Jo Stafford - Songs by Jo Stafford (1946)

"Let's Take the Long Way Home" by Jo Stafford


When Johnny Mercer toured with his backing vocal group The Pied Pipers, he told piper Jo Stafford that when he had his own record label that he would sign her to a solo recording contract.  That's exactly what happened and Jo Stafford was one of Capitol Records' foundational contracts.  Jo Stafford released her debut album Songs by Jo Stafford release in 1946 on Capitol.

Here is the discography surrounding Jo Stafford's debut album:

Old Acquaintance (1943 single)
It Could Happen to You (1944 single)
Long Ago (And Far Away) (1944 single)
The Trolley Song (1944 single)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1944 single)
Let's Take the Long Way Home (1945 single)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (1945 single)
That's for Me (1945 single)
There's No You (1945 single)
Candy (1945 single with Johnny Mercer)
Conversation While Dancing (1945 single with Johnny Mercer)
The Chronological Classics: Jo Stafford 1943-1945 (compilation album)
Cindy (1946 single)
Day by Day (1946 single)
I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time (1946 single)
This Time (1946 single)
White Christmas (1946 single)
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (1946 single)
You May Not Leave Me (1946 single)
The Chronological Classics: Jo Stafford 1945-1956 (compilation album)
Songs by Jo Stafford

"Long Ago (And Far Away)" by Jo Stafford


"Cindy" by Jo Stafford


"The Boy Next Door" by Jo Stafford


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Johnny Mercer - Songs by Johnny Mercer (1944)

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" by Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra

Axel Stordahl's debut album came out on Capitol Records, a record label co-founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer.  Although more renown for his song craft, Johnny Mercer was also an experienced performer and a big personality who would occasionally record his own songs.  He released his debut album Songs by Johnny Mercer in 1944 on his own record label.

Here's the discography surrounding Johnny Mercer's debut album:

Fare-Thee-Well to Harlem (1934 single)
Jamboree Jones (1937 single with His Orchestra)
Murder of J. B. Markham (1937 single with His Orchestra)
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean (1938 single with Bing Crosby)
Lazybones (1939 single)
Friendship (1940 single with Judy Garland)
Mister Meadowlark (1941 single with Bing Crosby)
Strip Polka (1942 single)
I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City (1942 single)
G. I. Jive (1943 single)
The Old Music Master (1943 single)
"They Didn't Believe Me" (1943 single)
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (1944 single)
I'm Gonna See My Baby (1944 single)
Sam's Got Him (1944 single)
San Fernando Valley (1944 single)
Songs by Johnny Mercer

"Jamboree Jones" by Johnny Mercer


"Small Fry" by Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer


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