Memory Songs

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Memory Songs
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1955
Genre Traditional pop
Label Capitol
Jo Stafford chronology
Happy Holiday
(1955)
Memory Songs
(1955)
Soft and Sentimental
(1955)
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Memory Songs is a 1955 album by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae.

Track listing

  1. Long, Long, Ago
  2. Juanita
  3. In the Gloaming
  4. Last Night
  5. Stars of the Summer Night
  6. Sweet and Low
  7. Love's Old Sweet Song
  8. Now the Day Is Over
  9. Wunderbar
  10. Need You
  11. Whispering Hope
  12. Beyond the Sunset

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References

  1. Memory Songs at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.