Jonathan and Darlene Edwards

Bunk Strutts has alerted me to a person not known for crappy album covers in the CAC Blogosphere, but seems to be known for deliberately awful music. The mischievous Jo Stafford (1917-2008) convinced her husband, Paul Weston (1912-1996), to embark on a musical parody where Jo deliberately sings off-key and Paul buggers up his piano arrangements. This idea was hatched in the ‘60s, long after Paul had established a career in music, having played with the likes of Irving Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dinah Shore. Jo had worked with Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra.

All this running with the big dogs can get pretty boring. So, they got the idea that if they play crappy music like the song shown below, that people would find it hilarious. But to protect themselves, they should play under pseudonyms. So they played (or failed to do so properly) under the names of Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.

Stayin’ Alive:

For audio masochists who can’t get enough, you can hear even more bastardized Edwards’ music here.

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