Solid!
The encyclopedia of big band, lounge, classic jazz and space-age sounds.
Jonathan and Darlene Edwards
- BIOGRAPHY
- REVIEWS
During the 1950s and 1960s orchestra leader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford, recorded several albums under the names of Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. The Jonathan and Darlene recordings were parodies of a bad lounge act. Weston, as pianist Jonathan, played arrangements in 7/4 time, tripped over chords, and speeded up suddenly on one bar only to slow down again on the next. Stafford, as singer Darlene, would stumble over words, miss her cues, sing terribly off-key, and throw in unusual vocal sounds.
The couple's Jonathan and Darlene in Paris won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Other Jonathan and Darlene recordings include: The Original Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards, Vocals by Darlene Edwards; Darlene Remembers Duke, Jonathan Plays Fats; Songs for Sheiks and Flappers; and Singalong with Jonathan and Darlene, which singalong king Mitch Miller blamed for the death of his career. The couple reprised Jonathan and Darlene in the 1970s and had a ''hit'' with their version of ''Stayin' Alive.''