Emile Ford

Emile Ford was, by his own account, a reluctant pop star, finding success in the recording studio and on-stage in England from the late '50s into the early '60s, despite his belief that his voice was less than ideal. He was born Emile Sweetman in Castries, St. Lucia, in the Caribbean, in 1937 (some sources say 1936), the son of the government official and an opera singer. His interest in music was fostered by his mother and rooted in part -- according to annotator Roger Dopson and journalist Norman Jopling -- in his lifelong affliction with synesthesia, a condition that create...