June Christy

June Christy

June Christy

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Top Songs

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Something Cool [Stereo]
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Don't Explain [Remastered]
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Lonely House [Mono]
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Midnight Sun [Stereo]
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It Could Happen To You

Albums

  • The Bad and the Beautiful

    Nov 2022 • 22 songs

  • The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946
  • The Cool Jazz of June Christy

    Nov 2019 • 101 songs

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June Christy

Biography

Though she was the epitome of the vocal cool movement of the 1950s, June Christy was a warm, chipper vocalist able to stretch out her impressive voice on bouncy swing tunes and set herself apart from other vocalists with her deceptively simple enunciation. From her time in Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she inherited a focus on brassy swing from arranger friends like Pete Rugolo. Rugolo would become a consistent companion far into her solo days, too, arranging most of her LPs and balancing her gymnastic vocal abilities with a series of attentive charts. Born Shirley Luster in Sprin...
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