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Info: Biography, Pictures, Discography of all CDs & DVDs |
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Cleveland Stafford, had come West to seek his fortune in the California
oil fields.Jo's first professional work was with the Stafford Sisters, a trio in which
Jo joined her sisters Christine and Pauline.They had their own weekly radio
show on KHJ, were regular performers on David Broekman's California Melodies
and the Crockett Family of Kentucky shows, and did both solo and studio
vocal work with all the major motion picture companies.When Johnny Mercer assembled the artists to start Capitol Records in 1943,
Jo began a recording career that was to culminate in Columbia Records giving
her a Diamond Award as the first recording artist to sell 25,000,000 Records.After guesting on all the major radio shows, Jo started her own series with
the Chesterfield Supper Club, to which was added the Jo Stafford Show for
Revere Camera, followed by feature roles on the Carnation and Club 15 Shows.In her own quiet way Stafford is selling America to Europe.In 1952 European demand took her to London, where she headlined the bill
at the Palladium and made appearances for the Voice of America in the British
Isles and on the continent.Thus when
Hollywood decided to commemorate its stars with plaques in the sidewalks
of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street Jo Stafford was one of the few stars
to have three separate plaques, one for records, one for radio, and one
for television.In 1961 the family moved to London for the summer so that Jo could do her
own series for the ATV British Network.These shows were seen in this country,
Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as well as in the British Isles, and
her guests included Bob Hope, Ella Fitzgerald and Peter Sellers.SHARE, one of Hollywood's best known charitable organizations, which
concerns itself with aiding mentally handicapped children.Johnny Carson and Milton Berle.Return to Corinthian's Home Page .Jo Stafford effortlessly walked ...To share this media with a friend, you must have AIM installed.Want More Jo Stafford?What: Her energy infused Sessions performance.Highlights: A smokin version of her hit single Tambourine and a killer verse from Party Like a Rockstar.All AdForce ad tags are the exclusive property of AdForce, Inc.Over 35 years she recorded some 800 sides.The Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards.The Westons met in 1936 and married in 1952.Darlene) Stafford ever set foot in a recording studio.The 1999 interview follows.Songbirds: What kind of group did you have?Stafford: We were kind of like the Boswell Sisters.There were seven boys and myself.Jo Stafford: The Portrait Edition.And when he left he was well on his way.The pandemonium was in full swing.There was never anything like it before in history.What are your recollections, if any?Stafford: It was a real great experience.Maybe once every couple of weeks.Glen Gray sound old hat.Things getting better and more complex.For the first time in my life the music I was hearing was going backwards.We were losing chord changes.Songbirds: How did this affect you personally?Stafford: The industry used to be much more structured.Over there you had songwriters.But a song really got a good, big push.Songbirds: Why did you stop?And that was kind of it.Jonathan and Darlene records.Alive backed with I Am Woman.Jonathan and Darlene cult.Down Beat magazine gave us 48 stars.Edwards are unqualified successes.Jo Stafford is one of the best singers that ever lived.It was the dinner hour, but how could I resist?Peggy Lee is a great, great talent.Society of Singers tribute to him.Stafford: I had four or five years in school training as a soprano.Songbirds: What do you do on a professional basis these days?Stafford: Corinthian has never had a Christmas album.These are masters from Columbia that I now own.Half Christmas, half winter songs.Stafford: Tim does a good job of keeping it moving.Stafford: You mean the one where I do all the voices.Stafford: Mel, Mel, Mel.Pied Piper octet on The Portrait Edition.Songbirds: What else do you fill your day up with besides Corinthian?Except what you want to.To Bill, a true music lover!And then there was one called Underneath the Overpass.Songbirds: Any favorite album?John had written was bouncing off the walls.And thanks for the interview.Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frank Loesser, Jo Stafford, Sammy Davis Jr.Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Jo Stafford, Burton Lane, Sammy Davis Jr.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.Paul Weston, Stafford recorded throughout the '40s and '50s for Capitol and Columbia.Soon after the group joined Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra in 1939 however, it was pruned to a quartet (that also...The latter, a duet with Mercer and the Pied Pipers, became her first number one.LP by Jonathan and 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.Stafford also founded Corinthian Records, with Weston, to reissue the couple's various recordings.FSCommands are received by VBScript in IE.MS + " milliseconds, sample file size: " + fileSizeBytes + " bytes."Of("To view this content") !Track states defined in AlbumSampler."Embedding code will be displayed here."Smoking My Sad CigaretteThe Columbia Singles Collection Vol.Sold by Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Additional taxes may apply.You have no recently viewed items or searches.Los Angeles radio station KHJ.In twenty five years Jo Stafford landed on the Hit Parade
a total of 92 times with 32 top ten hits.Now retired, Jo Stafford lives in California. |
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