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...Stafford Cripps was a student at University College, W. S. Gilbert studied at King's, and Lord Lister taught there...
Born. To Jo Stafford, 34, bell-voiced singer of radio and records, and Paul Weston, 40, orchestra leader: their first child, a son; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Timothy John. Weight...
Once to Every Heart (Jo Stafford; Columbia). A tender ditty with a tune that is a bit too contrived to become a top hit with the jukebox juniors. Songstress Stafford's appealing voice is closely matched by some mellow trombones...
...Nonsense. If the words & music had made Jo Stafford's pulse miss a beat, it was not noticeable in her singing or bearing. For her, music is strictly busi ness, her voice a valuable property to be used whenever there is a demand. "I'd no more think of saying 'I can't sing today because I don't feel like it' than an accountant would look up from his figures and say he couldn't add any more because he wasn't in the mood...
...Businesswoman Jo Stafford sings anything, from ballads to bop, from hillbilly tunes to hymns. "I don't want to be typed," she says. "Once you get typed, you lose value...