Track Listings (18) - Disc #1| All Artists: Jo Stafford Title: Spotlight on Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Indent Series Release Date: 7/23/1996 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 762185131022 |
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Caveat emptor: this does not contain Stafford's '50s pop hits like "Shrimpboats Are A-Comin'" or "Jambalaya". Instead, this concentrates on her career as a standards singer for Capitol in the early '50s. Miraculously, it e... more » |
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Amazon.com Caveat emptor: this does not contain Stafford's '50s pop hits like "Shrimpboats Are A-Comin'" or "Jambalaya". Instead, this concentrates on her career as a standards singer for Capitol in the early '50s. Miraculously, it even dented the Billboard Top 200! A fine selection of standards, wonderfully heavy on the slower stuff. The arrangements (largely by hubby Paul Weston) are understated and dignified, and Stafford proves she can hold her own with anybody in the great American songbook sing-off. For those who first came to this style via Harry Connick, Jr., this disc is a wonderful next step. --Skip Heller Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsTHIS IS A GREAT DISC Barefoot Contessa | Boston, MA | 11/24/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) ".... This is a great collection of Jo's songs from 1943 to 1950. The ... reviewer obviously didn't look at the liner notes to see that the songs on this disc are all from the mid forties through 1950. Even though this isn't a true collection of her hits (this isn't a greatest hits compilation), each one is a gem and Jo sounds fantastic throughout. Mostly ballads, lots of schmaltzy horns--if you like schmaltzier 40's pop then get this album, otherwise skip it and don't complain. The arrangements and song selections are stellar, my favorites being "I didn't know about you," "Walkin' my baby back home," "Haunted heart." If you read the track selection, you'll see that many of the songs are familiar tunes (if you know anything about songs from that era) and were also recordered by other artists. My only complaint is that there aren't enough tunes here! You can get other Jo cds with many more songs for a similiar price. Get this disc and the Capitol Collectors Series for 1940's Jo without any of the same songs repeated, and you should be as happy a I."
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