Jo Stafford - Autumn in New York/Starring Jo Stafford

Title: Autumn in New York/Starring Jo Stafford Artist: Jo Stafford Release Date: 1997 Re-Released On: 4/4/2000 Label: EMI Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 632427084723, 724385995828, 0724385995859 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Earnest, Poignant, Sentimental, Soothing, Wistful, Calm/Peaceful, Gentle, Innocent, Reflective, Romantic, Delicate, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Smooth, Sweet, Springlike Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Autumn in New York
2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
3. Haunted Heart
4. If I Loved You
5. In the Still of the Night
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Just One of Those Things
8. Almost Like Being in Love
9. Make Believe
10. Through the Years
11. The Best Things in Life Are Free
12. Sometimes I'm Happy
13. Serenade of the Bells
14. On the Alamo
15. No Other Love
16. Red River Valley
17. Ivy
18. Fools Rush In
19. A Sunday Kind of Love
20. The Gentleman Is a Dope
21. Symphony
22. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
23. You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
24. Day by Day

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD EMI Music Distribution 859958 1997 CD EMI Music Distribution 124

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Autumn in New York/Starring Jo Stafford, a Capitol/EMI twofer collection released in 1997, includes 24 tracks of exceptional material by one of vocal music's underrated performers. Though the dates on the CD list Autumn in New York and Starring Jo Stafford as originally 1955 LP releases, it's much more likely from the artwork and material that these are 78-rpm catalogue sets from at least several years earlier. On the first, Stafford reprises 12 hits from Broadway shows, led by the title song. Fortunately, there's plenty of the dreamy, inspirational material she usually excelled at, including "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Some Enchanted Evening," and "Almost Like Being in Love." The second LP in the package, Starring Jo Stafford, has several dated novelties -- "On the Alamo," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," "Red River Valley" -- and a dominating vocal chorus (either the Starlighters or the Pied Pipers). Even here, though, Stafford's warm voice and elegant sense of swing saves the few standards present. "Fools Rush In," "Day by Day," and "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" are wonderfully done, and even "The Gentleman Is a Dope" -- a female translation of "The Lady Is a Tramp" -- gets a classic treatment. There isn't much hit material here, but fans of Stafford who just want to hear her voice doing material they haven't heard will be well-pleased. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Jo Brooks Project Assistant Mike McNally Project Coordinator Paul Weston & His Orchestra Performer Peacock Design Ronn Hill Remastering The Pied Pipers Vocals (Background) The Starlighters Vocals (Background), Performer Weston Arranger