Disc 1 of 4. There is a variety of material on this first disc. It opens with a then 18 year-old Jo as a member of The Stafford Sisters trio singing with Louis Prima in 1936. There are a number of tracks from her days as a member of the Pied Pipers before she appears as a performer in her own right in 1944. This disc also serves to demonstrate what a very special time for music the 1940's were. With a demand for new songs from Broadway, movies, radio programs and the record industry itself, --and the cross-pollination that went on among those various outlets -- even the also-ran songs of that era can be quite good. Take for example this not-quite-a-standard Irving Berlin tune --
Gorgeous vocal by Ms. Stafford. I also love Mr. Weston's string arrangement, not just here, but in general. I've never found his string arrangements to get "flowery" or "blustery". To me they glide along almost as if a partner with the singer. In fact, when first I heard this song, the string arrangement made me think of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers dancing. Then I find out is is from an Astaire film which I've not seen. I wonder if Mr. Weston had Mr. Astaire in mind as well when he wrote this arrangement.