I agree .. But when asked she denied having perfect pitch . There's a powerful edge to her voice , a fierce expression of solitude & solidarity behind the great control. I think that what touched the post-war generations who lost loved ones.
Totally agree with you. I'm just discovering all the Jazz female vocalists, ( I'm 53 ) and I think her natural ability to sing clear and pure with emotion is amazing.
She is so great - perfect pitch, plus she studied opera when she was young, so her technique is nearly perfect. She deserves to be much more well known than she is.
Jo Stafford and Ella Fitzgerald were in a class of their own. When did screaming become singing. I just bought Jo Stafford Yes Indeed. It is a three disc set of songs. Wonderful
I recently watched a contemporary girl singer on one of them American Idol type shows and she ruined Connie's song ' Where the Boys Are ' in the first line with terrible enunciation by singing = Where the Boy - ees Are .
I remember seeing this on TV and have not been able to forget it. Have been searching for it since and now its found. Only took 60 years. A happy man now.
Jo Stafford hands down one of the world’s best female vocalists. She sang so effortlessly. I particularly love the recordings she made with her husband Paul Weston and his band. Her recording of September in the Rain ☔️ is so sublime I would urge you to have a listen. Given that she was the biggest selling female recording artist in the early 50’s it is surprising to me that so few people seem to know who she is. That, and trying to find any of her records is sad, because they seem to have vanished. Thank goodness for you tube.
It's because today's radio📻 stations don't play her songs 📀📀📀📀its time the Goverments everywhere make sure Older people matter just as much as young people for radio music to listen too everyday music keeps you well 😊
What a voice Jo had ! Clean--------pure, free of affectation. " The singer's Singer " , the highest compliment of all. . Jo was 44 or 45 y/o in '61. She & her husband Paul Weston, who is musical director here on this TV series, both called it a career in '66. For Jo, it was a 30 year career, & at 50 y/o, she called it . RIP, Jo & Paul. -----------------MJL, 77 y/o
Shaun Cohen. You got that spot on . I cannot remember her singing anything that wasn't perfect, and I have been a fan since forever.Truly a wonderful artist.
She s fantastic . Hopefully as time goes by the word will spread again about this voice .... .. and she 'll reclaim her rightful place in the pantheon . She's such an interesting woman , like those of that era , Anita O'Day being another , who far transcend the post-war era they sang in. Wonderful bluesy ballads. I Walk Alone .. He's Gone Away ..No Other Love .. Shenandoah .. Moonlight in Vermont .. ... I've counted 40 or so of this imperious quality . From her beginnings with her Stafford Sisters to this ... one of her last live performances .. G.I Jo is wonderful .
I am 81 and have little hope for music in 2023. It has become god awful crap, and the young are too brainwashed to ever appreciate this kind of music. I played guitar since I was 15, over the last 20 years backed up vocalists, but I am too old to lug all that equipment around so I finally quit. The only people interested in that music were nursing holmes and they don't want to pay anything any more. I mean for one hour gig, which you have to practice for, and drive to and home, they give $50.00. That is insane. 10 years ago we were getting $100 to $150 each. Now it's $50. each. But I still love to listen to it. Takes me back to my youth when she was alive. I love the guitar in the background, that's the kind of stuff I loved to play for the female vocalists I backed up.
Female crooners don't come any better than Jo Stafford but, like all singers of her time, she was lucky there were many great Songwriters and great songs for her to sing which we have allowed to drift into oblivion. Great melodies which are strokes of genius are like great paintings, if you do not preserve them, you lose them. Were it not for the wonder of RU-vid and dedication of Uploaders, we who are of an age able to remember the great tunes of yesteryear and know what to look for on RU-vid would have no music at all as it disappeared from radio station airwaves decades ago.
As most of us do, I love to sing along. the real challenge to my slight ego is trying to only breathe when the true professionals breathe. Try it, but be prepared to be humbled and maybe a bit amazed.
I think I can see that she didn't like performing in public . Her shyness makes her all the more irresistible in my book ... This is great but her greatest hours were in the recording studio.
@@swingman5635 I guess it was just an opportunity that came up. Heck, as an Anglophile, I would have jumped at it. I guess she always had a big following over there, too.
@@Trombonology Same. I would have tuned in,too. It seems to me,that Europe has expressed an affinity for The Great American Songbook, beyond our fellow citizens,anyway.
These songs were beautiful, I heard the first about sixty years ago, and liked it but never found out what its title was. The second I heard sung by Nat King Cole, Jo's voice is wonderful, and very nice to hear.
Now that your preferences are well understood, finally, we can all get back to enjoying music. Thanks for clearing up any misconceptions. You’re the best, clearly.
@@joefreeman2799 What I always wonder about people who drop comments like the original one here is why, if they don't like it from the first verse, they waste any time going on listening to the rest.
