Emile Ford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Ford)
- [Emile Ford](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Ford)
- [エミル・フォード](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89)
- [Emile Ford](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Ford)
- [Emile Ford](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Ford)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8279e65a-bcdb-4796-82dd-ddfe577ccc04)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497522)

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