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: Broadway Revisited
Artist: Jo Stafford
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: 85 Legendary Tunes (The Ultimate Best of Jo Stafford Collection)
Artist: Jo Stafford
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Ladies of Song: Spotlight On Jo Stafford
Artist: Jo Stafford
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Nostalgic Memories, Vol. 36 - The Very Best of Jo Stafford
Artist: Jo Stafford
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Collections
Title: Rock 'n' Roll, Pop & Soul Sisters, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: British Wartime
Genre:
Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1944 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Was The Days Vol 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Irving Berlin Songbook: Cheek to Cheek
Genre: Jazz
Title: This Is Buddha Lounge
Genre: Electronica
Title: Basquiat Salutes Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hits of The Late 40's Vol 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Hits of The Early 40's Vol 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1956, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Songs of WWII
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1943, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Remembering the '40S
Genre: Pop
Title: A Retrospective Jule Styne, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Bits Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 14
Genre: Pop
Title: Music & The Moon Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Classic Anthems
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Christmas, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: Vintage Children's Easter Music
Genre: Kids
Title: Christmas Hits and Highlights, Vol. 8
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Circus Themes
Genre: Kids
Title: Lounge Night Club
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rhythm & Blues History
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Night In, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1941. Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
Genre: Pop
Title: Swing Again, Yes Indeed (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: Girls On Broadway
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Fabulous 50's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Romantic Jazz Classics for Valentine's Day
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Songwriters - Cole Porter
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Music From & Inspired By Carousel
Genre:
Title: Wartime Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 25 Christmas Classics Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Hits and Highlights, Vol. 7
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1953 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Hollywood
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Greatest Female Vocalists, Vol 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1948, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: 1946, Das Erste Jahr Nach Dem Krieg
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1955, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: V-Disc Era 1943-1949
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights of 1955 Volume 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 21
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Oldies
Genre: Rock
Title: Vintage Songs, Cocktail Parties
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1948, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Oldies & Goodies, Vol. 2 - Make Believe Ballroom
Genre: Jazz
Title: 1950's Hits & HIghlights, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Rhythm On the Range, Vol. 3
Genre: Country
Title: The Hits of 1954
Genre: Pop
Title: Original Hits: The Biggest Song & Singers, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of 1952
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 8
Genre: 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
