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June Christy, the Glossary

June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals.^[1]

94 relations: A Presentation of Progressive Jazz, Adventures in Jazz, Alcoholism, AllMusic, Anita O'Day, Artistry in Rhythm, Australia, Ballads for Night People, Big Band Specials, Bob Cooper (musician), Boyd Raeburn, Bud Shank, Capitol Records, Carmen McRae, Chet Baker, Chicago, Cool Christy, Cool jazz, Day Dreams (June Christy album), Decatur, Illinois, Discovery Records, Do-Re-Mi (June Christy and Bob Cooper album), Duet (Stan Kenton and June Christy album), Duke Ellington, Encores (Stan Kenton album), Europe, Fair and Warmer!, Fran Warren, Gene Krupa, Gone for the Day, Herald & Review, Hindsight Record Company, How High the Moon, Impromptu (June Christy album), Innovations in Modern Music, Japan, Jasmine Records, Jazz, Johnny Guarnieri, June Christy, June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days, Kidney failure, Lafayette, Indiana, Last.fm, Lou Levy (pianist), Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, New York City, Newport Jazz Festival, Off-Beat, ... Expand index (44 more) »
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A Presentation of Progressive Jazz

A Presentation of Progressive Jazz is a 1948 jazz album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton.

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Adventures in Jazz

Adventures in Jazz is a CBS television show that was broadcast live from January 22, 1949, to June 24, 1949, 8-8:30 Eastern Time on Fridays, showcasing jazz musicians and singers.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". June Christy and Anita O'Day are American jazz singers, American torch singers, American women jazz singers, jazz musicians from Illinois and traditional pop music singers.

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Artistry in Rhythm

Artistry in Rhythm is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded in 1946 and originally released on the Capitol label as four 78rpm discs, reissued as a LP in 1953, and then as a LP in 1955 with additional tracks.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Ballads for Night People

Ballads for Night People is a 1959 album by jazz vocalist June Christy.

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Big Band Specials

Big Band Specials is a 1962 album by June Christy, with tracks arranged by Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers and husband Bob Cooper.

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Bob Cooper (musician)

Bob Cooper (December 6, 1925 – August 5, 1993) was a West Coast jazz musician known primarily for playing tenor saxophone, but also for being one of the first to play jazz solos on oboe.

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Boyd Raeburn

Boyd Albert Raeburn (October 27, 1913 – August 2, 1966) was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist.

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Bud Shank

Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Carmen McRae

Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. June Christy and Carmen McRae are American jazz singers, American torch singers, American women jazz singers and traditional pop music singers.

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Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. June Christy and Chet Baker are American jazz singers, cool jazz musicians and cool jazz singers.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Cool Christy

Cool Christy is a 2002 double-CD compilation of recordings by jazz vocalist June Christy from 1945 to 1951.

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Cool jazz

Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band that arose in the United States after World War II.

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Day Dreams (June Christy album)

Day Dreams is an album collecting examples of American jazz vocalist June Christy's 78-rpm and 45-rpm recordings from the 1940s and 1950s, mostly from her pre-Something Cool days.

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Decatur, Illinois

Decatur is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States.

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Discovery Records

Discovery Records was a United States-based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music.

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Do-Re-Mi (June Christy and Bob Cooper album)

Do-Re-Mi is a 1961 jazz album by June Christy and Bob Cooper, consisting of selections from the Broadway musical Do Re Mi, written by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolf Green.

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Duet (Stan Kenton and June Christy album)

Duet is an album by vocalist June Christy and pianist Stan Kenton with featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1955 and released on the Capitol label.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

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Encores (Stan Kenton album)

Encores is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded in 1945–47 and originally released on the Capitol label as three 78rpm discs in 1949, reissued as a 10-inch LP in 1950, and then as a 12-inch LP in 1955 with additional tracks.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fair and Warmer!

Fair and Warmer! is a 1957 studio album by June Christy.

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Fran Warren

Frances Wolff (March 4, 1926 – March 4, 2013), known professionally as Fran Warren, was an American singer. June Christy and Fran Warren are American jazz singers, American women jazz singers and traditional pop music singers.

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Gene Krupa

Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. June Christy and Gene Krupa are jazz musicians from Illinois.

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Gone for the Day

Gone for the Day is a 1957 studio album by singer June Christy.

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Herald & Review

The Herald & Review is a daily newspaper based in Decatur, Illinois.

