Jo Stafford - 'It Happened in Sun Valley'.wmv (1955/56)

My thanks to Dennis Degen (whose father Vince Degen was a member of the group) for providing the correct Starlighters photos...

Jo Elizabeth Stafford (Born November 12, 1917 Died July 16, 2008[1]) was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. Stafford was greatly admired for the purity of her voice and was considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era.[note 1] She was also viewed as a pioneer of modern musical parody, having won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 1961 (with husband Paul Weston) for their album Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris. She was also the first woman to have a No 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]

This track is taken from Jo Staffords Albums " -Happy Holidays & Ski Trails" with backing by her Husband Paul Weston's Orchestra & vocal backing by "The Starlighters"

Album historical Synopsis...
"The legendary vocalist sings you all the way from Thanksgiving through Christmas, and even on into Valentines' Day; on the remastered album from 1955,
...The singer is backed up by the orchestra of her husband Paul Weston,
and
The Starlighters"
Jerry Duane
Howard Hudson
Pauline Burns (later replaced by Imogene Clark)
Vince Degen
Tony Paris

Recorded on June 14, 1955 & April 24, 1956.

Digitally remastered by Roger Nichols (Digital Atomics).

HAPPY HOLIDAYS: I LOVE THE WINTER WEATHER combines tracks from HAPPY HOLIDAYS (1955) and SKI TRAILS (1956).

Personnel includes: Jo Stafford (vocals); Paul Weston (arranger, conductor); The Starlighters; Paul Weston Orchestra.

Lyrics to It Happened in Sun Valley
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"It Happened in Sun Valley" is a 1941 song by Harry Warren, music, and Mack Gordon, lyrics, for Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in the movie Sun Valley Serenade. Glenn Miller released the song as a 78 single on RCA Bluebird in 1941 as a tie-in with the movie, which also featured Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.
Noted Glenn Miller historian, Margaret Guinan, wrote in her 1982 biography of Miller, that he had commissioned the song specifically for the movie. Norman Hebert, a drummer who toured with Miller in the early 1940's, claimed for years that he had written the song. Hebert's son Steven (Veevee), himself an accomplished trombone player who has toured with Herbie Hancock and Shawn Phillips has sued the Miller estate on his father's behalf.
Guinan disputes the claims made by the Hebert's in her biography.

It happened in Sun Valley

Howdy folks, lets go for a ride
Get your favorite one to sit by your side
Cuddle up in a sleigh, gitty up, Nellie Gray, and away we go
While you listen to the sleigh bells ring
Youre yodeling to your baby
Youll feel nice and warm
No matter how cold it may be
Take a look at little Jack and Jill
They ski down a hill
Thats a snowplough turn
And look, theres a spill,
Theres a spill on a hill
When youre down its a thrill
To go up again
Everybody ought to learn to ski
For that is how we first met
We were that Jack and Jill
That came down a hill
When I looked at you
My heart took a spill
Took a spill on a hill
Its a thrill that I cant forget...

It happened in Sun Valley
Not so very long ago
There were sunbeams in the snow
And a twinkle in your eyes
I remember oh! So clearly
That you nearly passed me by
Then it happened in Sun Valley
When you slipped and fell, and so did I...

It happened in Sun Valley
Not so very long ago
There were sunbeams in the snow
And I fell in love when I saw that
Twinkle in your eyes
I remember oh! So clearly
That you nearly passed me by
Then it happened in Sun Valley
When you slipped and fell, and so did I...

Now every year we go back and then
We recall that fall and that moment when
We were there on a hill
So we both take a spill
And were Jack and Jill Again!
Harry Warren, music, and Mack Gordon, lyrics

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[MichelleVasquez55]

Now here's Jo Stafford with her beautiful voice. Her comedic songs are hilariously badly sung, but I do prefer hearing her sing as well as she does.

[Looking4Patsy]

Wonderful song. 5***** and faved. Thanks so much for posting. She was one of the greats.

[jeanesingsjazz]

It is a real shame that she never got a grammy for her "straight" vocals.

[Rubrixcubeify]

I'm pretty convinced that if you don't see the value in the music from the 30's/ 40's, you've been brainwashed by Eminem.

[tractoriste53]

Such quality we will never see or hear the likes again. Thanks for posting.

[trx32]

Wow! I always wondered who was behind this sound I have often heard from this era.Thanks!

[rockabettybags]

my favorite !

[is1531]

@MichelleVasquez55 You belong to me, The Gentleman is a dope and Begin the Beguine are great songs when Jo is on the vocals. I adore the song It happened in Sun Valley.

[is1531]

I feel chills every time I hear her sing"Long ago and far away."

[is1531]

@MichelleVasquez55 I start to cry listening to "Long ago and Far away." I love "it happened in Sun Valley," Begine the Beguine," "The gentleman is a dope" and "You belong to me."

[MichelleVasquez55]

@is1531 I have this song on a Christmas compilation album from the 40's. It's one of my favorites. I love the vocal style of Jo Stafford and many other great female vocalists of that era.

[is1531]

Respond to this video.. My sincere thanks to Trooper for bringing this video to youtube. It's hard to believe that Jo Stafford is no longer with us. Everything thing she sings is like gold to me.