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
Collections
Title: Jazz World Vol. 25
Genre: Jazz
Title: 101 Greatest Ever Vocal Jazz (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: 101 Greatest Ever Vocal Jazz (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Top 100 Christmas Songs (CD1)
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: Top 100 Christmas Songs (CD2)
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: 101 Number Ones Of The 50s & 60s Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Retro Vintage Vocal Jazz 2016 (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Classical, Smooth Jazz
Title: Retro Vintage Vocal Jazz 2016 (CD3)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Classical, Smooth Jazz
Title: A Capitol Christmas
Title: Music As Featured In The Last Picture Show
Genre: World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Hoagy Carmichael Songbook (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Satin Dolls 2018
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Title: Radiant Beams On This Christmas Eve (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental, Easy Listening
Title: America's No. 1's Of The '40s (CD3)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: America's No. 1's Of The '40s (CD5)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: America's No. 1's Of The '40s (CD6)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: British Hit Parade: The B Sides 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1945 (CD1)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Easy Listening
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1945 (CD2)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Easy Listening
Title: Your Hit Parade: 1952
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: The Classic Songs Of George Gershwin (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest Hits Of The 1950s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: 100 Greatest Hits Of The 1950s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: 100 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Mid Century Music For Mad-Men: Lounge Relaxey-Voo!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Headin' For The Christmas Ball
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Pop
Title: Swinging Christmas, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Cards (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Jazz Party - Swing And Fun
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: West Coast Vocalists 1953-1961 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Jazz Vocal Essentials (CD1)
Title: 100 Greatest Holiday Entertaining Songs (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Great Women In Country Folk (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Lady 1942
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Lady 1944
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: 50s Jazz Standards
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: All Out 50s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Irving Berlin - The Family
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Soft 50s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
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
