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Jo Stafford

1917 - 2008

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Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jo Stafford is the 1,729th most popular singer (down from 1,674th in 2019), the 9,522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,849th in 2019) and the 462nd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jo Stafford ranks 1,729 out of 4,381. Before her are Ezio Pinza, Jaden Smith, Hasmik Papian, Bebel Gilberto, Joe Elliott, and Whigfield. After her are Alexandra Stan, Julee Cruise, Addys Mercedes, Sara Sadíqova, Netta Barzilai, and Ol' Dirty Bastard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jo Stafford ranks 301. Before her are Isabel Sanford, Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, June Foray, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Reidar Liaklev. After her are Oswald Karch, Rufus Thomas, Zagir Ismagilov, Tadd Dameron, Robert La Caze, and Jovdat Hajiyev. Among people deceased in 2008, Jo Stafford ranks 313. Before her are Jean-Jacques Guissart, Gordon B. Hinckley, Yegor Letov, Margaret Truman, Harvey Korman, and Rubén Héctor Sosa. After her are Ai Iijima, Edie Adams, Frank Piasecki, Monica Lovinescu, Algis Budrys, and Roberto Sosa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jo Stafford ranks 9,524 out of 20,380. Before her are Nunnally Johnson (1897), Heidi Montag (1986), Kelly Marie Tran (1989), Blind Willie McTell (1898), John Kundla (1916), and Carleton S. Coon (1904). After her are Lee Arenberg (1962), William C. Gorgas (1854), James Dashner (1972), Laura Ramsey (1982), Jerry L. Ross (1948), and Tipper Gore (1948).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jo Stafford ranks 462. Before her are Edwin Starr (1942), Jenni Rivera (1969), Johnny Rivers (1942), Patti Austin (1950), Jaden Smith (1998), and Bebel Gilberto (1966). After her are Julee Cruise (1956), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Garth Brooks (1962), Jay Park (1987), Derrick Green (1971), and Babyface (1958).

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