- Jo Stafford( Jo Elizabeth Stafford )【 280 songs in total 】
- Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, 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, the record becoming the first by a female artist to reach number one on the U.K. Singles Chart.
Born in Coalinga, California, Stafford made her first musical appearance at age twelve. 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 Alexander's Ragtime Band, Stafford met the future members of The Pied Pipers and became the group's lead singer. Bandleader Tommy Dorsey hired them in 1939 to perform back-up vocals for his orchestra.
In addition to her recordings with the Pied Pipers, Stafford featured in solo performances for Dorsey. After leaving the group in 1944, she recorded a series of pop standards for Capitol Records and Columbia Records. Many of her recordings were backed by the orchestra of Paul Weston. She also performed duets with Gordon MacRae and Frankie Laine. Her work with the United Service Organizations (USO) giving concerts for soldiers during World War II earned her the nickname 'G.I. Jo'. Starting in 1945, Stafford was a regular host of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio series The Chesterfield Supper Club and later appeared in television specials—including two series called The Jo Stafford Show, in 1954 in the U.S. and in 1961 in the U.K.
Stafford married twice: first in 1937 to musician John Huddleston (the couple divorced in 1943); then in 1952 to Paul Weston, with whom she had two children. She and Weston developed a comedy routine in which they assumed the identity of an incompetent lounge act named Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, parodying well-known songs. The act proved popular at parties and among the wider public when the couple released an album as the Edwardses in 1957. In 1961, the album Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris won Stafford her only Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, and was the first commercially successful parody album. Stafford largely retired as a performer in the mid-1960s, but continued in the music business. She had a brief resurgence in popularity in the late 1970s when she recorded a cover of the Bee Gees hit, 'Stayin' Alive' as Darlene Edwards. In the 1990s, she began re-releasing some of her material through Corinthian Records, a label founded by Weston. She died in 2008 in Century City, Los Angeles, and is interred with Weston at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. Her work in radio, television and music is recognized by three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Lyricist
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A - You're Adorable
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A Little Bit Independent
1996
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A You're Adorable
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A-Round the Corner
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Alice Blue Gown
2009
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All Night Long
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7
All the Things You Are
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All The Things You Are
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Jerome Kern
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9
Almost Like Being in Love (Live)
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10
Almost Like Being In Love (Remastered)
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11
Almost Like Being In Love
2009
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12
Almost Like Being in Love
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13
Always True to You Darling in My Fashion
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14
Always True To You In My Fashion - 1996 Digital Remaster
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Always True To You In My Fashion
Cole Porter
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And Far Away (Long Ago)
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17
As Long As I Know You're Somewhere(Provided)
2009
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18
Autumn In New York
2009
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19
Autumn in New York
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20
Autumn In New York
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21
Autumn in New York
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22
Autumn Leaves - 1996 Digital Remaster
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23
Autumn Leaves(Provided)
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24
Autumn Leaves(Provided)
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25
Autumn Leaves(Provided)
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26
Autumn Leaves(Provided)
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27
Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Remastered)
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28
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
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29
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
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30
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
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31
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Remastered)
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32
Bakery Blues
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33
Barbara Allen
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34
Begin the Beguine
1996
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35
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
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36
Blue Moon (Remastered)
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37
Blue Moon
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38
Bluebird Of Happiness
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39
Candy (feat. Johnny Mercer)
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40
Come Rain Or Come Shine
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41
Congratulations (Remastered)
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42
Congratulations - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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43
Congratulations
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44
Dancing in the Dark
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45
Day by Day
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46
Day By Day
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
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Dearie
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48
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
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49
Down the Lane
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50
Dream
2009
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51
Early Autumn(Provided)
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52
Easy Come, Easy Go
2003
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53
Embraceable You (Remastered)
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54
Embraceable You
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55
Fools Rush In (Remastered)
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56
Fools Rush In - 1996 Digital Remaster
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57
Fools Rush In
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For You (Remastered)(Provided)
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For You(Provided)
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For You(Provided)
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61
For You(Provided)
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62
For You(Provided)
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63
Gee, It's Good To Hold You(Provided)
2009
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64
Georgia On My Mind
2009
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65
Gesu Bambino
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66
Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys
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67
Goodnight Irene(Provided)
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68
Hambone)
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69
Haunted Heart (Remastered)
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70
Haunted Heart
2009
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71
Haunted Heart
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72
Here I'll Stay
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73
How Sweet You Are (Remastered)
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74
How Sweet You Are - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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75
How Sweet You Are
Frank Loesser, Arthur Schwartz
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76
I Am Woman
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77
