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Emile Ford and the Checkmates (UK)

1959 – 1967 Disbanded

British pop and rock 'n' roll group fronted by St. Lucia-born singer Emile Ford (1937-2016), active around the late 1950s and early 1960s. They topped the UK chart in 1959 with 'What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?'.

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