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Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had ...
Oct 29, 2020 · JO STAFFORD - OFFICIAL PLAYLIST. Overjazz. 30 videos 6,703 views Last updated on Oct 29, 2020. Hear the greatest hits of JO STAFFORD in this OFFICIAL playlist. Spread the classic jazz, and...
Jan 3, 2023 · Jo Stafford's recording of "You Belong to Me" is a classic oldies ballad recorded in 1952, featuring her smooth, sophisticated vocal style. The song is accom...
Mini Bio. Jo Stafford's early fame came as a vocalist with the big band of Tommy Dorsey, for which she sang both on her own and with her group, The Pied Pipers. After leaving Dorsey in 1944, Stafford went solo, eventually racking up no less than 93 hits over the next 13 years. Among them: chart-toppers like "Candy" (1945), "My Darling, My ...
Jul 19, 2008 · July 19, 2008. Jo Stafford, the wistful singing voice of the American home front during World War II and the Korean War, died on Wednesday at her home in Century City, Calif. She was 90. The...
Jo Stafford, who died July 16 at age 90, sang directly in the center of the note, and her sound was as clear as a Spanish town at noon. Stafford was also remarkable for the diversity of the ...
Jul 16, 2008 · Jo Stafford, “America’s Most Versatile Singer,” is one of America's most successful and celebrated vocalists. In the 1940’s and 1950’s she amassed 31 top-ten hits, was regarded as the favorite singer of the Armed Forces and was the first female artist to sell 25 million records.
