Stafford,Jo Selected Sides 1943 To 1960: America'S Most CD

Once called "America's Most Versatile Singing Star, Jo Stafford certainly lived up to that description in a career that spanned some four decades. Born in 1917 in Coalinga, California, her parents were gifted with natural singing voices - her mother sang her a welter of folk ditties as she grew up. Some of those old tunes provided the roots for Jo's later career, becoming in the process, part of America's musical heritage. She recorded a selection in the late forties and they are the basis for the opening disc here. The remaining selections show Jo Stafford at her most accomplished and versatile - often in the company of talented peers like Johnny Mercer, Frankie Laine, Gordon MacRae and Tommy Dorsey.

1. Deacon Jones 2. Tumbling Tumbleweeds 3. Tim-Tay-Shun (Temptation) 4. Feudin' and Fightin' 5. I'm My Own Grandma 6. Suspicion 7. Clabberin' Up for Rain 8. Trouble in Mind 9. Prisoner of Love Song 10. The Travelling Salesman Polka 11. Red River Valley 12. Ragtime Cowboy Joe 13. They Talk a Different Language (The Yodel Blues) 14. Ask Me No Questions 15. The Battle Hymn of the Republic 16. Goodnight Irene 17. Juanita 18. I'll See You After Church on Sunday Morning 19. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny 20. The Nightingale 21. He's Gone Away 22. Red Rosey Bush 23. Black Is the Colour 24. Poor Wayfaring Stranger 25. Barbara Allen 26. I Wonder As I Wander 27. The Handsome Stranger 28. If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time 29. Tennessee Waltz 30. Teardrops from My Eyes 31. My Heart Cries for You 32. Oh How Lovely Is the Evening 33. San Antonio Rose 34. Along the Colorado Trail 35. Pretty Eyed Baby 36. Allentown Jail 37. Star of Hope 38. Gambella- the Gamblin' Lady 39. Hey! Good Lookin' 40. Hambone 41. Pretty Boy 42. Settin' the Woods on Fire 43. Piece A-Puddin' 44. A Fool Such As I 45. A Bushel and a Peck 46. If I Were a Bell 47. My Dearest, My Darling 48. Goin' Like Wildfire 49. Rollin' Down the Line 50. Peace in the Valley 51. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 52. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 53. Memphis Blues 54. The Blues in the Night 55. Little Man with a Candy Cigar 56. Long Ago (And Far Away) 57. Day By Day 58. You Keep Coming Back Like a Song 59. September Song 60. The Best Things in Life Are Free 61. Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart 62. Bluebird of Happiness 63. Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys 64. My Darling! My Darling! 65. Always True to You in My Fashon 66. Some Enchanted Evening 67. Whispering Hope 68. Sometime 69. No Other Love 70. Autumn Leaves 71. The Hawaiian War Chant 72. Love, Mystery and Adventure 73. The Moment I Saw You 74. Early Autumn 75. You Belong to Me 76. Keep It a Secret 77. Just Another Polka 78. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere 79. Indiscretion 80. Teach Me Tonight 81. It's Almost Tomorrow 82. Wouldn't It Be Loverly 83. When It's Sleepy Time Down South 84. New Orleans 85. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 86. Floatin' Down to Cotton Town 87. Lullaby in Rhythm 88. Make Love to Me 89. The Dixieland Band 90. Raminay 91. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans 92. Jambalaya 93. Shrimp Boats 94. Basin Street Blues 95. High Society 96. Just Squeeze Me 97. Dream of You 98. Day Dream 99. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to 100. The Folks Who Live on the Hill 101. The Midnight Sun 102. S'posin' 103. What Can I Say After I Said I'm Sorry 104. I've Got the World on a String 105. For You 106. Imagination 107. I Didn't Know About You