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Hindsight Record Company

Hindsight Records is an American record label that specializes in issuing previously unreleased radio broadcast recordings of Big Bands and Jazz artists.

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How High the Moon

"How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis.

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Impromptu (June Christy album)

Impromptu is the final album by June Christy, recorded in 1977 and featuring the Lou Levy Sextet.

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Innovations in Modern Music

Innovations in Modern Music is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton with his "Innovations" Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1950 and originally released on the Capitol label.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jasmine Records

Jasmine Records is a London-based record label that specialises in jazz reissues.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Johnny Guarnieri

John Albert Guarnieri (March 23, 1917 – January 7, 1985) was an American jazz and stride pianist, born in New York City.

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June Christy

June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. June Christy and June Christy are American agnostics, American jazz singers, American torch singers, American women jazz singers, Capitol Records artists, cool jazz musicians, cool jazz singers, Deaths from kidney failure in California, jazz musicians from Illinois and traditional pop music singers.

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June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days

June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days is a 1959 album by June Christy.

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Kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as either acute kidney failure, which develops rapidly and may resolve; and chronic kidney failure, which develops slowly and can often be irreversible.

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Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago.

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Last.fm

Last.fm Limited is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002.

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Lou Levy (pianist)

Louis A. "Lou" Levy (March 5, 1928 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz pianist.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. June Christy and Louis Armstrong are American jazz singers and traditional pop music singers.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. June Christy and nat King Cole are American jazz singers, Capitol Records artists and traditional pop music singers.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Off-Beat

Off-Beat is a 1960 album by American jazz vocalist June Christy, arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo.

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Penthouse Party

Penthouse Party is an American television variety series that aired on ABC from September 15, 1950, until June 8, 1951.

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Pete Rugolo

Pietro Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011), known professionally as Pete Rugolo, was an American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer.

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Playboy's Penthouse

Playboy's Penthouse is an American variety/talk television show hosted by Playboy founder and then-editor/publisher Hugh Hefner.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Purdue University

Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.

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Quarantine

A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests.

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Road Show (album)

Road Show is a live album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with vocalists June Christy and The Four Freshmen featuring a concert recorded at the Purdue University in 1959 and released on the Capitol label as a double album.

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Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS).

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Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927.

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Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy

Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" is a popular song about Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, with music by Guy Wood and words by Sammy Gallop.

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Shorty Rogers

Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Something Broadway, Something Latin

Something Broadway, Something Latin is an album by June Christy that was released in 1965 on Capitol as ST-2410.

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Something Cool

Something Cool is the debut solo album by June Christy, released on Capitol Records first as a 10-inch LP of seven selections in August of 1954, and then as a 12-inch LP of eleven selections the following August, both times in monophonic sound.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County.

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Stan Kenton

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. June Christy and Stan Kenton are Capitol Records artists and cool jazz musicians.

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Stan Kenton Classics

Stan Kenton Classics is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton compiling performances recorded between 1945 and 1947 and originally collected on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP in 1950 then reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.

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Stan Kenton Presents

Stan Kenton Presents is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton with his "Innovations" Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1950 and originally released as 78 RPM records and a 10-inch LP on Capitol before being reissued in 12-inch LP format in 1955.

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Stars of Jazz

Stars of Jazz was an American television program that ran between 1956 and 1958 and featured performances and interviews with many leading jazz performers of the time.

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Stephen Decatur High School (Decatur, Illinois)

Stephen Decatur High School was a public high school in Decatur, Illinois, United States, which existed from 1862 to 2000.

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Tampico (song)

"Tampico" is a popular song, composed in 1945 by Allan Roberts, with lyrics by Doris Fisher.

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The Alan Young Show

The Alan Young Show is an American radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring English-born comedian Alan Young.

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The Bob Crosby Show (radio program)

The Bob Crosby Show can refer to any of several old-time radio musical variety program in the United States.

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The Cool School (album)

The Cool School is a 1960 album by June Christy of songs sung by children the world over accompanied by the Joe Castro Quartet.

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show is the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including.

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.

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The Four Freshmen

The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, and The Mel-Tones, founded in the barbershop tradition. June Christy and the Four Freshmen are Capitol Records artists and traditional pop music singers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Christy

Also known as A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (album), Sharon Leslie, Shirley Luster.

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See also

Cool jazz musicians

Cool jazz singers

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