 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Stafford akatanga kuimba paruzhinji ari kuLong Beach, kwaigara mhuri yake paaiva nemakore 12. Akaimba rwiyo runonzi Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, rwiyo rwaidiwa zvikuru nemhuri yokwaStafford. Yechipiri yake yakanga iri inoshamisa zvikuru. Somudzidzi paLong Beach Polytechnic High School ane mutungamiri mumhanzi wechikoro, akanga achidzidzira pachikuva apo kudengenyeka kwenyika kweLong Beach muna 1933rakaparadza chikamu chechikoro. Nekurudziro yaamai vake, Stafford pakutanga akaronga kuve muimbi weopera uye akadzidza izwi semwana, achitora zvidzidzo zvega kubva kuna Foster Rucker, muparidzi paCalifornia radio station KNX. Nemhaka yeDzvinyiriro Huru, akasiya pfungwa iyoyo ndokubatana nehanzvadzi dzake huru Christine naPauline muboka rinozivikanwa rokuimba rinonzi Stafford Sisters. VaStafford vakuru vaviri vakanga vatova rutivi rwetatu nenhengo yechitatu isina ukama apo chiito chacho chakawana bhuku guru paLong Beachs West Coast Theater. Pauline akanga achirwara zvikuru kuti arege kuita, uye Jo akanyorerwa kupinda kuti atore nzvimbo yake kuitira kuti vagone kuchengeta mhiko yacho. Akakumbira mudzidzisi wake wekirabhu yeGlee vhiki yokusava pachikoro, achiti amai vake vaimuda kumba, uye izvi zvakapiwa. Mutambo wacho wakabudirira, uye Jo akava nhengo yechigarire yeboka racho. 