Paul Weston

Paul Weston
For the fictional Dr. Paul Weston on the TV series In Treatment, see Paul Weston (In Treatment).
Paul Weston
Paul Weston, Capitol Records.
Paul Weston at Capitol Records, 1940s.
Background information
Birth name Paul Wetstein
Born March 12, 1912(1912-03-12)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Died September 20, 1996(1996-09-20) (aged 84)
Santa Monica, California
Genres popular music
comedy
Occupations conductor
composer
arranger
pianist
Instruments piano
Years active 1933–1970s
Labels Capitol
Columbia
Corinthian

Paul Weston (March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer and conductor. Weston was born Paul Wetstein in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1] Weston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring his work in music.[2]

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Early years and work

Though born in Springfield, Weston was reared in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where his family moved when he was two years old. The son of Paul Wetstein, a teacher,[3] and Anna Grady, his parents were also interested in music. At age eight, he started piano lessons.[4][5] He was an economics major at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where he graduated cum laude and a Phi Beta Kappa member in 1933.[4] During his college days, Weston had his own band called "the Green Serenaders"; this allowed him to pay his own college tuition.[4][6] Weston also learned how to play the clarinet so he could travel with the college band.[4] He went to graduate school at Columbia University and was active in the Blue Lions, Columbia's dance band. In January 1934, Weston was seriously injured in a train accident.[7] Unable to be active in a band, he started doing music arranging as a way to keep some involvement with music while convalescing.[4][5][6]

When he returned to New York in the fall of 1934, he made his first sale of his work to Joe Haymes. Haymes liked Weston's work enough to ask him to do more arrangements for his band. His medley of Anything Goes songs was heard by Rudy Vallee, who contacted him and offered Weston a job as an arranger for his Fleischmann's Hour on radio. Weston was also doing arranging for Phil Harris.[5][6]

He met Tommy Dorsey through his work with Joe Haymes. Following the Dorsey Brothers split in 1935, Tommy had yet to form an orchestra; he used the Joe Haymes Orchestra for his first engagement as a solo conductor. Weston joined Dorsey as chief arranger in 1936, holding the position until 1940.[1][6] He then became Dinah Shore's arranger/conductor and also worked freelance for the Bob Crosby Orchestra.[8] Weston also worked with Fibber McGee and Molly and Paul Whiteman.[6] When Bob Crosby's band was hired for his brother Bing's film, Holiday Inn, this took him to Hollywood and into film work. He changed his name from Wetstein to Weston after his arrival in California.[3] Weston was asked do more work for Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and also for Betty Hutton.[1][5][6] Subsequent films as musical director include Belle of the Yukon (1944) and Road To Utopia (1945).

Capitol and Columbia

Paul Weston in 1949.

Weston met Johnny Mercer while working for Paramount in 1942; Mercer, who was preparing to start Capitol Records, wanted Weston to write for his new company. Paul wrote, arranged and directed Mercer's "Strip Polka"-the first arrangement written for the new label on April 6, 1942.[6] On August first of that year, the 1942–44 musicians' strike began. No union musicians could record for any record company, but were able to play for live engagements and radio shows; the issue which prompted the strike was regarding record companies paying royalties to musicians.[9] Many record companies had "stockpiled" recordings of their stars prior to the strike, planning to release them over a period of time. While the older, more established record labels were able to do this, the newly formed Capitol had no opportunity to do likewise. The strike brought the new company to a standstill until Johnny Mercer began his radio show, Johnny Mercer's Music Shop, in June 1943.[6][10] The radio show was meant to be a venue for Capitol's talent during the Musicians' Strike.[6] Mercer and Capitol recording artist Jo Stafford hosted the program, with Weston and his orchestra providing the music for it.[6][10] Stafford and Weston had first met in 1938, when he was working as an arranger for Tommy Dorsey; Weston was responsible for getting Stafford's group, the Pied Pipers, an audition with Dorsey for his radio show.[4][11] The recording ban was lifted for Capitol in October 1943 after an agreement was reached between the Musicians' Union and the record company; Weston was then able to return to the recording studio. In 1944, he became the company's music director.[6]

Besides his work at Capitol, Weston did conducting for many radio shows during this time. He worked with Duffy's Tavern, the radio shows of Joan Davis, and Your Hit Parade.[6] Jo Stafford, who became a regular host of the Chesterfield Supper Club in 1945, returned to California permanently in November 1946.[12] She then hosted the show from Hollywood with Weston and his orchestra.[13][14] It was around this time that Paul Weston had a new idea for recorded music that would be similar to the soundtrack of a movie. It could be an enhancement to living but subtle enough not to stifle conversation. His album Music For Dreaming was the beginning of the "Mood Music" genre.[5][6] In 1950, he left Capitol for a similar position at Columbia Records;[15] Jo Stafford also signed with Columbia at the same time.[1][5][6][11] He remained active in radio, with his own The Paul Weston Show and also in acting roles on Dear John with Irene Rich, Valiant Lady, and Cavalcade of America.[5][16] Paul and Jo Stafford were married on February 26, 1952; the couple had two children, Tim (born 1952),[17] and Amy (born 1956).[18][19][20] Both returned to Capitol in 1961, leaving the company for Dot Records in late 1965.[11][21]

