Jo Stafford

Pop Singer

Birthday November 12, 1917

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Coalinga, CA

DEATH DATE Jul 16, 2008 (90)

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About

Pop singer of World War II ballads like "I'll Be Seeing You" and "You Belong to Me" who was also an actress.

Before Fame

She was rehearsing for her role as the lead in a school play when the 1933 Long Beach earthquake destroyed her high school.

Trivia

She and her husband Paul Weston won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris.

Family Life

She married John Huddleston in 1941 and the couple divorced two years later. She married pianist and composer Paul Weston in 1952.

Associated With

Tommy Dorsey signed her group, The Pied Pipers, for ten weeks.