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4 unusual facts about Jo Stafford


Coming Back Like a Song: 25 Hits 1941-47

Coming Back Like a Song: 25 Hits 1941–47 is a 1998 compilation album of songs recorded by American singer Jo Stafford.

Drifting and Dreaming with Jo Stafford

Drifting and Dreaming with Jo Stafford is a 1996 compilation album of songs recorded by American singer Jo Stafford.

Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather

Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather is a 1999 compilation album of seasonal songs recorded by American singer Jo Stafford.

Spotlight on Jo Stafford

Spotlight on Jo Stafford is a 1996 compilation album of songs recorded by American singer Jo Stafford.


All My Tomorrows

The album is a collection of classic standards including Jo Stafford's "You Belong to Me" and the ballad "Cry Me a River".

Ballad of the Blues

The album has a predominantly pop setting and features Jo Stafford accompanied by her husband Paul Weston and backed by The Starlighters (one the Starlighters is Thurl Ravenscroft who later became known as the voice of "Tony the Tiger" for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes).

Ben Pollack

In 1954, Jo Stafford recorded "Make Love to Me", which used Pollack's music from "Tin Roof Blues".

Chilton Price

The former became a big hit for King, with a vocal by Stewart; the latter was a major hit for Jo Stafford, and later was covered by The Duprees.

Leon Roppolo

Leon Roppolo's compositions include the jazz standards "Farewell Blues" and "Milenberg Joys", "Gold Leaf Strut" or "Golden Leaf Strut", "Tin Roof Blues" (1923), and "Make Love to Me", which was a pop song using Leon Roppolo's music (from "Tin Roof Blues"), recorded by Jo Stafford in 1954, and by Anne Murray and B. B. King.

Starring Jo Stafford

Starring Jo Stafford is a 1953 album by Jo Stafford,with Paul Weston and His Orchestra accompaniment by The Starlighters and The Pied Pipers.


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