Jean Stafford (musician)

Jean Stafford (born 1950) is an Australian country music artist. She has won three Golden Guitar awards Country Music Awards of Australia. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Stafford was a regular on the Midday Show hosted by Ray Martin[1]

Jean Stafford
Stafford in 2019
Background information
Birth nameJean Stafford
Born (1950-01-01) 1 January 1950
Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
GenresCountry, Western Swing, gospel
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, paintist.
InstrumentsVocals, guitar
Years active1965–present.
LabelsHadley Records, EMI, Universal Music
Associated acts
Websitewww.jeanstafford.com.au

Early life and career

Stafford was born in Latrobe, Tasmania in 1950 and grew up at small town called Meander in a one-room shack along with her mother, foster-father and six cousins. In 1962, at the age of 12, Stafford made her first public appearance on a program called ShowTime a popular series from TNT-9 Launceston during that time. After leaving school, Stafford worked at a hotel as a kitchen hand in a nearby town of Deloraine, while performing at local dances on weekends, she began to learn her craft as a professional singer.

Stafford's recording career began in 1965 at the age of 15, singing a duet with Dusty Rankin called "Promised to John" produced by Eric Scott for Hadley Recording Company. In 1973, winning first prize in a Country Music Talent Quest in Launceston, Tasmania, she received a five-album deal with Hadley Records that pofficial launched her career.

Stafford's debut album Flowers for Mama was recorded in Tamworth was released in 1974 and gained her Australia-wide recognition winning her first Golden Guitar Award in 1975 at Tamworth for Female Vocalist Of the year. Her second Golden Guitar came in 1980 with Hello Love.

In 1981, Stafford won her third Golden Guitar Award for "That Glory Bound Train," a song from her final album with Hadley Records entitled Born Again. Shortly after her contract ended that same year, Stafford moved from Tasmania to Sydney and signed a contract with EMI Music Australia releasing her first commercial album on a major record label The Way I Feel Inside.

Personal life

Born at Latrobe, Tasmania in 1950, she spent her childhood in a small locality area of Meander Valley in Northern Tasmania. Raised by her mother and foster-father, Stafford later in life discovered that her biological father was a Navajo Native American.[2]

Stafford has three children who live in Tasmania near the town of Burnie.

Discography

Albums
Title Details
Flowers for Mama
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Hadley Records (HLP 1216)
  • Format: LP
Jean Stafford
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Hadley Records (HLP 1221)
  • Format: LP
I'll Sing You a Country Song
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Hadley Records (HLP 1236)
  • Format: LP
Hello Love
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Hadley Records (HLP 1242)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
Born Again
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Hadley Records (HLP 1246)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
The Way I Feel Inside
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: EMI Music (EMX 110)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
Someday I'll Take Home the Roses
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: EMI Music (EMX 116)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
Burning Bright
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: EMI Music (EMX.430040)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
The Golden Voice of Country Music
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Axis (AX 701403)
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Compilation album
Classic Jean Stafford
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Rich River Records (JSR 1990)
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
That Says it All
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Dino (214)
  • Format: CD, Cassette
Finest Collection
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Dino (271)
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • Compilation album
Country Girl
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Axis (701533)
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • Compilation album
Queens of Country Music
(with Kitty Wells)
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Massive (21682)
  • Format: CD
  • Collaborative compilation album
Livin' in Your Radio
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: (SWR 20014)
  • Format: CD
Let the Dance Begin
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Jean Stafford Enterprises, Inc. (JLCM 0001)
  • Format: CD

Other singles
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
"The Garden"
(as Australia Too)		 1985 22

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

Stafford had been nominated for 2 ARIA Music Awards[4]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1987Burning BrightARIA Award for Best Country AlbumNominated
ARIA Award for Best Female ArtistNominated

Country Music Awards (CMAA)

Stafford has won three Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia [5]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1975"What Kind of a Girl Do You Think I Am"Female Vocalist of the YearWon
1979herselfHands of Fameimprinted[6]
1980Hello LoveFemale Vocalist of the YearWon
1981"That Glory Bound Train"Female Vocalist of the YearWon
2008herselfRoll of Renowninducted[7]

Mo Awards

The Mo Awards are annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. Stafford has won two awards.[8]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991herselfFemale Country Entertainer of the YearWon
2016herselfCountry Female Act of the YearWon

References
  1. Boxhall, Geraldine (1991). "Chapter 14: Newsmakers". Meander Valley memories. Meander: Meander Primary School. p. 190. ISBN 0-646-04684-5.
  2. "Previous Artists – Jean Stafford". Devil Country Muster. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  4. http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search?q=Gina+Jeffreys
  5. "Past Winners". Country.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. "Australian Country Music Hands of Fame". historyofcountrymusic. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. "Roll of Renown". TCMF. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  8. "Award Winners". Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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