| Songs of Faith | ||||
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| Released | October 1950 | |||
| Genre | Christian | |||
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Songs of Faith is a 1950 album by Jo Stafford. The album is a collection of hymns and inspirational songs with musical support from the Ravenscroft Quartet. [2]
Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Her 1952 song "You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart, and the first by a female artist to do so.
"Blues in the Night" is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues in the Night. The song is sung in the film by William Gillespie.
"Suddenly There's a Valley" is a popular song written by Chuck Meyer and Biff Jones and published in 1955.
"You Belong to Me" is a popular music ballad from the 1950s. It is well known for its opening line, "See the pyramids along the Nile". The song was published in Hollywood on April 21, 1952, and the most popular version was by Jo Stafford, reaching No. 1 on both the UK and US singles charts.
Bart Marshall Millard is an American singer and songwriter who is best known as the leader of the band MercyMe. He has also released two solo albums: Hymned, No. 1, in 2005 and Hymned Again in 2008. He received a solo Grammy nomination in the category of Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album for the latter album.
"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" is a popular song written by Bill Trader and published in 1952. Recorded as a single by Hank Snow it peaked at number four on the US country charts early in 1953.
Jo Stafford Sings Songs of Scotland is a 1957 album by Jo Stafford. It was released in October 1957 on the Columbia label and features Stafford backed by the Paul Weston Orchestra. Some of the tracks come from the 1954 album Songs of Scotland.The lyrics are all taken from traditional Scottish poetry, many from the work of Robert Burns, with the music written by Alton Rinker.
Memory Songs is a 1955 album by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae.
Whispering Hope is a 1962 album by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae. The lead song and title track was originally recorded in 1949, reaching No. 4 on the charts.
My Heart's in the Highlands is an album by Jo Stafford, arranged and conducted by Paul Weston, released in 1954 by Columbia Records. This addition to Stafford's discography is a collection of Scottish love songs. The album was expanded in 1957 and issued as Songs of Scotland.
Jo's Greatest Hits is an album by Jo Stafford, released in 1958 by Columbia Records and featuring, as the name implies, a compilation of the singer's greatest hits.
Kiss Me, Kate is a 1949 album of songs from the musical of the same name recorded by American singer Jo Stafford and actor and singer Gordon MacRae. It was released in April 1949 on Capitol Records. In its record review column, Saturday Review called it the best album of the show's songs outside the original cast album.
This Is Jo Stafford is an album by Jo Stafford accompanied by the Ernie Freeman Orchestra released by Dot Records in September 1966. It was also issued as a stereo album.
"Make Love to Me" is a 1954 popular song with words and music written by a larger team than normally is known to collaborate on a song: Bill Norvas, Alan Copeland, and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, comprising Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, and Walter Melrose. The melody was derived from a 1923 song, "Tin Roof Blues", composed by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
"Beyond the Sunset" is a song written by Blanche Kerr Brock, Virgil P. Brock, and Albert Kennedy Rowswell. It was released as a single by Hank Williams under the pseudonym Luke the Drifter in 1950.
"Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" is a song with words by Jessie Brown Pounds and music by John Sylvester Fearis, written in 1897. The song gained huge popularity when it was used in William McKinley's funeral. It was subsequently a staple at funerals for decades, and there are dozens of recorded versions.
Beloved Hymns is a studio album by Bing Crosby released in 1951 featuring eight hymns recorded with the Ken Darby Choir and organ accompaniment on May 6, 1949.
Starmaker is a compilation album of phonograph records by Tommy Dorsey, featuring collaborations between Dorsey and artists his band had a role in making popular. These include musicians such as Buddy Rich, composers and arrangers such as Sy Oliver, and vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford. It was released as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series.
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