Jonathan and Darlene Edwards

1957 was a very busy year for Weston. He became the musical director for NBC-TV, a position he held for five years,[2][3] a founding member and the first president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,[1][6][22][23][24] and half of a recording duo that the whole country was talking about. Paul and Jo did a skit at their parties where he would play the role of a simply horrible lounge pianist and she would vocalize in off-key melodies to the tunes he tried to play.[25] Weston went public with his portion of the act at a Columbia Records convention, where it was an instant hit; the couple agreed to do some recordings, calling themselves Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.[11][26][27] George Avakian, a Columbia Records executive, chose the name of Jonathan Edwards for Weston's act because of the Calvinist preacher. Weston was concerned that he might not be able to fill an album with the performances of Jonathan Edwards, so he asked Stafford to help.[25] She became Darlene Edwards, the off-key singer.[3][28] It was not immediately known to the public who had really made the records; there was much speculation as to what two famous people might be behind the music, before a 1957 Time article revealed their true identities.[25][27] In 1958, the fictional couple appeared on Jack Benny's Shower of Stars, and in 1960, on The Garry Moore Show.[29][30][31] The couple won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album of 1960 for their work as the imaginary pair.[32][33] They continued to release Jonathan and Darlene albums for several years, and in 1979 released a cover of The Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" backed with "I Am Woman."[26] As Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, the couple released a "sing along" album which Mitch Miller believed put an end to his television show and sing-along records.[3] Their last release, Darlene Remembers Duke, Jonathan Plays Fats, was issued in 1982.[34][35][36]

Grammys

The original idea of honoring those in the recording industry came from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 1957. Their plan was to propose bronze sidewalk markers to be placed on Hollywood Boulevard (the beginning of the current Hollywood Walk of Fame).[37] The Chamber approached local top recording company executives with the idea, asking for help with a list of those who deserved the honor. Paul Weston was one of the men named to this committee by the Chamber. The committee executives decided all those who had sold a million records or a quarter million record albums during their careers would be candidates for the bronze star markers. As they continued their research, the men on the committee realized that many very important people in the recording industry would not qualify for this type of recognition. This realization prompted the founding of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, whose purpose was to create an award for recording artists. It became known as the Grammy, and the first awards were given in 1959.[38] Paul's dedication to music and recording was recognized with a Trustees' Award Grammy in 1971.[39]

Television and composing

Weston had a long career as a musical director for television, including The Danny Kaye Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, and The Jim Nabors Show.[6] He was also the conductor and arranger for his wife's CBS television show from 1954 to 1955, The Jo Stafford Show.[40][41] Though he did not provide the names of the programs, Weston once said conductors on live television shows, "should also receive a stuntman's check!"[23]

Weston arranged Ella Fitzgerald's album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1957), devoted to the music of Irving Berlin.[1] Among songs he composed are "I Should Care" and "Day by Day", both of which were collaborations with Sammy Cahn and Axel Stordahl and were big hits for Frank Sinatra.[1] He co-wrote "Shrimp Boats", published in 1951, which was popularized by Jo Stafford.[1]

One of Weston's songs made the tiny town of Hana on the island of Maui a household word. While on a visit to the area, Weston needed to shop for gifts for his two children. He found himself at the Hasegawa General Store, a business that has everything from A to Z packed into its four walls. Both surprised and charmed by the small general store, Weston wrote "The Hasegawa General Store" about his shopping experience there which was recorded by Arthur Godfrey, Jim Nabors, and others.[42][43][44]

Weston also wrote classical and religious music: one of his two symphonic suites, Crescent City Suite, has enjoyed many performances, in the "Crescent City", New Orleans, and elsewhere. It was composed in 1956 and performed in New Orleans at the Municipal Auditorium in 1957 with Weston conducting. There was enough interest in the composition for a version for school bands to be made available in 1959; a symphonic version was also issued.[45] He was the author of many hymns and two Masses which were published by the Gregorian Institute of America.[46] Weston founded Corinthian Records in the late 1970s, a company which started as a religious music label, but which later became the distributor for the couple's secular albums.[6] His intention was to get the masters of both his and Stafford's recordings for later reproduction on compact disk.[3] He spent three years as the musical director of Disney on Parade.[1]

Retirement and death

The couple retired from performing in the 1970s. Active for many years in charities helping the developmentally disabled, the Westons gave more of their time to these groups after their retirement. The AbilityFirst work center in Woodland Hills, California is named in Paul Weston's memory.[32][47][48] Weston died on September 20, 1996, in Santa Monica, California. In 2006, Jo Stafford donated her husband's library and her own to the University of Arizona. She died in 2008.[26]

