Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. She originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Her 1952 song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart and the first by a female artist to do so.
Born in remote Coalinga, California, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley, Stafford made her first musical appearance at age 12. While still at high school, she joined her two older sisters to form a vocal trio named the Stafford Sisters, who found moderate success on radio and in film. In 1938, while the sisters were part of the cast of Twentieth Century Fox's production of Alexander's Ragtime Band, Stafford met the future members of the Pied Pipers and became the group's lead singer. Bandleader Tommy Dorsey hired them in 1939 to perform vocals with his orchestra. From 1940 to 1942, the group often performed with Dorsey's new male singer, Frank Sinatra.
In addition to her singing with the Pied Pipers, Stafford was featured in solo performances with Dorsey. After leaving the group in 1944, she recorded a series of pop songs now regarded as standards for Capitol Records and Columbia Records. Many of her recordings were backed by the orchestra of Paul Weston. She also performed duets with Gordon MacRae and Frankie Laine. Her work with the United Service Organizations giving concerts for soldiers during World War II earned her the nickname "G.I. Jo". Starting in 1945, Stafford was a regular host of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio series The Chesterfield Supper Club and later appeared in television specials—including two series called The Jo Stafford Show, in 1954 in the U.S. and in 1961 in the UK.
Stafford was greatly admired for the purity of her voice and was considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era.
Jo Stafford – This Is Jo Stafford (1966)
(Accompanied by the Ernie Freeman Orchestra)
A rare album of Jo Stafford with the Ernie Freeman Orchestra, released by Dot Records (catalog number DLP 3745) in mono in September 1966. It was later released in stereo but has never been reissued.
Label: Dot Records DLP 3745
LP 1966
320 Kbps/LP Covers
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01. Jo Stafford - Cry, Cry Darling
02. Jo Stafford - Falling In Love Again
03. Jo Stafford - The Time Of Day
04. Jo Stafford - Love Lies
05. Jo Stafford - Think Of Me
06. Jo Stafford - I'd Climb The Highest Mountain
07. Jo Stafford - Ev'ry Night When The Sun Goes In
08. Jo Stafford - A Little Kiss Each Morning
09. Jo Stafford - Cup Full Of Tears
10. Jo Stafford - Moon Song
11. Jo Stafford - A Time To Love
12. Jo Stafford - If I Had You
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