I credit Christy as one of my biggest influences as a vocalist. At age 27, working 4 nights a week with my trio at a little lounge in Tacoma, Washington, I happened to get a hold of "June's Got Rhythm"! This is most definitely Christy at her best, and with a small combo to boot! After playing that album several times, my approach to the tunes was very different! I learned to sing with breathe and feeling from Christy.
June was at her happiest singing with the Kenton Orchestra. Saw them in Chicago in 1965 at Arie Crown Theater with the Four Freshmen. She looked just like this and sang divinely. Audience kept applauding and applauding each song as she started it. I believe I saw her daughter Shay was seated in the wings. June was from Decatur, Illinois, and in her senior yearbook photo looks just like....June Christy!
The unique sound of June Christy. Of course we're all unique, it's just that some are more so than others Such a varied and ebullient woman singer. I always loved her voice and personality.
June Christy was my idol when I decided to switch to Standards from singing Top 40's in the nightclubs of HK. "The Cellar" in the basement of the now demolished Ambassador Hotel on the Golden Strip in Kowloon, HK where I worked nightly the last years of my career was a frequented of Pilots, Chefs, and the best kept secret of the Gay Community. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, amongst other famous stars would stop for a late night drink while in HK. Those were the days!
June's joy in singing always illuminated her appearances. I've always wondered about her later Capitol recordings because the voice sounds deeper and rougher. Yet I saw her in person and that simply was not the case. She sang "Midnight Sun" in its original key and flawlessly. It was clear a gigantic audience at Arie Crown Theater in Chicago was very familiar with her music, too.
I work with singers and can tell you their voices don't naturally get deeper with age. The cause almost always is cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. Sarah's voice did deepen dramatically but she used that change positively, widening her range down without losing the top notes. Ella practically lived like a saint so her voice stayed youngish. Joni James ditto (doesn't drink, doesn't smoke). The lowered sound isn't a result of aging largely, but of not protecting the voice.
I credit Christy as one of my biggest influences as a vocalist. At age 27, working 4 nights a week with my trio at a little lounge in Tacoma, Washington, I happened to get a hold of "June's Got Rhythm"! This is most definitely Christy at her best, and with a small combo to boot! After playing that album several times, my approach to the tunes was very different! I learned to sing with breathe and feeling from Christy.
June is brilliant! More of this great singer on CZcams please!!!!
June was at her happiest singing with the Kenton Orchestra. Saw them in Chicago in 1965 at Arie Crown Theater with the Four Freshmen. She looked just like this and sang divinely. Audience kept applauding and applauding each song as she started it. I believe I saw her daughter Shay was seated in the wings. June was from Decatur, Illinois, and in her senior yearbook photo looks just like....June Christy!
These words are undoubtedly awesome...I'd love to find this kind of hour again someday before I drop...and these folks are just great...
Thanks for posting. June was just a wonderful, wonderful singer.
The unique sound of June Christy. Of course we're all unique, it's just that some are more so than others Such a varied and ebullient woman singer. I always loved her voice and personality.
Love her. I totally wore out my 10 vinyl of Something Cool. That was her best~
I danced to this band and singer. June is on one of my latest videos. swinginkatz
she still has all the mannerisms of young June Christy, it's fun to see
These words are undoubtedly awesome...I'd love to find this kind of hour again someday before I drop...
Thank You for the input Tina, Glad so many people love and remember her.
June Christy was my idol when I decided to switch to Standards from singing Top 40's in the nightclubs of HK. "The Cellar" in the basement of the now demolished Ambassador Hotel on the Golden Strip in Kowloon, HK where I worked nightly the last years of my career was a frequented of Pilots, Chefs, and the best kept secret of the Gay Community. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, amongst other famous stars would stop for a late night drink while in HK. Those were the days!
June's joy in singing always illuminated her appearances. I've always wondered about her later Capitol recordings because the voice sounds deeper and rougher. Yet I saw her in person and that simply was not the case. She sang "Midnight Sun" in its original key and flawlessly. It was clear a gigantic audience at Arie Crown Theater in Chicago was very familiar with her music, too.
soooo enjoyable lovely
I work with singers and can tell you their voices don't naturally get deeper with age. The cause almost always is cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. Sarah's voice did deepen dramatically but she used that change positively, widening her range down without losing the top notes. Ella practically lived like a saint so her voice stayed youngish. Joni James ditto (doesn't drink, doesn't smoke). The lowered sound isn't a result of aging largely, but of not protecting the voice.
@jatoodee Looking for anything on my father, the late Jimmy "Red" Borland, who sang with the Pastels in 1947 (Kenton's vocal group)...
Author: The great Johnny Mercer .
She's only around 40 here but looks much older. Alcohol and cigarettes.