Talk:Jo Stafford

Citations & references
See Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the  tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 10:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Lede name usage
I don't find evidence that Jo Elizabeth Stafford legally changed her name to Jo Stafford. I propose changing the lede to begin, "Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American singer...", per Manual of Style (biographies). --GrizzlySound (talk) 00:32, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I found an article in The Guardian which gives her full name as Josephine Elizabeth Stafford (see here). If this is correct then I was thinking we could change the lede to say something like "Josephine Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 - July 16, 2008), known professionally as Jo Stafford . . ." Any thoughts on this? TheRetroGuy (talk) 17:47, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Perfect pitch
I have removed this claim from the lede: "She was one of only a handful of musicians to have perfect pitch, or the ability to identify a note without having seen the piano key or instrument on which it was played."

The cited reference actually refutes this claim. IMHO the claim should not be restored unless a higher quality source is cited. See Verifiability. &mdash;GrizzlySound (talk) 17:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Date of death
I notice someone changed the date of her death, but I think some of the refs which point to her death being on 13 July are erroneous. Somewhere (I think it was the Washington Post or LA Times) I've seen a correction regarding this, and most seem to agree it was 16 July. TheRetroGuy (talk) 22:19, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Political stances
Jo Stafford also participated in a Roosevelt Birthday Ball at the White House during the Truman administration. Being involved in this or the Eisenhower tea in 1954 doesn't mean political affiliation. I am commenting out the political information and removing the category; unless/until there is proof that she publicly favored a political party. We hope (talk) 18:23, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Should hopefully know this by the weekend. :) Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:59, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

For the record-
 * G.I. Jo "The Westons are liberal Catholics, and in an age when presidential rhetoric brought out of the woodwork all the bumper-sticker patriots, the gun people and assorted other crazies, they remained unintimidated liberal Democrats."
 * Newbergh-Beacon News October 31, 1960. "The Democrats will supply Milton Berle, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, Stan Freberg, Jo Stafford and others for a Kennedy rally in East Los Angeles Tuesday...." We hope (talk) 23:11, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, that's a major relief. Jo's IMDB "Trivia" section claims she was a "lifelong Republican", which really didn't sit well with me, as a big fan of hers. It just didn't quite ring true to me either. This book also cites Jo as supporting Kennedy: I know I shouldn't be disturbed by such things, but as an ardent lefty, I am... --TrottieTrue (talk) 20:14, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Article links

 * Voice From Home New Yorker August 26-September 2, 1996]
 * Bill Reed Interview Songbirds Winter 2000. Information on Corinthian Records, early and later years and family.
 * When Stafford Sings Coronet magazine (defunct) April 1955.
 * Wild Pitch Village Voice March 22, 1998. Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.
 * G.I. Jo from Singers and the Song by Gene Lees.
 * "Club 15" bio
 * 1956 newspaper mini bio
 * 1955 Problems with the live television show.
 * 1952 Jo's piano-playing poodle, Beau.
 * 1952 Beau becomes a member of the Musicians' Union.
 * Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop: A New Listener's Guide to the Sounds and Lives of the Top Performers Jo Stafford chapter-details her eyesight, cue cards and the bright lights of television.
 * Dialogues in Swing: Intimate Conversations With the Stars of the Big Band Era Jo Stafford and Paul Weston chapter. Paul talks about how he got started, so does Jo. How the Pied Pipers cleaned out the fridge of Weston and Stordahl and the embarrassment both felt after the Pipers were fired from the Dorsey radio show. More on Jonathan and Darlene.
 * A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers start reading on p 436. Some pages not viewable.  Jo's early family background, more on career.  Also more on Jonathan and Darlene.  When asked what Jonathan Edwards is really like, Paul's answer was, "He's a pain in the ass!"
 * American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today The Pied Pipers section starts on page 51. Sir Hubert thought they were a scandal and that's why they had to leave the Dorsey program.  For many years in both radio and television, one or two companies paid the costs of a radio or television show, thus they had the "last word". Red Skelton lost his first television sponsor because they wanted live, not filmed, shows. Goodman Ace lost a radio show sponsor because he snapped at the sponsor when they wanted a music bridge change, telling them the change of packaging of their product was "a gyp".  So for a long time, "the sponsor" was King of the media castle in the United States.
 * American National Biographies-Paul Weston-some information provided by Jo.
 * Billboard It's 10 Candles for Corinthian
 * A Voice for America 1952
 * 1953 News story about Paul, Jo and the guitar playing priest who married them.
 * 1956 News story-Jo was born on a piece of land called "Tract 35" in Coalinga, CA.
 * 1953 Paul talks modern music and tells that "You Belong to Me" was the "B" side of the record.
 * 1952 Story details how Paul's accident brought him to arranging music.
 * 1952 Paul had his name on more records sold than anyone else at the time-estimated to be 50 million when the story was written.
 * 1953 The first Jo Stafford television show was a million dollar deal.
 * 1961 Jo working for 3 record companies
 * 1946 Jo's ex sues re: Pied Piper breakup
 * 2008 Obit-tells that Jo never played another nightclub after La Martinique and her thoughts on why she no longer sang.
 * The Stafford Sisters in Gold Mine in the Sky
 * Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art Paul on Mitch Miller and "Underneath the Overpass", etc.
 * Jo talks about Paul in 2007. "Had the notion of being romantically interested in him occurred? “Huh-uh. Not yet,” she said.  “That didn’t occur until after I went to New York.  He made a couple of visits to New York, and that’s when the idea that we were, kind of, special came up.”"

How she overcame a weight problem

 * Her Battle to Reduce
 * How to Keep in Trim
 * La Martinique opening 1945. This is the performance she refers to.

Jo and Paul "Marriage Watch"

 * Dorothy Kilgallen 1947
 * Hedda Hopper 1947-rumors but no ring
 * Louella Parsons 1951 "secretly married"
 * Finally! 1952-details she the divorce from Huddleston was final in 1944 and that the couple had to wait for an official investigation and determination re: whether the marriage to Huddleston was thought valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church. If it had been, there could have been no Catholic wedding.

High-priority error #5
Checkwiki --LukasMatt (talk) 14:06, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Need a little more information about this as I'm not entirely clear what the problem actually is. It seems to be working fine for me, but if there is an issue with something then I should be able to fix it with a few more details. If not, I'll find someone who can. I've already replied on LukasMatt's talk page, but thought it was worth mentioning it here too. This is Paul (talk) 14:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. I've responded on my talk page. Checkwiki LukasMatt (talk) 15:09, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Your fix looks good, Paul. Thanks. Checkwiki --LukasMatt (talk) 16:33, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

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