The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950

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The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950
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Compilation album by Jo Stafford
Released March 24, 2009
Genre Traditional pop
Label DRG
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The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950 is a 2009 compilation album of songs recorded by American singer Jo Stafford. It was released on March 24, 2009, on the DRG label and is a collection of rare recordings from the earlier part of her career. [2]

Jo Stafford American singer

Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, 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, the record becoming the first by a female artist to reach number one on the U.K. Singles Chart.

Track listing

  1. Out of This World
  2. Conversation While Dancing
  3. Alone Together
  4. Gee, It's Good to Hold You
  5. You May Not Love Me
  6. This Time
  7. Promise
  8. It's as Simple as That
  9. Through a Thousand Dreams
  10. Give Me Something to Dream About
  11. It's Monday Every Day
  12. It Was Written in the Stars
  13. Jolly Jo
  14. If I Ever Love Again
  15. Open Door, Open Arms
  16. Pagan Love Song
  17. Our Very Own
  18. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
  19. Prisoner of Love's Song
  20. This Is the Moment
  21. The Stanley Steamer
  22. Candy
  23. Tell Me Why
  24. White Christmas

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