The best No 1 singles: Jo Stafford – You Belong to Me | Adam Boult

1953: This piece of escapism was the perfect antidote to the drudgery and austerity of life in 1950s BritainJo Stafford became the first female vocalist to have a UK No 1 with her take on this much-covered ballad (Dean Martin's version reached number 12 in the US chart a few months earlier). Delivering a nigh-on perfect vocal performance, she insists that, wherever her globe-trotting sweetheart may travel to ("See the pyramids along the Nile/See the sun rise from the tropic isle") he'd sure as h...

Read full article Share article