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External links

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Studio albums
Kiss Me, Kate (1949) · American Folk Songs (1950) · Autumn in New York (1950) · Songs of Faith (1950)  · As You Desire Me (1952)  · Broadway's Best (1953)  · Starring Jo Stafford (1953)  · Garden of Prayer (1954)  · My Heart's in the Highlands (1954)  · Happy Holiday (1955)  · Soft and Sentimental (1955)  · Songs of Scotland (1955)  · A Gal Named Jo (1956)  · Ski Trails (1956)  · Once Over Lightly (1957)  · Swingin' Down Broadway (1958)  · Ballad of the Blues (1959)  · I'll Be Seeing You (1959)  · Jo + Jazz (1960)  · All Alone (1963)  · Jo Stafford's Sweet Hour of Prayer (1964)  · The Joyful Season (1964)  · Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey (1964)  · This Is Jo Stafford (1965) · Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965)
Compilation albums
1950s
The Voice of Your Choice (1955)  · Jo's Greatest Hits (1958)
1960s
1970s
Big Band Sound (1970)  · In the Mood for Love (1970)  · Jo + Broadway (1978)
1980s
Jo Stafford:By Request (1982)  · Broadway Revisited (1987)  · G.I. Jo (1987)  · Introducing Jo Stafford (1987)  · You Belong to Me (1989)
1990s
America's Most Versatile Singing Star (1990)  · Fabulous Song Stylists (1991)  · Capitol Collectors Series (1991)  · Greatest Hits (1993) 16 Most Requested Songs (1995)  · For You (1995)  · Spotlight on Jo Stafford (1996)  · Drifting and Dreaming with Jo Stafford (1996)  · Music of My Life (1996) · The Jo Stafford Story (1997)  · The One and Only (1997)  · Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1998)  · G.I. Jo Sings the Hits (1998)  · Too Marvelous for Words (1998)  · Coming Back Like a Song: 25 Hits 1941–47 (1998)  · No Other Love (1998)  · Jo Stafford (1940-44) (1998)  · V-Disc Recordings, Jo Stafford (1998)  · Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather (1999)
2000s
Just Reminiscin' (2000)  · The Columbia Hits Collection (2001)  · Candy (2001)  · Haunted Heart (2001)  · A You're Adorable (2001)  · International Hits (2001)  · Cocktail Hour (2001)  · The Magic of Jo Stafford (2001)  · Jo Stafford on Capitol (2001)  · Best of the War Years (2001)  · Platinum Collection (2001)  · Yes Indeed (2002)  · I Remember You (2002)  · The Ultimate (2002)  · The Best of Jo Stafford (2003)  · Meet Jo Stafford (2003)  · The Columbia Singles Collection, Vol. 1 (2004)  · You Belong to Me (Memoir) (2004)  · You Belong to Me (Remember) (2004)  · You Belong to Me (ASV/Living Era) (2004)  · Over the Rainbow (2004)  · Memories Are Made of These (2005)  · Love, Mystery and Adventure (2006)  · Sincerely Yours (2006)  · Vintage Years (2006)  · All Hits! (2006)  · Ultimate Capitol Collection (2007)  · Blues in the Night (2007)  · Her Greatest Hits (2008)  · You Belong to Me (2008)  · Fools Rush In (2008)  · The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950 (2009)  · Reflections: The Ultimate Collection (2009)
2010s
Beyond the Stars: Key Recordings 1940-1959 (2010)  · The Best of Jo Stafford (2010)  · At the Supper Club (2010)  · At the Supper Club Part II (2011) · At the Supper Club Part III (2011) · For You (2011)
Year unknown
Duets with Gordon MacRae
Songs for Sunday Evening (1950)  · Memory Songs (1955)  · Whispering Hope (1962)  · Peace in the Valley (1963)  · Old Rugged Cross (2001)  · The Two of Us (2001)  · Stars of the Summer Night (2004)  · Alone and Together (2005)
Duets with Frankie Laine
A Portrait of New Orleans (1954)
Duets with others
Jo & Friends (2000)
Jonathan and Darlene Edwards
The Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards (1957)  · Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris (1961)  · Darlene Remembers Duke, Jonathan Plays Fats (1982)  · Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits (1993)  · Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits: Volume 2 (1994) · Complete Original Albums (2011)
Related articles
The Chesterfield Supper Club  · The Jo Stafford Show (1954)  · The Jo Stafford Show (1961)  · The Pied Pipers  · Paul Weston
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Cast
Bands
Ted Steele (Perry Como: New York 1944) · Lloyd Shaffer (Perry Como: New York 1945 – 1948) · Mitchell Ayres (Perry Como: New York 1948 – 1950) Paul Weston (Jo Stafford: Los Angeles 1947 –) · Dave Barbour (Peggy Lee: Los Angeles 1948 –)
Announcers
Albums
At the Supper Club-Perry Como (2010) · At the Supper Club Part II-Perry Como (2011) · At the Supper Club Part III-Perry Como (2011) At the Supper Club-Jo Stafford (2010) · At the Supper Club Part II-Jo Stafford (2011) · At the Supper Club Part III-Jo Stafford (2011)

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