You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique.
Jo Stafford Quotes
I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers.
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| Birth: | 12th November, 1917 |
| Death: | 16th July, 2008 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Singer |
About
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was born in Coalinga, California, USA. She was an American traditional pop music singer. Her 1952 song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, the record becoming the first by a female artist to reach number one on the U.K. Singles Chart. In 1961, the album Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris won Stafford her only Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Her albums list shown below: Autumn in New York, Songs of Faith, Garden of Prayer, Songs of Scotland, Happy Holiday, Once Over Lightly, Music of My Life, Peace in the Valley (with Gordon MacRae), and The Joyful Season. Her singles list shown below: "No Other Love" and "Make Love to Me".
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