Jo Stafford: The Centenary Hits Collection 1944-59 4-Disc Set

Jo Stafford: The Centenary Hits Collection 1944-59
Jo Stafford was one of the most popular and successful female vocalists of the post-war era, epitomising the style and mood which nostalgia buffs often refer to as "the golden age of popular music" during the time before rock 'n' roll changed the business irrevocably. She racked up more than 100 hits, encompassing recordings as a member of the Pied Pipers and duet hits with Frankie Laine and Gordon MacRae alongside her solo chart entries. This year marks the centenary of her birth, and to mark the occasion we are releasing this great-value 106-track 4-CD set which comprises just about all her career hits in the Billboard charts and the Cash Box Top 40 for Capitol during the '40s and for Columbia after 1950. It naturally includes the No. 1s "Candy" with Johnny Mercer, "Temptation" with Red Ingle, "My Darling My Darling" with Gordon MacRae, and her solo No. 1 "You Belong to Me" and "Make Love To Me", along with dozens of other Top 10 classics. She was an extraordinarily versatile singer, and was able to handle any kind of material, with her hits including pop ballads, upbeat novelty songs, jazzy big band swingers and pure country tunes. This is a comprehensive overview of the recordings which made her such a popular star and made her a fixture in the charts even into the rock 'n' roll era, and is a fine showcase for a highly talented performer.

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1
Old Acquaintance

2
How Sweet You Are

3
Embraceable You - Various Performers

4
Mairzy Doats - the Pied Pipers

5
I Love You

6
Long Ago (And Far Away)

7
It Could Happen to You

8
The Trolley Song - Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers

9
Let's Take the Long Way Home

10
Candy - Jo Stafford & Johnny Mercer

11
There's No You

12
On the Sunny Side of the Street

13
Out of This World

14
That's for Me

15
Symphony

16
Day By Day

17
This Is Always

18
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song

19
The Things We Did Last Summer

20
White Christmas

21
Sonata

22
Ivy

23
A Sunday Kind of Love

24
Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)

25
I'm So Right Tonight

Disc: 2

1
Feudin' and Fightin'

2
The Stanley Steamer

3
Love and the Weather

4
The Gentleman Is a Dope

5
Serenade of the Bells

6
The Best Things in Life Are Free

7
I Never Loved Anyone

8
I'm My Own Grandmaw

9
Haunted Heart

10
Suspicion

11
Better Luck Next Time

12
Every Day I Love You (Just a Little Bit More)

13
Bluebird of Happiness - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

14
Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

15
My Darling My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

16
Congratulations

17
Here I'll Stay

18
The Pussycat Song - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

19
A' You're Adorable - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

20
Need You - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

21
Once and for Always

22
Some Enchanted Evening

23
Homework

24
Whispering Hope - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

25
Just One Way to Say I Love You

26
Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Disc: 3

1
The Last Mile Home

2
If I Ever Love Again

3
Echoes - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

4
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

5
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

6
Dearie - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

7
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

8
Open Door, Open Arms

9
Play a Simple Melody

10
No Other Love

11
Goodnight, Irene

12
Sometime

13
Tennessee Waltz

14
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time

15
If

16
It Is No Secret

17
Pretty-Eyed Baby - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

18
Somebody

19
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

20
Kissing Bug Boogie

21
Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady) - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

22
Hey Good Lookin' - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

23
Shrimp Boats

24
A-Round the Corner

25
Hambone

26
Raminay! (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)

27
You Belong to Me

Disc: 4

1
Jambalaya

2
Tonight We're Settin' the Woods on Fire - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

3
Early Autumn

4
Keep It a Secret

5
Piece A-Puddin' - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

6
(Now and Then There's) a Fool Such As I

7
Chow Willy - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

8
Without My Lover

9
Just Another Polka

10
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

11
Make Love to Me!

12
Indiscretion - Various Performers

13
Goin' Like Wildfire - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine

14
Thank You for Calling

15
Where Are You

16
Teach Me Tonight

17
Don't Get Around Much Anymore

18
I Got a Sweetie

19
Young and Foolish

20
Suddenly There's a Valley

21
Suddenly

22
It's Almost Tomorrow

23
All Night Long

24
With a Little Bit of Luck

25
Love Me Good

26
On London Bridge

27
Wind in the Willow

28
Pine Top's Boogie

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