I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell
1996
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78
I Fall in Love Too Easily
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79
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
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80
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen (Live)
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81
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
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82
I Remember You
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83
I See Your Face Before Me
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84
I'll Be Seeing You
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85
I'll Be Seeing You
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86
I'll Be Seeing You
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87
I'll Be Seeing You
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88
I'll Be Seeing You
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89
I'll Be Seeing You
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90
I'll Be Seeing You
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91
I'll Never Smile Again
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92
I'll Remember April (Live)
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93
I'll Remember April
De Paul Gene, Johnston Patricia, Raye Don
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94
I'll Remember April
De Paul Gene, Johnston Patricia, Raye Don
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95
I'll Walk Alone (Live)
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96
I'll Walk Alone
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97
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair(Provided)
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98
I'm In The Mood For Love
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99
I'm So Right Tonight
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100
I've Got The World On A String
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101
If I Loved You
2009
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102
If I Loved You
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103
If I Were a Bell(Provided)
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104
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
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105
In The Still of the Night (Remastered)
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106
In The Still Of The Night
2009
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107
It Could Happen to You (Remastered)
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108
It Could Happen To You - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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109
It Could Happen to You
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
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110
It Happened in Sun Valley
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111
It Was Written in the Stars
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112
It's Almost Tomorrow
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113
It's Almost Tomorrow
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114
It's Great To Be Alive (with Johnny Mercer) (Remastered)
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115
It's Great to Be Alive
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116
It's Great To Be Alive
Robert E. Dolan, Johnny Mercer
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117
Ivy (Remastered)
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118
Ivy
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119
Jamboree Jones(Provided)
2009
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120
Just One Of Those Things(Provided)
2009
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121
Kansas City Blues
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122
La vie en rose (Remastered)
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123
La Vie En Rose - 1996 Digital Remaster
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124
La Vie En Rose
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125
Let The Rest Of The World Go By
2009
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126
Let's Take the Long Way Home (Remastered)(Provided)
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127
Let's Take The Long Way Home
Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
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128
Little Drummer Boy (Remastered)
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129
Long Ago (And Far Away) - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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130
Long Ago (And Far Away) [Remastered]
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131
Long Ago (And Far Away)
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Long Ago (And Far Away)
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Long Ago (And Far Away)
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134
Long Ago (Remastered)
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135
Long Ago and Far Away
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Long Ago And Far Away
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Long Ago and Far Away
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Love Me Good
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139
Love's Old Sweet Song
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140
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
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141
Make Believe (Remastered)
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142
Make Believe
2009
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143
Make Believe
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144
Make Believe
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145
Make Believe
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146
Make Believe
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Make Believe
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148
Make Love to Me
G Brunies, A Copeland, Paul Mares, Walter Melrose, B Norvas, B Pollock, Leon Roppolo, Mel Stitzel
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149
Manhattan Serenade
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150
Moonlight in Vermont
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151
My Darling My Darling(Provided)
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152
My One and Only Highland Fling
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153
My Romance (feat. Paul Weston and His Orchestra)
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154
My Romance
Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
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155
Neapolitan Nights
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156
Nearer My God To Thee (Remastered)
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157
Nearer, My God, To Thee
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158
Need You
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159
No Love, No Nothin'
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160
No Other Love (1950 Version)
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161
No Other Love (Digitally Remastered 91)
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162
No Other Love - 1991 - Remaster
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163
No Other Love
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers
1996
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164
No Other Love
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers
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165
No Other Love
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers
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166
No Other Love
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers
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167
No Other Love
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers
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168
No Other Love
Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers
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169
O Little Town of Bethlehem
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170
On London Bridge
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171
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Remastered)
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172
Our Very Own
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173
Out Of This World
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174
Ragtime Cowboy Joe - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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175
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
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176
Red River Valley (feat. The Starlighters)
