American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s.
Born November 12, 1917 in Coalinga, California.
Died July 16, 2008 in Century City, California.
Married to pianist and arranger Paul Weston.
Sister of Pauline Stafford and Christine Stafford, whom she sang with in The Stafford Sisters.
Member of The Pied Pipers in 1938 and 1939.
Member of Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra where she sang with Frank Sinatra, Joe Bushkin, Ziggy Elman, Buddy Rich and others.
She established the Jo Stafford Prize in American Folklore and wrote a volume called "Easy Lessons In Singing."
Stafford was greatly admired for the purity of her voice and was considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era.
Weston and Stafford developed a comedy routine where they assumed the guise of a bad lounge act named Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.
2020
Avid Jazz
2xCD, Comp, RM
2019
JSP Records
4xCD, Comp
2017
Calle Mayor
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2017
Real Gone Music
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2017
Sounds Of Yester Year
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2017
Acrobat Music
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2015
Acrobat Music
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2014
Popcorn (4)
7", RE
2014
Sepia Records (2)
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2014
SSJ
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2013
JSP Records
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2013
Acrobat Music
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2011
SSJ
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2011
Jasmine Records
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2010
JSP Records
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2010
2009
Jasmine Records
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2009
DRG Records
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2009
DRG Records, EMI Music Special Markets
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2008
Retrospective Records
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2008
Dynamic Nostalgia
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2007
JSP Records
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2007
EMI
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2005
Dynamic Entertainment Ltd
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2005
RAJON
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2005
DRG Records, EMI Music Special Markets
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2004
Sepia Records (2)
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2004
Living Era
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2004
BCI Music
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2004
2003
Corinthian Records
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2003
Sony Records Int'l, The CD Club
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2003
EMI Music Special Markets
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2003
Memoir
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2002
Fabulous (3)
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2002
EMI
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2002
Tall Paul Productions
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2002
Flapper
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2001
Living Era, ASV
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2001
Stardust Records (7)
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2001
Empress (2)
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2001
Music & Memories
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2000
Sony Music Special Products
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2000
Columbia River Entertainment Group
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2000
HMV Easy, HMV Easy
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2000
Start Entertainments Limited
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2000
Pegasus
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2000
Collectors' Choice Music, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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2000
Vocalion
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1999
EMI
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1999
ABM
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1999
Silver Minds Music
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1999
EMI
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1999
1998
ASV, Living Era
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1998
Great Voices Of The Century (2)
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1998
1997
Jasmine Records
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1997
Collectors' Choice Music
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1997
V Disc
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1997
Memoir
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1997
1997
1996
Jazz Classics Records
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1996
OSA
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1996
1995
Voice (6)
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1995
Memoir
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1995
The Entertainers
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1995
EMI Solo
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1995
1995
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1993
Curb Records
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1993
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Vintage Jazz Classics
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1992
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Columbia
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1991
Capitol Records, Capitol Records
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1991
1991
1990
Memoir, Memoir
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1989
1988
Indisc
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1988
Capitol Records
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1987
Maybellene
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1987
Capitol Records
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1987
1986
Time Life Music, Capitol Records
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1986
1986
1986
1986
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1982
Corinthian Records
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1982
1982
1981
Ariola
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