◇ image via WikipediaJo Stafford
Jo Stafford is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Tennessee Waltz, Dinah Shore, Louis Prima, Fred Astaire and Take the "A" Train. Those roots explain a lot about how Jo Stafford arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as June Christy, Connie Francis, Doris Day, Peggy Lee and Perry Como, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Patti Page, Dusty Springfield, Good as I Been to You and Frank Sinatra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Jo Stafford, reaching back through Tennessee Waltz and forward to Patti Page. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jo Stafford connections
Jo Stafford grew out of Tennessee Waltz, Dinah Shore, Louis Prima and Fred Astaire, shares an orbit with June Christy, Connie Francis, Doris Day and Peggy Lee, went on to shape Patti Page, Dusty Springfield, Good as I Been to You and Frank Sinatra. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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