June Christy(1925-1990)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
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 famous: "Something Cool" in 1953-54. In the following
years, she recorded other classic albums for the "Cool Jazz" in
Capitol: "The Misty Miss Christy" in 1956, "Fair and Warmer" in 1957,
"The Song is June" in 1958 and "Off Beat" in 1960 - all albums with the
arranger being Pete Rugolo, who was
Stan Kenton's arranger in the forties. She
went into semi-retirement in the sixties and recorded her last album in
1977.
