Jo Stafford
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Biography
[Edit]One of the most technically gifted and popular vocalists of the immediate postwar period, Jo Stafford effortlessly walked the line between breezy pop and the more serious art of post-big-band jazz singing. With the help of her husband, top-flight arranger and Capitol A&R director Paul Weston, Stafford recorded throughout the '40s and '50s for Capitol and Columbia. She also contributed (with Weston) to one of the best pop novelty acts of the period, a hilariously inept and off-key satire that saw the couple billed as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards.
Born near Fresno, CA, Stafford sang from an early age and was classically trained, though she later joined her sisters in a country-tinged act (associated for a time with Joe "Country" Washburne). At the age of just 17, she became the first female voice in the seven-man vocal act known as the Pied Pipers. Soon after the group joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1939, however, it was pruned to a quartet (which also included Stafford's first husband, co-founder John Huddleston). The group appeared on several of the Dorsey band's hits of the early '40s, a few of which paired them with Frank Sinatra. Stafford gained her first solo spots on a pair of Dorsey band hits, "Yes, Indeed!" and "Manhattan Serenade." She finally left the Pied Pipers for a solo contract in 1944 (she was replaced by June Hutton), though the group provided backup for many of her initial solo hits.
Not only signed to Capitol but able to preview hit songs as the co-host of label founder Johnny Mercer's radio program, Stafford hit the charts with the mid-'40s songs "Long Ago (And Far Away)," "I Love You," and "Candy." The latter, a duet with Mercer and the Pied Pipers, became her first number one. In 1948, her duet with Gordon MacRae on "My Darling, My Darling" became her second. She later moved to Columbia and recorded the two biggest hits of her career, 1952's "You Belong to Me" and 1954's "Make Love to Me." Stafford gained her own television program during the mid-'50s, and also recorded the first LP by Jonathan & Darlene Edwards, American Popular Songs. (It wasn't the first time Stafford had used a pseudonym, however; in 1947, she billed herself as Cinderella G. Stump to record a cover of the cornpone single "Temptation [Tim-Tay-Shun].") Though she slipped from the charts in the late '50s and retired from performance, Stafford continued to record for many years and issued the LP Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey on Reprise in 1963. She also founded Corinthian Records, with Weston, to reissue the couple's various recordings.
Title: Tea for Two (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Jo Stafford, Gordon Macrae, Paul Weston And His Orchestra, Paul Weston
Genre: Pop
Title: Broadway Revisited
Artist: Jo Stafford
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Once and for Always (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Jo Stafford, Paul Weston And His Orchestra
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Vocal Jazz / Swing No. 169 - EP: Love's Old Sweet Song
Artist: Jo Stafford, Gordon Macrae
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bewitched (From "Pal Joey") [Remastered] - Single
Artist: Jo Stafford, Dick Haymes
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Play a Simple Melody (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Jo Stafford, The Starlighters, Paul Weston
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: The 50 Best Torch Songs Ever
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Best of Jazz Ladies
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Romantic Love Songs of All Time
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Jazzy Christmas Time
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 123 Classic Hits from the Early 1950's
Genre: Pop
Title: Original Hits: Singers of All Times
Genre: Jazz
Title: The 20 Best Collection: The Singers
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Best Collection: The Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Kid's Retro Christmas Soundtrack
Genre: Kids
Title: Christmas Cheer! Kid's Holiday Music
Genre: Kids
Title: Ultimate Memories
Genre: Pop
Title: Cole Porter Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Few Of My Favorite Things
Genre: Pop
Title: Something to Remember You By: Songs That Won the War
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swing (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Timeless Songbooks: Songs of Cole Porter
Genre: Pop
Title: The 50 Best Duets Ever
Genre: Pop
Title: The Divas Sing Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: The 100 Best Songs Vintage Vocal Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Songs About Money
Genre: Pop
Title: The Big Band Christmas Spectacular
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Swingin' with Santa! Vintage Christmas Jazz
Genre: World Music
Title: Vinyl Lounge - Lost Jazz & Blues Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: Coffee & Cigarettes - Smoking Songs & Vintage Tracks
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz and Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50's Radio Hits & Jukebox Oldies
Genre: Rock
Title: Learn the Dances of the 50's and 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs of Love & Romance
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Home Front (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Songs of Love
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1955, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Girls - 25 Romantic Favourites
Genre: Pop
Title: The Stripper: Sexy Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Funny Christmas Songs
Genre: Kids
Title: Jukebox Hits of 1951
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Jukebox Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Marilyn Monroe & Burlesque Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: 1950's Nostalgia, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Sentimental Oldies Forever
Genre: Pop
Title: Girls Sing the Christmas Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rare & Unusual Christmas Songs
Genre: Kids
Title: Jazz Greats - The Women of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Songs for Vintage Ambient
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Songs for Romantic Dinner
Genre: Jazz
Title: Popular Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: 1954 Hit Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Island Music
Genre: World Music
Title: Big Bands Swing & The Ladies Sing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Pop Celebration
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: I'll Be Seeing You (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hits of the Fifties 2
Genre: Alternative
Title: Summer Tiki Lounge
Genre: World Music
Title: Rosie the Riveter (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Hollywood Canteen (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Wing and a Prayer (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Time Was, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Time Was, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Songs We Love, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Oldies Mega Hits of the Jazz Era
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: Essential Jazz Vocal Groups [Live]
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Angels
Genre:
Featuring albums
Title: Those Wonderful Years
Artist: Del Shannon
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Teen Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Great Songwriters - Irving Berlin
Artist: Irving Berlin
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
Artist: Various
Genre: Blues, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: America's Greatest Hits Volume 2 1951
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Happy Holidays: Warm & Wonderful Christmas Favorites
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Les Grandes voix chantent Noël / Les Grandes voix chantent Noel
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: "my Stardust Melody..." The Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael
Artist: Various
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
