Singer of classic "You Belong To Me" Jo Stafford facsimile signature Photo 1944

Description

Jo Stafford Autographed Headshot from around 1944
This is a promotional photo for Capitol Records and 1944 is when she signed with them, but the year may not be exact.
Her most famous songs including "You Belong To Me" were released post-WWII.
History:
While Stafford was still working for Dorsey, Johnny Mercer told her, "Some day I'm going to have my own record company, and you're going to record for me."
She subsequently became the first solo artist signed to Capitol after leaving the Pied Pipers in 1944.
Stafford's tenure with the USO during World War II, which often had her perform for soldiers stationed in the U.S., led to her acquiring the nickname "G.I. Jo".
On returning from the Pacific theater, a veteran told Stafford that the Japanese would play her records on loudspeakers in an attempt to make the U.S. troops homesick enough to surrender. She replied personally to all the letters she received from servicemen. Stafford was a favorite of many servicemen during both World War II and the Korean War; her recordings received extensive airplay on the American Forces radio and in some military hospitals at lights-out.
In the 1950s, Stafford had a string of popular hits with Frankie Laine, six of which charted. Their duet of the Hank Williams song
"Hey Good Lookin'"
made the top 10 in 1951.
She had her best-known hits—
"Jambalaya", "Shrimp Boats", "Make Love to Me", and "You Belong to Me"
—around this time.
"You Belong to Me" was Stafford's biggest hit, topping the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom.
In the UK, it was the first song by a female singer to top the chart. The record first appeared on U.S. charts on August 1, 1952, and remained there for 24 weeks. In the UK, it entered the charts on November 14, 1952, at number 2, reached number one on January 16, 1953, and stayed on the charts for 19 weeks.