March 13, 2025

20,000 vinyl LPs 383: Jonathan & Darlene Edwards ~ In Paris

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vinyl LP front cover 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Today is the birthday of American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor Paul Weston who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "the Father of Mood Music".         
          
Weston and his wife, Jo Stafford, conceived a routine to entertain their friends at parties in the 1950s that involved Weston playing songs on the piano in unconventional rhythms, while Stafford sang off-key in a high pitched voice. The two of them released five albums and one single as Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, and their 1960 album, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris won that year's Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.       
        
Jonathan and Darlene Edwards  ~ In Paris sits quite comfortably next to my copy of Florence Foster Jenkins ~ The Glory (????) of the Human Voice (link below).        
       
    

vinyl LP back cover 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


date & photographer unknown

 
Weston and Stafford appeared on television twice as Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. In 1958, they were guests on the Jack Benny television program Shower of Stars, and in 1960 on The Garry Moore Show.         


      
Their final album, Darlene Remembers Duke, Jonathan Plays Fats was released in 1982, on Corinthian Records – Cor-117.             












date & photographer unknown
 







 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - I Love Paris - 2:50
A2 - Valentine - 1:31
A3 - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - 3:05
A4 - La Vie En Rose - 2:10
A5 - The River Seine - 2:10
A6 - April In Paris - 2:51
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - The Poor People Of Paris, written by Monnot/Lawrence
B2 - The Last Time I Saw Paris, written by Kern/Hammerstein - 2:47
B3 - Autumn Leaves, written by Mercer/Kosma - 2:28
B4 - Paris In The Spring, written by Gordon/Revel - 2:26
B5 - Mademoiselle De Paree, written by Durand/Parish - 2:16
B6 - Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup, written by Sosenko - 3:06
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Published By – Buxton Hill Music Corp.
    Published By – Harms, Inc.
    Published By – Remick Music Corp.
    Published By – Reg Connelly Music, Inc.
    Published By – T.B. Harms Co.
    Published By – Ardmore Music Corp.
    Published By – DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc.
    Published By – Mills Music, Inc.
    Published By – Chappell & Co., Inc.
    Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway
       
Credits:
       
    Liner Notes – Jonathan Edwards (5)
       
Notes:
       
Remastered from original tapes this LP uses "Synchro-Kinetic Sound" processing.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
 
    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Rights Society (B3, B5): BIEM
    Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): Z4RS-0512
    Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): Z4RS-0513
    Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): Z4RS-0512-1-B R
    Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): Z4RS-0513-1-B R        

Jonathan And Darlene Edwards – In Paris
Label: Corinthian Records – Cor-103, Corinthian Records – COR 103
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Non-Music, Pop
Style: Comedy, Vocal, Parody
         
Viewfinder links:        
         
Jack Benny        
Jonathan And Darlene Edwards               
Florence Foster Jenkins ~  
             Florence Foster Jenkins 
             The Glory (????) of the Human Voice            
Jo Stafford         
Paul Weston        
Ed Winn         
         
        
Net links:        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
        
I Love Paris             
April In Paris              
The Last Time I Saw Paris         
Autumn Leaves     
Paris In The Spring                  
Stayin' Alive        
        
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, March 12, 2025       
       
 
 

















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