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Jun 21, 1990 · Explore June Christy's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about June Christy on AllMusic.
June Christy. American jazz/big band singer. Born November 20, 1925, Springfield, Illinois, USA. Died June 21, 1990, Sherman Oaks, California, USA. Married to saxophonist/oboist Bob Cooper (1946 -June 21, 1990, her death). She was known for her silky smooth vocals, and replaced Anita O'Day in Stan Kenton 's orchestra c. 1945.
May 25, 2013 · June Christy - Something Cool (1960) from the album Something Cool.Pete Rugolo Orchestra.Capitol Records.
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June Christy secured a place as one of the most successful and respected cool jazz singers of the 1950s with her intimate, intelligent, and artistic style. Christy rose to prominence as a singer for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, replacing Anita O’Day in 1945. She recorded a number of hits with Kenton’s band, including the million-selling ...
June Christy. She was Stan Kenton 's big band singer, replacing Anita O'Day in 1945. She also worked with Bruce Boyd Raeburn and his orchestra before she joined the Kenton band. This blonde, blue-eyed singer is one of the most talented female singers in the history of jazz. She recorded many albums for Capitol records in the fifties, the most ...
From the soundie: I'M GONNA LOVE THAT GUY 1945June Christy was quite simply one of the best Jazz singers ever. She sang with some lesser known bands before ...
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Jun 21, 1990 · The voice of singer June Christy took the jazz world by storm in the late 1940s. Spending six years with Stan Kenton ’s orchestra, Christy became an integral part of the progressive jazz sound. Few vocalists were as well-blended with their band as was Christy, who even beyond her time with Kenton was guided by the style he championed.
