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BAND/ARTIST: June Christy
- Title: June Sings The Standards (Remastered)
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: RevOla
- Genre: Jazz, Pop
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC / 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 53:15 min
- Total Size: 261; 517 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
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 Springfield, IL, she began singing early on and appeared with a local society band during high school. She moved to Chicago in the early '40s, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. In 1945, after hearing that Anita O'Day had just left Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she auditioned for the role and got it early that year. Despite an early resemblance (physically and vocally) to O'Day, the singer — renamed June Christy — soon found her own style: a warm, chipper voice that stretched out beautifully and enlivened Kenton's crossover novelties ("Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," the million-selling "Tampico") as well as the leader's intricately arranged standards ("How High the Moon"). As she became more and more popular within the Kenton band, arranger Pete Rugolo began writing charts with her style especially in mind. After the Kenton orchestra broke up in 1948, Christy worked the nightclub circuit for awhile before reuniting with Kenton for his 1950 Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, a very modern 40-piece group that toured America. She had already debuted as a solo act the year before, recording for Capitol with a group led by her husband, Kenton tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper.
Christy's debut LP for Capitol, 1954's Something Cool, was recorded with Rugolo at the head of the orchestra. The album launched the vocal cool movement and hit the Top 20 album charts in America, as did a follow-up, The Misty Miss Christy. Her 1955 Duet LP paired her voice with Kenton's piano, while most of her Capitol LPs featured her with various Kenton personnel and Rugolo (or Bob Cooper) at the head of the orchestra. She reprised her earlier big-band days with 1959's June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days, and recorded a raft of concept LPs before retiring in 1965. Christy returned to the studio only once, for 1977's Impromptu on Musicraft. ~ John Bush
Tracklist:
2:49 | 01. June Christy - For All We Know (Remastered)
4:07 | 02. June Christy - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Remastered)
2:41 | 03. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me (Remastered)
1:53 | 04. June Christy - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Remastered)
2:31 | 05. June Christy - Stompin' At The Savoy (Remastered)
2:29 | 06. June Christy - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Remastered)
2:41 | 07. June Christy - I'm Glad There Is You (Remastered)
3:16 | 08. June Christy - Willow Weep For Me (Remastered)
2:38 | 09. June Christy - Cry Like The Wind (Remastered)
2:45 | 10. June Christy - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Remastered)
2:33 | 11. June Christy - Swinging On A Star (Remastered)
2:27 | 12. June Christy - Give A Little Whistle (Remastered)
2:34 | 13. June Christy - When You Wish Upon A Star (Remastered)
4:57 | 14. June Christy - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Remastered)
2:34 | 15. June Christy - How High The Moon (Remastered)
3:10 | 16. June Christy - I Get Along Without You Very Well (Remastered)
4:22 | 17. June Christy - The Song Is You (Remastered)
2:49 | 18. June Christy - The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered)
Born Shirley Luster in Springfield, IL, she began singing early on and appeared with a local society band during high school. She moved to Chicago in the early '40s, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. In 1945, after hearing that Anita O'Day had just left Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she auditioned for the role and got it early that year. Despite an early resemblance (physically and vocally) to O'Day, the singer — renamed June Christy — soon found her own style: a warm, chipper voice that stretched out beautifully and enlivened Kenton's crossover novelties ("Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," the million-selling "Tampico") as well as the leader's intricately arranged standards ("How High the Moon"). As she became more and more popular within the Kenton band, arranger Pete Rugolo began writing charts with her style especially in mind. After the Kenton orchestra broke up in 1948, Christy worked the nightclub circuit for awhile before reuniting with Kenton for his 1950 Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, a very modern 40-piece group that toured America. She had already debuted as a solo act the year before, recording for Capitol with a group led by her husband, Kenton tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper.
Christy's debut LP for Capitol, 1954's Something Cool, was recorded with Rugolo at the head of the orchestra. The album launched the vocal cool movement and hit the Top 20 album charts in America, as did a follow-up, The Misty Miss Christy. Her 1955 Duet LP paired her voice with Kenton's piano, while most of her Capitol LPs featured her with various Kenton personnel and Rugolo (or Bob Cooper) at the head of the orchestra. She reprised her earlier big-band days with 1959's June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days, and recorded a raft of concept LPs before retiring in 1965. Christy returned to the studio only once, for 1977's Impromptu on Musicraft. ~ John Bush
Tracklist:
2:49 | 01. June Christy - For All We Know (Remastered)
4:07 | 02. June Christy - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Remastered)
2:41 | 03. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me (Remastered)
1:53 | 04. June Christy - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Remastered)
2:31 | 05. June Christy - Stompin' At The Savoy (Remastered)
2:29 | 06. June Christy - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Remastered)
2:41 | 07. June Christy - I'm Glad There Is You (Remastered)
3:16 | 08. June Christy - Willow Weep For Me (Remastered)
2:38 | 09. June Christy - Cry Like The Wind (Remastered)
2:45 | 10. June Christy - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Remastered)
2:33 | 11. June Christy - Swinging On A Star (Remastered)
2:27 | 12. June Christy - Give A Little Whistle (Remastered)
2:34 | 13. June Christy - When You Wish Upon A Star (Remastered)
4:57 | 14. June Christy - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Remastered)
2:34 | 15. June Christy - How High The Moon (Remastered)
3:10 | 16. June Christy - I Get Along Without You Very Well (Remastered)
4:22 | 17. June Christy - The Song Is You (Remastered)
2:49 | 18. June Christy - The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered)
Year 2019 | Jazz | Pop | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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