http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2201&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rssThe beatnik Doris Day, June Christy combined a sunny "girl-next door" appeal with darkly melancholic songs and an independent streak that meshed perfectly with the free-thinking coffeehouse crowd of the 1950s. Often associated with the West Coast jazz movement, Christy's ties to the style go back to its roots in the Boyd Raeburn and Stan Kenton big bands. June Christy quickly became a star with Kenton, and was renowned for deftly handling the experimental musical curveballs he would throw at her. After numerous hits as Kenton's featured singer, Christy left his orchestra and joined Capitol Records, <I>the</I> label for jazz singers in the 1950s. She recorded <I>Something Cool</I>, her brilliant debut L.P, in 1953 with her old Kenton cohort Pete Rugolo and a host of the West Coast's best cool jazz musicians (including her husband, saxophonist Bob Cooper). <I>Something Cool</I> was a major success and instantly became one the biggest sellers of its time. At once accessible and challenging, the album became a benchmark for the rest of her career. It showcased her knack for finding offbeat and often bleak tunes (the famed title track, for instance, is about a lonely, deluded woman who scares away a potential pick-up at a bar). After that artistic and commercial high-water mark, Christy was given free rein at Capitol and split her time between orchestral albums with Rugolo and small group jazz sessions, often with her husband. Even though she was a popular concert draw, Christy never enjoyed touring; when rock supplanted classic pop in the album charts in the mid-'60s, she called it a day, coming out of retirement occasionally to sing with the old cool jazz crowd until her death in 1990. - Nick DedinaVocal Jazzen720Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:26:33 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2201&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss The beatnik Doris Day, June Christy combined a sunny "girl-next door" appeal with darkly melancholic songs and an independent streak that meshed perfectly with the free-thinking coffeehouse crowd of the 1950s. Often associated with the West Coast jazz movement, Christy's ties to the style go back to its roots in the Boyd Raeburn and Stan Kenton big bands. June Christy quickly became a star with Kenton, and was renowned for deftly handling the experimental musical curveballs he would throw at her. After numerous hits as Kenton's featured singer, Christy left his orchestra and joined Capitol Records, <I>the</I> label for jazz singers in the 1950s. She recorded <I>Something Cool</I>, her brilliant debut L.P, in 1953 with her old Kenton cohort Pete Rugolo and a host of the West Coast's best cool jazz musicians (including her husband, saxophonist Bob Cooper). <I>Something Cool</I> was a major success and instantly became one the biggest sellers of its time. At once accessible and challenging, the album became a benchmark for the rest of her career. It showcased her knack for finding offbeat and often bleak tunes (the famed title track, for instance, is about a lonely, deluded woman who scares away a potential pick-up at a bar). After that artistic and commercial high-water mark, Christy was given free rein at Capitol and split her time between orchestral albums with Rugolo and small group jazz sessions, often with her husband. Even though she was a popular concert draw, Christy never enjoyed touring; when rock supplanted classic pop in the album charts in the mid-'60s, she called it a day, coming out of retirement occasionally to sing with the old cool jazz crowd until her death in 1990. - Nick Dedina http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029674&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Thu, 27 Jun 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by June Christy on Rhapsody Online 2029674 tra.2029674 June Christy art.2201 0.99 The Best Of June Christy-The Jazz Sessions alb.234582 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/5/1/391598_170x170.jpg 1996-11-26 00:00:00.0 1968-06-27 00:00:00.0 true Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most tra.2029674 253000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029674&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029674&variant=data&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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00:00:00.0 true My One and Only Love tra.7549449 166000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7549449&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7549449&variant=data&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720595&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by June Christy on Rhapsody Online 2720595 tra.2720595 June Christy art.2201 0.99 Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails 2 alb.196278 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/4/2/512497_170x170.jpg 2000-10-24 00:00:00.0 1997-09-23 00:00:00.0 true The Merriest tra.2720595 126000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720595&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2720595&variant=data&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.506416&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 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1968-06-27 00:00:00.0 true Fly Me To The Moon tra.2029668 193000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029668&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029668&variant=data&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7375254&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by June Christy on Rhapsody Online 7375254 tra.7375254 June Christy art.2201 0.99 Ballads For Night People alb.7372434 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/9/2/8/718291_170x170.jpg 2005-06-07 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 true Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered tra.7375254 296000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7375254&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7375254&variant=data&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029673&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Thu, 27 Jun 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by June Christy on Rhapsody Online 2029673 tra.2029673 June Christy art.2201 0.99 The Best Of June Christy-The Jazz Sessions alb.234582 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/5/1/391598_170x170.jpg 1996-11-26 00:00:00.0 1968-06-27 00:00:00.0 true How High The Moon tra.2029673 154000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029673&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029673&variant=data&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2029658&variant=play&rws=%2Fjune-christy%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Thu, 27 Jun 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by June Christy on Rhapsody Online 2029658 tra.2029658 June Christy art.2201 0.99 The Best Of June Christy-The Jazz Sessions alb.234582 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/5/1/391598_170x170.jpg 1996-11-26 00:00:00.0 1968-06-27 00:00:00.0 true Something Cool tra.2029658 256000 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