Ella and Jo Stafford Sing About Love--and Peggy Lee too!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 9:27pm

13 minutes of musical heaven, in 2 YouTube files:

Part One:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xlLpCmkWACQ



Part Two:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vZvABSFzClk

Updated On: 12/5/07 at 09:27 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 9:33pm

If you like that, here's more Ella and Jo, with Benny Goodman and Harry James and Lionel Hampton in the 1958 Texaco Swing into Spring special.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QvYIiFcPfv4

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 9:40pm

The next year they did another Swing into Spring, this time with Ella and Peggy Lee.


Part One

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K9_TfVuPEbY



Part Two

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mWKAd0iRpaM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 7:55am

Any Jo Stafford fans out there?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 8:06am

Me, me, me! Thanks again for sharing.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 8:16am

She's SO butch, isn't she?

Have you figured out how to save YouTubes yet?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 9:27am

Count me in. Her "Autumn in New York" is definitive.

Off topic, but not: anyone interested in standard-bearer singers of the golden era, the best Christmas is Capitol's compilation, Let it Snow!" In addition to more predictable fare (Lena's rendtion of the title ditty) it has treasures like June Christie doing "The Merriest,", Kay Starr's "Man With the Bag" (a favorite of mine, too) Julie London doing "Warm December," Peggy Lee's "Song at Midnight" and June Hutton's tirelessly cheery "Song of the Sleigh Bells." The best Christmas album.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 9:47am

What do they call that CD? "A Very Dykey Christmas"?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 9:52am

Well, there is a nice photo of one of the singers diving through the snow for her dropped muff.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 10:01am

Jo Stafford is good but "Darlene Edwards" is the cat's pajamas, the bee's knees and the most singularly indescribable and delectable singer in the history of Western Civilization.

Either you know "Darlene" or you don't, and if you don't, find some of her (with accompanist husband, Jonathan) increasingly rare recordings. A must!

"Darlene Edwards" is the most confident singer ever.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 10:04am

Why do you keep putting Darlene's name between quotation marks?

Is it not her "real" name or something?

And Auggie--Is there a Margaret Whiting song on "A Very Dykey Christmas"?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 11:13pm

Is it Ella live or is it Memorex?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkt8Dwzl6Sg

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/6/07 at 11:16pm

Darlene and Jonathan are in a class by themselves. Thankfully.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/7/07 at 11:10am

Actually, PJ,Ms Whiting is on my other favorite Capitol compilation, the tribute to Hoagy Carmichael.

Which also has my favorite Kay Starr recording, "A Woman Likes to Be Told" -- the title of which would nicely serve a Dyke ditty collection, no?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/9/07 at 2:02pm

"Dyke Ditties."

It has a nice ring to it.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 12/9/07 at 4:24pm

My three favorite singers!! Especially Jo Stafford. (Of course Darlene is truly a guilty pleasure)

Thanks for posting, PalJoey.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/25/11 at 4:18pm

Bump for Ella's birthday.