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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