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177
Red River Valley (Remastered)
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178
Red River Valley
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179
Rockin' Chair(Provided)
2009
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180
San Antonio Rose
2003
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181
Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart
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182
Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart
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183
September In the Rain
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184
Serenade of the Bells (Remastered)
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185
Serenade Of The Bells - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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186
Serenade of the Bells
Al Goodhert, Kay Twomey, Al Urbano
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187
Shrimp Boats
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188
Smoke Dreams - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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189
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
2009
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190
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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191
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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192
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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193
Some Enchanted Evening (1991 Digital Remaster)
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194
Some Enchanted Evening (Remastered)
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195
Some Enchanted Evening
2009
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196
Some Enchanted Evening
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Somebody(Provided)
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198
Sometimes I'm Happy (Remastered)
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199
Sometimes I'm Happy
2009
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200
Sometimes I'm Happy
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201
Speak Low
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202
Spring Is Here
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203
Stardust
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204
Suddenly There's a Valley (Remastered)
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Tea For Two
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206
Teach Me Tonight (Remastered)
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207
Teach Me Tonight
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Tell Me Why(Provided)
2009
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209
Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)
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210
Thank You for Calling(Provided)
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211
That's for Me (Remastered)
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212
That's For Me - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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213
That's for Me
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214
The Best Things In Life Are Free (Remastered)
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215
The Best Things In Life Are Free - 1996 Digital Remaster
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216
The Best Things In Life Are Free
2009
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
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The Best Things In Life Are Free
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
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The Christmas Blues (Remastered)
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The Folks Who Live on the Hill
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The Folks Who Live on the Hill
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The Gentleman Is a Dope
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225
The Last Mile Home
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226
The Nearness of You (Live)
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227
The Nearness of You
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228
The Old Rugged Cross
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229
The Tennessee Waltz
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230
The Things We Did Last Summer - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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231
The Things We Did Last Summer
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232
The Trolley Song (Remastered)
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233
The Trolley Song
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234
The Wish I Wish Tonight(Provided)
2009
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235
The Wish That I Wish Tonight(Provided)
2009
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236
Them There Eyes(Provided)
1996
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237
There's No You (Remastered)
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238
There's No You - 1991 Digital Remaster
1991
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239
There's No You
Thomas Adair, Harold Hopper
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240
Through The Years(Provided)
2009
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241
Till We Meet Again
2003
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242
Tim-Tayshun (Temptation)
2009
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243
To Think You've Chosen Me
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244
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Remastered)(Provided)
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245
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
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246
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
2003
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247
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
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248
Where Are You Gonna Be When the Moon Shines
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249
Where Are You Gonna Be When The Moon Shines
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250
Whiffenpoof Song
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251
Whispering Hope (Digitally Remastered 91)
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252
Whispering Hope (Remastered)
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253
Whispering Hope - 1991 Digital Remaster
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254
Whispering Hope
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255
Whispering Hope
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256
Whispering Hope
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257
Whispering Hope
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258
Whispering Hope
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259
Whispering Hope
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260
Why Can't You Behave
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261
Why Can't You Behave? (Remastered)
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262
Wind In the Willow
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263
Wind in the Willows
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264
Winter Wonderland
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265
With a Little Bit of Luck
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266
Wunderbar
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267
You Belong to Me
2003
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268
You Belong to Me
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269
You Belong to Me
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270
You Belong To Me
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271
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (Remastered)
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272
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
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273
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
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274
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
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275
You'll Never Know (Live)
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276
You'll Never Know
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277
You'll Never Know
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278
'A' - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)
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279
'A' You're Adorable (Remastered)
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280
'Twas the Night Before Christmas