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: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Favourites No. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: You Made Me Love You / Jazz + Vol 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Radio Hits Of The 40's 1949
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hits Of The 30s & 40s Vol 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1952
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 17
Genre: Pop
Title: Body & Soul: Torch Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Goes Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: World War II - Greatest Radio Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: W W II Era Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 18
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Hits of the Early 40's, Vol. 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Retro High School Party
Genre: Rock
Title: Popular Classics Vol 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Classics Vol 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Irving Berlin - A Great American Songwriter
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Christmas Blast from the Past
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Oldies But Goodies - Novelty Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1948, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Money Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: The Big Apple - Music from New York
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Jazz Vocals (Vol. 1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Timeless Christmas with the Greats
Genre:
Title: Tasty Tracks
Genre: Pop
Title: Remembering the '50S
Genre: Pop
Title: Radio Hits, Vol. 4
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Remembering the '30S
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Jazz and Blues for Film & TV
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Lyricists - Dorothy Fields
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Great Ladies Of Jazz Vol 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Female Vocalists Vol 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Divas of Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Ladies, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Female Vocalists Vol 9
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultimate Jazz Ladies Vol 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Moments, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Pop Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Oldies & Goodies Vol 11 / Tuxedo Juction
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1941, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Swing
Genre:
Title: Timeless Songs of 1949
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: The Jazz Story - Woman in Blues
Genre: World Music
Title: Rhythm On the Range Vol. 3
Genre: Country
Title: I Can Dream, Can't I
Genre: Pop
Title: Time Was, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Hits of All Time Vol 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Hits of All Time, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Back to the 50's - The Golden Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: Original Pop Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: VE-Day - a Musical Tribute - Now Is the Hour
Genre: Pop
Title: The Original Hits Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1942, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits of the Fifties
Genre: Pop
Title: Family Favourites from the Fifties
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Jubilee Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Was The Days Vol 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 27
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 26
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
