Editing Les Paul (section)

===Later career===
[[File:Les Paul.jpg|thumb|Paul in May 2004|201x201px]]
In 1965, Paul went into semi-retirement, although he did return to his studio occasionally. He and Ford had divorced at the end of 1964 after she became tired of touring.<ref name="nytdiv">"[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/18/les-paul-obtains-divorce.html Les Paul Obtains Divorce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074024/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/18/les-paul-obtains-divorce.html |date=March 10, 2018 }}", ''The New York Times'', December 18, 1964.</ref> One of Paul's most recognizable recordings from then through the mid-1970s was an album for [[London Records]]/[[Phase 4 Stereo]], ''Les Paul Now'' (1968), on which he updated some of his earlier hits. Paul played the initial guitar track, and [[George Barnes (musician)|George Barnes]] laid down the additional tracks while Paul engineered in his home studio. He also recorded two albums, ''[[Chester and Lester]]'' (1976) and ''[[Guitar Monsters]]'' (1978), for [[RCA Victor]], comprising a meld of jazz and country improvisation with guitar virtuoso [[Chet Atkins]], backed by some of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s celebrated studio musicians.

In 1969 Paul produced the album ''Poe Through the Glass Prism'' for RCA. The album featured songs based on Edgar Allan Poe's writing by the northeastern Pennsylvania band the Glass Prism. The album produced a single titled "The Raven" that appeared on Billboard's Hot 100.

As years progressed Paul played at slower tempos with a large pick that was easier to hold in his arthritic hand. In 2006, at the age of  90, he won two Grammy Awards at the [[48th Annual Grammy Awards]] for his album ''Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played''. He also performed every Monday night at Manhattan's [[Iridium Jazz Club]] with guitarist Lou Pallo, bassist Paul Nowinski (and later, [[Nicki Parrott]]), and guitarist [[Frank Vignola]] and for a few years, pianist [[John Colianni]]. Paul, Pallo and Nowinski also performed at [[Scheffel Hall|Fat Tuesdays]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/|title=Iridium Jazz Club|publisher=Iridium Jazz Club|access-date=March 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305204105/http://iridiumjazzclub.com/|archive-date=March 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Milicia">{{cite web |last1=Milicia |first1=Joe |title=Guitar hero Les Paul ready for Rock Hall tribute |url=https://tucson.com/news/guitar-hero-les-paul-ready-for-rock-hall-tribute/article_c6063d6c-83c7-5add-bff2-e7b10ab8bacb.html |website=Arizona Daily Star |access-date=28 July 2018 |date=7 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221408/https://tucson.com/news/guitar-hero-les-paul-ready-for-rock-hall-tribute/article_c6063d6c-83c7-5add-bff2-e7b10ab8bacb.html |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Foster, D.R. (June 1, 2009).  [http://newyork.decider.com/articles/les-is-more-93-years-old-and-cooler-than-you,28498/ "Les is more: 93 years old and cooler than you—A Night with the Longstanding Guitar Great"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223065010/http://newyork.decider.com/articles/les-is-more-93-years-old-and-cooler-than-you%2C28498/ |date=February 23, 2014 }}. ''[[The A.V. Club]]''. Accessed August 15, 2009</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gay|first=Chris|date=2004-02-19|title=The Electrifying Influence Of Guitar Legend Les Paul|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB107714365822533118|access-date=2021-08-11|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

Composer Richard Stein sued Paul for plagiarism, charging that Paul's "[[Johnny Is the Boy for Me|Johnny (is the Boy for Me)]]" was taken from Stein's 1937 song "Sanie cu zurgălăi" (Romanian for "Sleigh with Bells"). In 2000, a cover version of "Johnny" by Belgian musical group [[Vaya Con Dios (band)|Vaya Con Dios]] that credited Paul prompted another action by the Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society.<ref>{{cite news|first=Anca |last=Nicoleanu |title=Zici că n-ai plagiat şi, gata, ai scăpat |date=February 2, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2009 |url=http://www.cotidianul.ro/zici_ca_n_ai_plagiat_si_gata_ai_scapat-22511.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604124914/http://cotidianul.ro/zici_ca_n_ai_plagiat_si_gata_ai_scapat-22511.html |archive-date=June 4, 2009 }} (non-English language)</ref><ref name="copyrightE">{{cite web |title=Johnny is the boy for me; musical composition with lyrics. By Paddy Roberts & Marcel Stellman, m Les Paul, pseud. of Lester W. Polfuss |url=http://www.copyrightencyclopedia.com/johnny-is-the-boy-for-me-musical-composition-with-lyrics-by/ |website=Copyrightencyclopedia.com |access-date=28 July 2018 |quote=On September 3, 1981, the copyright to 'Johnny (Is the Boy for Me)' was renewed, showing Les Paul as the composer of the music. This was the mandatory 28 year renewal requirement for copyright. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904124943/http://www.copyrightencyclopedia.com/johnny-is-the-boy-for-me-musical-composition-with-lyrics-by/ |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>