Swingin' Down Broadway

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Swingin' Down Broadway
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Studio album by
Jo Stafford
Released1958 (Columbia)
Recorded1958
Label Columbia Records
Jo Stafford chronology
Once Over Lightly
(1957)
Swingin' Down Broadway
(1958)
Jo's Greatest Hits
(1958)
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Swingin' Down Broadway is a 1958 album by Jo Stafford and arranged by Paul Weston, released by Columbia Records. The album was re-released as Jo + Broadway by Corinthian Records in 1978. [2]

Jo + Broadway
Studio album by
Jo Stafford
Released1978 (Corinthian)
Recorded1958
Label Corinthian Records
Jo Stafford chronology
In the Mood for Love Jo + Broadway Jo Stafford:By Request

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Love for Sale"
  2. "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" - 2:41
  3. "How High the Moon"
  4. "Speak Low" - 2:11
  5. "It Never Entered My Mind" - 2:35
  6. "Taking a Chance on Love" - 2:52
Side two
  1. "Anything Goes" - 2:42
  2. "The Gentleman Is a Dope" - 2:51
  3. "I Got it Bad"
  4. "Old Devil Moon" - 2:30
  5. "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" - 3:37
  6. "Tomorrow Mountain"

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References

  1. Swingin' Down Broadway at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. "Jo + Broadway" . Retrieved 10 April 2011.