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| Name = American Folk Songs
| name = American Folk Songs
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| type = studio
| Artist = [[Jo Stafford]]
| artist = [[Jo Stafford]]
| Cover = American folk songs stafford.jpg
| cover = American folk songs stafford.jpg
| Released = May, 1948
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| released = May 1948
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| Genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| Length = 32:09
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| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Corinthian Records|Corinthian]]
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| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
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| length = 32:09
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| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Corinthian Records|Corinthian]]
| Last album = ''[[Kiss Me, Kate (Jo Stafford album)|Kiss Me, Kate]]''<br/>(1949)
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| This album = '''''American Folk Songs'''''<br>(1948)
| Next album = ''[[Autumn in New York (Jo Stafford album)|Autumn in New York]]''<br/>(1950)
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'''''American Folk Songs''''' is a 1948 album by [[Jo Stafford]]. The original release featured six songs on three 78-RPM discs. Two songs were added in 1950 to its first release as a long-playing record. Since the 1962 re-release, the album has featured twelve popular folk songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-folk-songs-r156491|title=American Folk Songs-track listing|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-folk-songs-r156491/credits|title=American Folk Songs-credits|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 1, 2011}}</ref> The album was not done in a traditional manner; Stafford was backed by [[Paul Weston]]'s orchestra for all the cuts. The ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]'' records review column described the album as "of its own excellence''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1948may29-00047|title=Recordings Report on Popular Releases|page=47|date=May 29, 1948|publisher=Saturday Review|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
'''''American Folk Songs''''' is a 1948 album by [[Jo Stafford]]. The original release featured six songs on three 78-RPM discs. It was released as a long-playing record in 1950, with two additional songs. Since the 1962 re-release, the album has featured twelve popular folk songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-folk-songs-r156491|title=American Folk Songs-track listing |website=AllMusic |accessdate=September 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-folk-songs-r156491/credits|title=American Folk Songs-credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=September 1, 2011}}</ref> The ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]'' described the album as "of its own excellence."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Recordings Report on Popular Releases |page=47|date=May 29, 1948|journal=Saturday Review}}</ref>


[[Judy Collins]] has cited the album as one of the first to spark her interest in folk music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D61030F934A15752C1A961948260 |title=Judy Collins, A Concern And a Bond |author=Stephen Holden |date=November 27, 1987 |series=Pop/Jazz |work=The New York Times |accessdate=April 7, 2011 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5xmZPcl4X?url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D61030F934A15752C1A961948260 |archivedate=April 8, 2011 |deadurl=no |df=mdy }}</ref>
[[Judy Collins]] has cited the album as one of the first to spark her interest in folk music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/27/arts/pop-jazz-judy-collins-a-concern-and-a-bond.html |title=Judy Collins, A Concern And a Bond |author=Stephen Holden |date=November 27, 1987 |series=Pop/Jazz |work=The New York Times |accessdate=April 7, 2011 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120713174021/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D61030F934A15752C1A961948260 |archivedate=July 13, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:06, 10 May 2024

For the album by Pete Seeger, see American Folk Songs for Children. For American folk songs, see American folk music.

American Folk Songs
Studio album by
Jo Stafford
ReleasedMay 1948
GenreFolk
Length32:09
LabelCapitol, Corinthian
Jo Stafford chronology
Kiss Me, Kate
(1949) 		American Folk Songs
(1948) 		Autumn in New York
(1950)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

American Folk Songs is a 1948 album by Jo Stafford. The original release featured six songs on three 78-RPM discs. It was released as a long-playing record in 1950, with two additional songs. Since the 1962 re-release, the album has featured twelve popular folk songs.[2][3] The Saturday Review described the album as "of its own excellence."[4]

Judy Collins has cited the album as one of the first to spark her interest in folk music.[5]

Track listing

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All songs are traditional.

No.TitleLength
1."Shenandoah"3:38
2."Black Is the Color"2:58
3."Old Joe Clark"1:43
4."Wayfaring Stranger"3:02
5."Barbara Allen"2:57
6."Single Girl"2:14
7."Red Rosey Bush"2:56
8."I Wonder as I Wander"3:07
9."Cripple Creek"1:30
10."The Nightingale"3:26
11."Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier"2:52
12."Sourwood Mountain"1:46

References

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  1. ^ American Folk Songs at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ^ "American Folk Songs-track listing". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  3. ^ "American Folk Songs-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  4. ^ "Recordings Report on Popular Releases". Saturday Review: 47. May 29, 1948.
  5. ^ Stephen Holden (November 27, 1987). "Judy Collins, A Concern And a Bond". The New York Times. Pop/Jazz. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2011.


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