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20 de ago. de 2020 · Image: Library of Congress. June Christy (1925-1990) was one of many female vocalists, like Peggy Lee and Doris Day, who emerged from the rigors of the Big Band era of the 1930s and ‘40s to become major recording artists in their own right. Today, Christy is best known as an innovator in the Cool Jazz genre of the 1950s; her voice—a smoky ...
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21 de jun. de 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.
June Christy wuchs in Decatur (Illinois) auf und sang ab 1938 in verschiedenen regionalen Bands, u. a. bei Bill Oetyel. Nach dem Highschool-Abschluss ging sie nach Chicago, wo sie in Unterhaltungsorchestern und schließlich bei Boyd Raeburn sang. Mit ihm entstanden erste Radioaufnahmen – Shoo Shoo Baby von 1943 ist ihre erste existierende ...
17 de ago. de 2021 · June Christy, born Shirley Luster in 1925 in Springfield, Illinois, was one of the great vocalists of cool jazz, and – I’d argue – one of the greatest in the history of the music. She replaced Anita O’Day in the Stan Kenton Orchestra in 1945, and had a hit with the million-selling Tampico, Kenton’s biggest-selling record.
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.
26 de ago. de 2018 · O f all the singers of the classic American generation, the generation of Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, June Christy (1925-90) is perhaps the most scandalously neglected. She had a lovely, throaty ...
