ON LONDON BRIDGE
JO STAFFORD
SONGWRITERS: ROY C. BENNETT & SID TEPPER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: INTERNATIONAL HITS
LABEL: CORINTHIAN RECORDS
GENRE: TRADITIONAL POP
YEAR: 2001
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 na
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 Bakersfield 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 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 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 UK.
International Hits is a 2001 compilation
album of songs recorded by American singer Jo Stafford.
It was released on January 1, 2001, by Corinthian Records,
the company founded by Stafford and her husband Paul Weston.
I walked on London Bridge last night
I saw you by the lamppost light
Then bells rang out in sleepy London town
And London Bridge came tumbling down
The sky was hidden by a mist
But just like magic when we kissed
The moon and stars were shining all around
When London Bridge came tumbling down
Just you and I over the river
Two hearts suspended in space
And there so high over the river
A miracle took place
Two empty arms found love to hold
Two smoke rings turned to rings of gold
I bless the night we met in London town
When London Bridge came tumbling down
Just you and I over the river
Two hearts suspended in space
And there so high over the river
A miracle took place
I bow my head in silent prayer
And thank Him for the love we share
He blessed the night we met in London town
When London bridge came tumbling down.
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