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Jody Carver
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Posted 1 Oct 2006 5:32 pm |
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Does anyone know if the recording of You Belong To Me by Jo Stafford was in the top seller category? and if so, who else other than Redd Stewart and Jo Stafford recorded this beauty. I beleive Roy Ayres was on Pee Wee King's recording This is for my own information.I know that Paul Weston was the orchestra leader on Stafford's session and the label was Capitol,, Donny Hinson? Andy Sandoval?
Thanks edit for spelling[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 01 October 2006 at 07:08 PM.] |
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Dan Carey
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Posted 1 Oct 2006 6:41 pm
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| Patti Page, I beleive |
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Dennis Lobdell
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Posted 1 Oct 2006 6:54 pm
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| Patsy Cline in the late fifties, a rock & roll group in the sixties ( DuPrees maybe) Rattlesnake Annie in the eighties. Hope this helps Dennis |
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Jody Carver
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Posted 1 Oct 2006 6:57 pm
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| Dennis, thanks, I appreciate your input. |
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 4:53 am
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| Jo still gets highest marks IMO. |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 6:55 am
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| went off topic so I deleted. Phred [This message was edited by Fred Shannon on 06 October 2006 at 04:57 PM.] |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 7:39 am
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| Funny this song came up. I just learned it and did it as an instrumental at our last steel guitar club jam. |
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Mike Kowalik
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San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 9:04 am
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| Very beautiful song.....it's always been one of my favorites. |
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Joe Casey
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Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 9:23 am
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| was it justa coincedence that Paul Weston and Jo were married? |
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John McGann
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 9:46 am
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Jody- have you heard Jo's "American Folksongs" recording? Some great stuff there, really nice arrangements by Paul Creston...
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Jody Carver
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 11:11 am
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John
No, I havent, do you know what the instrumentation was comprised of?? |
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Mike Gross
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 3:51 pm
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Jody,
That gem was recorded by hundreds of people over the years but the three original versions that charted in the early 1950s were Jo Stafford for Capitol and both Patti Page and Sue Thompson for Mercury.
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John McGann
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 4:18 pm
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| Jody, that CD has some small string orchestra arrangements as well as some songs done trad style with banjo, guitar etc. |
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Jody Carver
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 6:21 pm
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John
Why no steel guitar?? |
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Janice Brooks
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Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 8:50 am
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| Jo Staffords version was on Columbia and the rock group was the Duprees. My least favorete version is Dean Martin's |
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Jody Carver
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 9:59 am
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| Janice, sorry bout that. |
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John McGann
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 1:28 pm
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John
Why no steel guitar??
My guess is the usual reason- the 'suits' ain't got the 'smarts'.  |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 3:37 pm
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| American Folk songs is one of my desert island discs. Gorgeous record. Make that Paul Westin (mr jo Stafford) as the arranger. Joe Maphis played banjo on the uptempo cuts. |
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John McGann
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 3:55 pm
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Andy- we're both wrong, it's Paul Weston,
I resign first (remember, I won the Least Competitive Guitarist contest!!!) [This message was edited by John McGann on 03 October 2006 at 04:55 PM.] |
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Jody Carver
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 5:11 pm
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Stafford did record this on Capitol and
her husband was Paul Weston. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 3 Oct 2006 10:40 pm
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Here are the early versions I know of:
Dean Martin on Capitol 2165 from 1952
Jan Garber on Capitol 2198 from 1952
Freddy Martin on RCA 4893 from 1952
Benny Carter on RCA 5005 from 1952
Homer and Jethro on RCA 5043 from 1952
Joni James on MGM 11295 from 1952
The Orioles on Jubilee 5102 from 1952
Sue Thompson on Mercury 6407 from 1952
Patti Page on Mercury 5899 from 1952
Grady Martin on Decca 28388 from 1952
Jo Stafford on Columbia 39811 from early 1953
Not sure who was first, possibly Joni James?
No doubt about it, Jo Stafford had far and away the best known version--and the best too, for my money. Talk about your intonation!!!! It was a number one hit in the UK.
Jo recorded it twice, the hit had the marimba (?) at the opening. The other recording had a horn intro with pretty much the same arrangement.
I don't think Pee Wee King's version charted.
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Smiley Roberts
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Posted 4 Oct 2006 12:07 am
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While we're on the subject of Jo Stafford,for you trivia buffs out there,she also recorded,for Capitol Records,under the "alter-ego" of "Cinderella G. Stump",w/ "Red Ingle & his Natural Seven",& even Tex Williams & his Western Caravan. Later on,her,& her husband,(Paul Weston) recorded some satirical material under the names,"Jonathan & Darlene Edwards". This is some HILARIOUS stuff. If you ever wanna have fun at a party,just throw some of this stuff on the player,without saying anything,& watch the reaction of the crowd as it plays along.
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Petr Vitous
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Posted 4 Oct 2006 1:54 am
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Other versions of You Belong To Me:
JIM REEVES: Jim Reeves (RCA) '57
: Songs Of Love (RCA) '75
GENE VINCENT: Rocks (Capitol) '58
PAT BOONE: Tenderly (Dot) '59
PATSY CLINE: Sentimentally Yours (Decca) '62
: Story (Decca) '63
PEE WEE KING: Back Again (Starday) '64
: Best (Starday) '76
SUE THOMPSON: Country Side (Wing) '66
JERRY LEE LEWIS: Country Class (Mercury) '76
RITA REMINGTON: Magical Musical Memories (Plantation) '78
HANK SNOW: Instrumentally Yours (RCA) '79
MARGO SMITH: Best Yet (Playback) '87
EDDY ARNOLD: Hand Holdin' Songs (RCA) '89
ANNE MURRAY: Croonin' (EMI) '92
Petr http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/elpe.htm |
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Roy Ayres
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Posted 4 Oct 2006 11:00 am
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From Wikipedia:
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It is credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. Actually Price wrote the song, and gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity. She did this because of the success of an earlier hit which she had written, "Slow Poke," which had done so well with a similar arrangement that she felt she could do better by ceding partial credit for authorship to King and Stewart than trying to publicize the song herself.
The original version of the song was recorded by Sue Thompson on Mercury's country label, soon covered by Patti Page, whose version was issued by Mercury as catalog number 5899, with the flip side "I Went to Your Wedding" (a bigger Patti Page hit, reaching #1). It entered the Billboard chart on August 22, 1952, and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4.
A cover version by Jo Stafford became the biggest hit version, however. Issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 39811, it was Stafford's biggest hit, topping the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom (the first song by a female singer to top the UK chart).
Another cover version, by Dean Martin, released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2165, was also in play at that time.
All the versions were combined in the rankings on the Cash Box charts, and the song reached #1 on those charts as well, lasting on the chart for more than half a year.
A later version of the song, by The Duprees, also made the Billboard Top 10, reaching #7 in 1962.
A different song with the same title by Carly Simon (originally recorded by the Doobie Brothers) reached the Top 10 in 1978.
I know from personal experience that the first paragraph is completely true. Chilton Price was our record librarian at WAVE in Louisville in the 50's; she wrote "Slowpoke" as well as "You Belong To Me". And, yes, Jody, I played steel on Pee Wee King's RCA recording.
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Roy Ayres
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Posted 4 Oct 2006 11:24 am
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I forgot to mention above that "You Belong To Me" was used on the sound track of the "Shrek" movie.
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