With just 27 singles charting in 1952 I've been able to listen to all the ones I don't already know on YouTube. None of them stood out as being great but a few of them were alright, the best one in my opinion being Jo Stafford - Jambalaya.
Like many people under a certain age, I heard the Carpenters version of this first and have always found it pleasant enough. Even this version though is not the original. It was written and recorded first by Hank Williams who actually passed away whilst this version was in the charts.
This was Jo Stafford's second hit single which made number where it stayed for 2 weeks before falling out the charts. Her first single, You Belong to Me, on the other hand remained in the charts and became number one 2 weeks later and would remain in the singles chart for 19 weeks.
She would only have two further hits in the UK, Make Love to Me in 1954 and Suddenly There's a Valley in 1955. In her native America though she had many hits dating back to 1944 and would continue to have hits there until 1959 when she semi retired from the music industry. She died aged 90 in 2008.
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