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American Folk Songs (Jo Stafford album)

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Released
  
January 1, 1950

Artist
  
Jo Stafford

Label
  
Capitol Records

Length
  
32:09

Release date
  
1 January 1950

Genre
  
Folk music

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American Folk Songs (1950)
  
Autumn in New York (1950)

Similar
  
Jo Stafford albums, Folk music albums

American Folk Songs is a 1950 album by Jo Stafford. The album features twelve popular folk songs. The album was not done in a traditional manner; Stafford was backed by Paul Weston's orchestra for all the cuts. The Saturday Review records review column described the album as "of its own excellence.

Contents

Judy Collins has cited the album as one of the first to spark her interest in folk music.

Track listing

All songs are traditional.

Songs

1Shenandoah3:38
2Black Is the Color2:59
3Old Joe Clark1:43

References

American Folk Songs (Jo Stafford album) Wikipedia