78thstreet Says:

Jul 30, 2008 - so emotional! Encore!

pvardy3 Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING JO IN BOSTON IN THE EARLY 50s. NO ONE CAN TOP HER. I FIRST HEARD HER WHILE CONVALECING IN AN ARMY HOSPITAL ON STATEN ISLAND IN 1944. SHE SANG 'LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY' FROM 'COVER GIRL' MAY HER FAMILY REST ASSURED THAT THEY WILL BE UNITED ONCE AGAIN IN CHRISTS PRESENCE. SHE OUT DID HERSELF IN 'KISS OF FIRE' YES! those were the days, when people had values and 'truth' was present. rest in peace jo, we love you.

highnrising Says:

Aug 1, 2008 - How did you come to develop an obsession with Jo Stafford of all people? (She did not exactly keep a high profile for the past, say, 40 years.) Is this something that you've had for years--or decades--or is it something recent?

pmwxyz Says:

Aug 1, 2008 - I remember watching Jo's TV show as a kid. I loved her singing and her class. From her, I learned to love the singers of her generation (my parents' generation.) She was great!

moralesjedi Says:

Aug 2, 2008 - what was the title of the song rosemary clooney sang?

deehouse55 Says:

Aug 3, 2008 - Very Wonderful talented ladies, the world was better for knowing them.

Laurina20 Says:

Aug 3, 2008 - "Tis' Autumn"

IrisMG Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - Um, no, sorry, but I can't stand Andre Rieu, if his PBS specials are any indication.

IrisMG Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - A lot of people screw up the meaning of "perfect pitch", wrongly taking it to mean the ability to sing on key. So if I may, for those who don't understand the term, "perfect pitch" is the ability to either identify the frequency or musical name of a specific tone, or reproduce a frequency, frequency level, or musical pitch without comparing the tone with any objective reference tone. I.E., if someone says, give me an "E", she can sing it perfectly without needing the piano as a guide!

ashydashers Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - It's quite ok irisMG, I already knew that. Just thought I'd mention it in case you felt I was screwing something up. With a vast collection of Jo's numbers, including most of hers and the Pied Pipers'78's I feel I have a grasp of the correct usage of the term. Perhaps correspondence not actually dealing with Jo's passing and the fond memories we fans have, belong in another context.

IrisMG Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that you weren't using the word right - I just wanted to head off the inevitable people who would see your comment and say, "yeah right, obviously she can carry a tune well", when that's not what's meant by "perfect pitch" at all. It's just one of those "show-off"-y terms that gets misunderstood by those who don't know a lot about music.

ashydashers Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - Reply sent to your YouTube mailbox.

jjdion Says:

Aug 25, 2008 - Getting back to Jo Stafford...she did some wonderful LPs later with her husband Paul Weston under the pseudonym "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards". It's flat out HILARIOUS!!!! They are two of the BEST!!

wecaan Says:

Aug 26, 2008 - @ highrising....Are you serious? Poor Billie never got the attention or admiration she deserved.

highnrising Says:

Aug 26, 2008 - Wecaan-- You're just being silly. Billie Holiday had a movie made about her; She's had all of her recordings released on CD in deluxe box sets by major labels like Columbia and Verve, and her music continues to be played to this day.

wecaan Says:

Aug 26, 2008 - Yeah, it's Billie Holiday! She's a step above the rest. She's definitely not appreciated enough. So you want people to stop listen to her, or studios to stop releasing her stuff? It's not like she's selling like hot cake. Other far less deserving artists get the same deal, and even more attention. I don't get why you're hating on Billie Holiday, one of the most fantastic, and sadly also one of the most under appreciated artists ever. She died nearly penniless. She didn't see fame in her life.

Andrianopoulos Says:

Aug 29, 2008 - I absolutely loved her. Sorry she passed away in July. I grew up with Jo Stafford's hits, her voice as familiar to me as my own mother's. I wrote her a long fan letter in 1998 and received a lovely card and autographed photo from her in less than a week. (Margaret Whiting had given me her address.) She'll be greatly missed.

sherom Says:

Aug 30, 2008 - Like Sinatra, Jo Stafford performed with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. It's obvious both singers were influenced by Dorsey's smooth continued legato phrases played on his trombone. Just listen to Stafford's breath control on Autumn Leaves.Thanks for posting.

fringelily Says:

Aug 30, 2008 - As an old fart of 60+, i an thrilled that new generations of listeners are discovering the superb performers of this era afresh ...what wonderful singers Jo Stafford and Rosemary Clooney were, along with Ella, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and others, they represent a priceless musical heritage.

SpearmintAltoids Says:

Sep 5, 2008 - ahhh, this is true music, miles ahead of some of today's so called music.

jalex11 Says:

Oct 23, 2008 - Your argument has holes in it. Ella Fitzgerald was highly critically acclaimed and probably more well known than Billie Holiday. Ella also always appeared joyful to be singing and her personal life was never profoundly troubled like that of Holiday's.

highnrising Says:

Oct 23, 2008 - jalex Perhaps. But in fact I recall reading reviews of Ella's Songbook series that did criticize her for sounding too happy. The critics love singers like Holliday and Edith Piaf, who sound near-suicidal. In any event, Jo Stafford deserves to be remembered in the same league as Ella, Holliday, Clooney, Lee. Almost nobody under 50 knows who she is.

jalex11 Says:

Oct 24, 2008 - I agree, but Holiday had her critics who criticized her for being too maudlin and for not possessing a remarkable instrument like that of Fitzgerald or Vaughan. I do understand your point though. Interestingly enough Billie Holiday named Jo Stafford as her favorite vocalist! In any event jo does have a gorgeous voice.

sugar1on2top3 Says:

Oct 25, 2008 - Jo and Rosemary are both my very favorite singers.

limhuifang Says:

Nov 9, 2008 - its just fantastic to listen to