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Steven Elworth's avatar

Thanks. No one like Jo and yes many of her best records are not in the Great American Songbook

Rinaldo's avatar

Thank you for this article. I guess my musical preferences are on the side of being in flawless control of what you're doing (rather than the will-she-make-it? route), and in singing, there's hardly a higher standard than the one Jo Stafford set. You've captured what made her so distinctive.

That said, I'm also devoted to the Jonathan and Darlene recordings; again, best of their kind. (Also a treasured family memory: the first time I played them for my late mother, a very reserved and proper Midwestern lady, she laughed the hardest I've ever seen from her in my life -- nearly fell off the sofa, she was shaking so hard.)

Douglas Wooley's avatar

Thank you for your thoughts on Stafford's lovely & mysterious vocal qualities & how they've affected you. I'm hoping for some of that healing when I listen to her albums.

Carrie's avatar

I was told by a choral teacher that KU has perfect pitch. :-)