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Jo STAFFORD ...R.I.P. .....Nov. 12th 1917/July 16th 2008Jo Stafford (born Jo Elizabeth Stafford born November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, California was an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. Stafford is greatly admired for the purity of her voice and is considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era. She is 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.
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One of America's greatest singers Mrs. Paul Weston celebrates her birthday Monday November 12th. Jo Stafford (born Jo Elizabeth Stafford November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, California) is an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. Stafford is greatly admired for the purity of her voice and is considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era. She is also viewed as a pioneer of modern musical parody, having won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 1961 (with Paul Weston) for their album Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris. Of course her husband's music is iconic in early beautiful music. Her voice is so soothing and clear. Hear an hour salute on Remember When Public Radio 
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was born November 12 on a tract of land known as "Lease 35" at Coalinga, California. Her mother, Anna York Stafford, was a distant cousin of World War I hero Alvin York , and was famed as one of the finest five-string banjoists in Gainsboro, Tennessee. Her father, Grover Cleveland Stafford, had come West to seek his fortune in the California oil fields.
