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Jo Stafford

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,057

274
Decades
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  27
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  197
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  1,617
- 2000s
  
  of 10,573
  
  0
Genres
- Broadway & Vocalists
  
  of 242
  
  13
- Jazz
  
  of 1,946
  
  94
- Opera & Vocal Music
  
  of 327
  
  16
- Pop
  
  of 13,671
  
  801

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1940s

2.5112

1960s

2.4162

1980s

0.0000

1990s

2.3683

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Jo Stafford is ranked overall as 2.9510 out of 4 stars

2.9510

Jo Stafford Biography

Formed:

November 1917

Genres:

Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Opera & Vocal Music, Pop, Country, Miscellaneous, International, Blues, Christian & Gospel

Labels:

Allegro Corporation, Asl Living Era, Asv Living Era, Capitol Records, Capitol/emi/sbk/chrysalis, Castle Pulse/wave, Cbs/epic/wtg Records, Cleopatra Records, Collectables Records, Collector's Choice/hepcat, Corinthian (cor), Curb Records, Drg Records, Emi Gold, Emi Special Markets

History:

One of the most technically gifted and popular vocalists of the immediate post-war period, Jo Stafford effortlessly walked the line between breezy pop and the more serious art of post-big-band jazz singing. With the help of her husband, top-flight arranger and Capitol A&R director Paul Weston, Stafford recorded throughout the '40s and '50s for Capitol and Columbia. She also contributed (with Weston) to one of the best pop novelty acts of the period, a hilariously inept and off-key satire that ...more

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