American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. Born November 12, 1917 in Coalinga, California. Died July 16, 2008 in Century City, California. Stafford was greatly admired for the purity of her voice and was considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era. Weston and Stafford developed a comedy routine where they assumed the guise of a bad lounge act named Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.