Jo Stafford 'Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere' 78 RPM
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Uploaded by ferrarial on Jan 16, 2010
One of the all time greats Jo Stafford was born in 1917, because of the depression she gave up the desire to become an opera singer and joined with her sisters and performed as the Stafford Sisters. When her sisters married th group split and Jo joined the Pied Pipers and caught the attention of Tommy Dorsey's arranger Paul Weston who persuaded Dorsey to sign the group. They recorded with Dorsey's orchestra backing Frank Sinatra on his early recordings. Jo went solo in 1944. Her solo career produced many million sellers throughout the 40's and 50's, She went into semi retirement in 1966 and didn't perform again until 1990 in a ceremony honouring Frank Sinatra. Jo died aged 90 in 2008. I can find no mention of this recording although she did record the song as a duet with Gordon MacRae. This is taken from the original early 50's 78 rpm record
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She was so versatile! She had hits with comedy singles, duos or groups; folk music; hymns; jazz; blues; country; you name it!
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This is Jo's original recording of BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE
Recorded 7.5.53 First issued 3.5.54 *
Columbia 40193 (Boxed Set “Garden Of Prayer”)
She later released a version with Gordon McRae in 1961
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A fabulous song by a great singer. Somehow, the imperfections lend an authenticity that you won't get today when everything is so perfect. Singers then had distinct sounds, unlike today when they all sound the same. You couldn't confuse Jo Stafford with, say Patti Page, or any other female singer of the day.
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my very favourite female singer.So rich and pure
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my very favourite female singer.
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The most beautiful voice ever in popular music.
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The most beautiful voice ever in popular music. This the real First Lady of Song.
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she was great
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So many, many memories this song brings to mind..........SO VERY LONG AGO......But if I listen hard enough, I can almost hear loved ones singing it once more and I get so very homesick.
momzeegram2 1 year ago
@momzeegram2 I'm so glad this brings back those happy memories
ferrarial 1 year ago