Teach Me Tonight - Jo Stafford

The smooth Honeyed tones, and the perfect pitch of the versatile and musically gifted Jo Stafford with her 1954 hit - 'Teach Me Tonight'

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Music

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• Jo
• Stafford
• Teach
• Me
• Tonight
• Music
• 1954

[Wolfsky9]

Singing as good as it will ever get. Jo, you were just the best: the singer's singer; and Paul Weston's arrangement makes it all perfect. Wolfsky9

[trooper7h]

Wolfsky9,

Thank you for that very positive comment. :)

My best wishes to you,

trooper7h

[lerebs]

This is among my all time favorites, too bad we don't have songs and singers like this today.

[trooper7h]

lerebs,

Alas that is so very true!

The demise of the film musical, and Big Bands- which were always hothouses for quality song writers, musicians, and singers - resulted in such a loss.

There is still good popular talent around but compared to 60 years ago it is much thinner on the ground.

Thank you for your comment. :)

Best wishes,

trooper7h

[19285124]

RubinL124.nothing sounds so sweet like jo stafford.

[trooper7h]

RubinL124,

Thank you for your comment,

My apologies for the very late reply I have had some health problems since April that have restricted my youtube input.

trooper7h

[jacbar39]

...an absolute 10+, this song simply can't be improved on...

[johnstondr1]

Amy Winehouse is actually a good singer, but no one can compare to the class act of Jo Stafford. Jo is one of the greatest female singers of all time

[Wolfsky9]

Ohhhh Yes, singing sweeter than honey, the incomparable Miss Jo, 4-Ever. Wolfsky9

[intlbprftalent]

Beyond brilliant. Beyond. Why can we not have singers like this today?

[Tony7840]

Having just read all of the comments about Jo, no one has mentioned that Jo and Paul Weston, were married to one another until his untimely death. One comment about Amy Winehouse. She definitely was so influenced by Dinah Washington, that she even used Dinah's, arrangement for her recording of this song.

[soapbxprod]

@Tony7840 YES! She does sound like Ella, doesn't she?

[soapbxprod]

Amy Winehouse is channeling Dinah Washington- which is fine- but this is JO's SONG!

[Tony7840]

Sinatra, put her in the same level as Ella. Totally agree!!!!

[jimaroo100]

Thanks for posting - It so so great to hear these artists and the classics they sing.. Since we have youtube we can compare versions... back to back. I love Ms Stafford and Miss Dinah Washington. Same song with each one...2 diamonds next to each other... different facets... different shapes... but both rich and exquisite.... please don't make me choose. Each of hem expressed not just a unique style but a very personal mode of expression.

What fun all of this is.

[mybaileyic]

Wow! I honestly had never heard of Jo Stafford until a few minutes ago, but I will be doing a lot more research. What a voice! What a shame we don't hear any real music anymore.

[Vagrarian]

I have to admit I do prefer Dinah Washington's version, just a tiny bit, but Jo's version is great, too. It's also just such an amazingly sexy song, with nothing crude or vulgar or explicit. "Graduation's almost here, my love." Indeed.