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Songs Of Scotland
''Songs of Scotland'' is a 1955 album by Jo Stafford. It was released on January 1, 1955 on the Columbia label and features Stafford backed by the Paul Weston Orchestra. The lyrics are all taken from traditional Scottish poetry, many from the work of Robert Burns, with the music written by Alton Rinker. Stafford and Weston re-joined Capitol Records in 1961. The album was later released by Weston and Stafford's own record label, Corinthian. Track listing # '' My Heart's in the Highlands'' # ''John Anderson, My Jo'' # ''Flow Gently Sweet Afton'' # '' Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon'' # ''Molly's Meek, Molly's Sweet'' # '' Comin' Through the Rye'' # ''My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose'' # '' Green Grow the Rashes, O'' # ''Annie Laurie'' # ''My Jean'' # ''The Bonnie Lad That's Far Away'' # ''Auld Lang Syne "Auld Lang Syne" (: note "s" rather than "z") is a popular song, particularly in the English-speaking world. Traditionally, it is sung to bid farewell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Stafford
Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Her 1952 song " You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart, and the first by a female artist to do so. Born in remote oil-rich Coalinga, California, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley, Stafford made her first musical appearance at age 12. While still at high school, she joined her two older sisters to form a vocal trio named the Stafford Sisters, who found moderate success on radio and in film. In 1938, while the sisters were part of the cast of Twentieth Century Fox's production of ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
