Jo Stafford - Sings American Folk Songs
Personnel includes: Jo Stafford (vocals),Paul Weston (arranger,conductor); Joe Maphis (guitar). Originally released on Capitol Records. Jo Stafford was one of the few Swing-era popular singers who was able to communicate the homespun beauty of the American folk idiom. Not surprisingly,since she always brought a Midwestern serenity,even a devotional quality,to just about everything she sang,even the most soaring big-band numbers. In this,she is reminiscent of the great Wagnerian soprano Kirstin Flagst