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June Christy: June Christy-Big Band Specials. by Ron Meyers February 1, 2001. I've had this on LP ever since 1962 when it first came out. Unfortunately my copy is now full of clicks, pops and surface ...
June Christy and Bob Cooper got married in 1947, and stayed married for 44 years, until Christy passed away in 1990. The couple recorded two albums together in the 1950s, and I’ll sample from ...
This will let you see Christy up close. Watch her left hand, as her pointer and thumb have something of a conversation as she finds the right notes. Ernie Felice passed away last week. I'll have more ...
June Christy, born Shirley Luster in Springfield, Illinois in 1925, got her start singing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, replacing Anita O'Day after O'Day's departure from the group in 1945.
Christy, known to Big Band era and jazz fans as that “misty Miss Christy” for her interpretation of ballads, has died at age 64. She died Thursday from complications of kidney failure in ...
Learn about June Christy Sings Something Cool - Living Era's June Christy Sings Something Cool Presents the Cream of her Recorded Repertoire from 1945 to 1953. There Are 14 Tracks with Either Stan ...