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: 101 Love Songs (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Erotic Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Erotic Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Back To The 50s (CD05)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Vocal Jazz Cafe, Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Youth In Revolt (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Essential Jazz (CD8)
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Time To Remember - 1945
Title: A Time To Remember - 1946
Genre: Rock
Title: A Time To Remember - 1948
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: A Time To Remember - 1949
Genre: Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1950
Genre: Pop
Title: Time Life Music - Your 40s Hit Parade- 1949
Genre: Pop
Title: Time Life Music - Your 40s Hit Parade- 1944
Genre: Pop
Title: Unchained Melody- Fifites Forever
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Pop, Classical
Title: Divas Of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Autour De Minuit №3
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: 50s Top Hits (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: 50s Top Hits (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 200 No. 1 Hits (CD7)
Title: Greatest Love - Everybody Loves Somebody
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Love Songs
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Songs Of Leiber & Stoller (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 100 Hits Fabulous 50s (CD5)
Title: 55 Top Of The Pops (55 Greatest Pop Songs Ever) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Cafe Del Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Fifties Girls (CD3)
Title: American Songbook Series, Johnny Mercer
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 101 Christmas Songs 2012 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: American Songbook Series, Alec Wilder
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Great Divas (CD1)
Title: Great Divas (CD2)
Title: Great Divas (CD3)
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1948 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1952 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great American Songbook 2 (CD1)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, Disco House, EBM
Title: 100 Big Time Love Songs (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Travelling Songs (CD1)
Title: Rare V-Disc Vol. 3: The Girls
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Female Legends Of The 50's And More! (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Female Legends Of The 50's And More! (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Female Legends Of The 50's And More! (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz - 110 Original Hits (CD3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Time To Remember: 1943
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember: 1944
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Classic Evergreens
Genre: Pop
Title: Massive Hits! (Easy Listening) (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Massive Hits! (Jazz) (CD3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Easy Listening Album (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, 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
