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June Christy

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Aliases
June Christy and The Koala All Star Orchestra
Real name
Shirley Luster
Born
November 20, 1925
Died
June 21, 1990
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz and pop vocalist
Family
Bob Cooper Spouse (1947-1990)
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Covers by June Christy

Title Performer Release date Originally by
June 1959 Woody Herman accompanied by The Four Chips
June 1959 Katherine Perry
  October 1958 Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
1998 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
July 30, 1956 Frank Sinatra
1977 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
October 1955 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
September 1960 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
  March 1961 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
  January 1959 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
1977 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
  October 1955 Buddy Rich and His Orchestra REL, Frankie Laine with Carl Fischer's Poets of Rhythm REC
  September 1960 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
August 1952 Aaron Lebedeff and Lucy Levin, Andrews Sisters
  May 1957 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Judy Garland BRD
May 1957 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Maids
  February 1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
  February 1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
October 1958 Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
1995 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
1998 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
December 1965 Vince Guaraldi Trio, Mel Tormé, arranged and conducted by Marty Paich
  December 1965 Louis Jourdan PRF, Doug Crosley REL
  1998 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  June 1959 Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC
  April 1961 Nancy Dussault - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REL, Nancy Dussault PRF
listen on Internet Archive October 1951 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by The Kaye Choir
July 30, 1956 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
July 30, 1956 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
September 1960 The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men
  December 1965 Sondheim REC, Eydie Gorme REL, Elizabeth Allen, Company PRF
February 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
September 1963 Billie Holiday
  February 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
October 1958 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
June 1959 Martha Tilton with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins
1998 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
listen on Internet Archive May 1949 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
1977 Quincy Jones
  September 1963 Maureen Cannon PRF, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by June Robbins and Bill Heathcock REC
  October 1955 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
  September 1963 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
  July 30, 1956 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
  November 1949 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
September 1960 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
  November 1957 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
March 1963 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
1979 King Cole Trio
October 1958 (unknown performer)
1987 Dolores Gray
December 1965 Dolores Gray
June 1959 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive January 1949 Gene Austin
December 1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Don Costa
  June 1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
listen on Internet Archive   June 1948 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
October 1955 Bobbe Arnst
  July 30, 1956 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
I Don't Want To Be Loved (By Anyone Else But You) Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Vocal June Christy 1996 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive July 1947 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
  September 1963 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC
  April 1961 John Reardon PRF, John Reardon - Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REL
May 1957 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paula Kelly and The Four Modernaires
  November 1949 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
August 2, 1954 Grace Moore
1998 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
1998 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
May 1957 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
October 1958 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
I'm Gonna Love That Guy (Like He's Never Been Loved Before) Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Vocal June Christy 1998 Unverified
February 1960 The Mary Kaye Trio
I'm Thrilled June Christy with The Johnny Guarnieri Quintet 2001 Unverified
November 1957 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, (unknown)
1987 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
  January 1959 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
May 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Skip Nelson and The Tommy Dorsey Quartet
  August 2, 1954 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
March 1963 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
  August 2, 1954 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
October 1958 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1979 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
September 1963 Shirley Ross
December 1947 (unknown)
  May 1957 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby BRD
February 1960 Jane Powell
November 1957 Jane Powell
June 1959 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
listen on Internet Archive September 1946 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
1998 Claire Carleton
November 1957 Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
  1998 Mary Hay and Clifton Webb PRF, Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra REC,REL
I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams June Christy with The Johnny Guarnieri Quintet 1999 Unverified
  May 1957 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
  February 1960 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
  May 1957 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
  January 1959 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
1998 Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra
  1987 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
June 1959 (unknown)
September 1960 (unknown), Harry C. Browne and Peerless Quartet, The King Cole Trio
February 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill
February 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill
November 1957 Kaye Ballard
May 1957 Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
  August 2, 1954 Brian Sullivan REL,PRF
October 1955 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  December 1965 Rita Williams REC, Marti Webb and Tommy Steele PRF,REL
September 1960 Queenie Smith
  1987 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
November 1957 (unknown)
December 1965 Johnny Mandel
November 1957 The Four Freshmen
  1979 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
1998 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
  1998 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REL, Anita Boyer REC
  April 1961 John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
July 30, 1956 Eddy Howard
February 1960 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
August 2, 1954 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
September 1963 Erroll Garner Trio, Dakota Staton
December 1952 Bette McLaurin with "The Striders" & Eddie Wilcox Orch.
October 1958 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata, Frank Sinatra
  1977 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
  January 1959 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
  February 1960 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
March 1963 Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald
February 1960 Richard Hayes and Tani Seitz
January 1959 Constance Moore
May 1957 Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Camarata
1977 (unknown), Blossom Dearie
  March 1961 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1998 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1955 (unknown)
March 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
August 10, 1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
March 1961 Peggy Moran
  October 1958 Helen Humes with Marshal Royal Orchestra REL, Miss Cornshucks with Benny Carter and His Orchestra REC
  July 30, 1956 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
September 1960 Jo Stafford with Vocal Group and Paul Weston and His Orchestra
  February 1960 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
Shadow Woman June Christy February 1960 Unverified
  1977 Julie Andrews, John Michael King REC, Julie Andrews and John Michael King PRF
July 30, 1956 Hotel Pennsylvania Music - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
1998 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
  September 1960 Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Judy Starr REC
  August 1, 1955 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
August 1952 Jimmy McPhail
1977 The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
listen on Internet Archive February 1948 Ernie Andrews
1963 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
  January 1959 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
  September 1963 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
March 1963 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
September 1963 Ginger Rogers and Don Loper
1998 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
  September 1960 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
March 1963 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jo Stafford and Sy Oliver
  1998 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
1963 Ethel Waters
July 30, 1956 Nat "King" Cole
March 1961 David Raksin
  May 1957 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
  1998 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
June 1959 Gene Austin
  1987 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
  September 1963 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
August 1, 1955 Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston
January 1959 Isham Jones Orchestra
July 30, 1956 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
January 1959 Tullio Carminati
1977 Houston Person REL, Dave Grusin BRD, Shirley Bassey
listen on Internet Archive i May 1949 Fred Astaire
July 30, 1956 Chet Baker
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  October 1958 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
August 1, 1955 Priscilla Lane
  July 30, 1956 Alice Faye BRD, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Godet REC,REL
  1998 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
  September 1963 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
  1979 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
May 1958 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
October 1955 Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas
December 1965 Barbara Harris
October 1958 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
May 1957 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
November 1957 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
November 1957 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
September 1960 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
1979 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
June 1959 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive January 1947 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
1998 Bing Crosby
March 1963 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
October 1955 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)
September 1963 Frances Langford, Libby Bennett, Ann Miller & Lucille Ball [dubbed by Trudy Erwin]
  March 1961 Sarah Vaughan - Orch. & Choir under the direction of Hugo Winterhalter REC,REL, Eric Brotherson PRF
listen on Internet Archive June 1956 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Friendly Session Vol. 1 June Christy with The Johnny Guarnieri Quintet 1998 Jasmine Records
Ballads for Night People June Christy, arranged and conducted by Bob Cooper February 1960 Capitol Records
Big Band Specials June Christy March 1963 Capitol Records
Day Dreams June Christy 1995 Capitol Jazz
Do-Re-Mi - A Modern Interpretation of the Hit Broadway Musical) June Christy and Bob Cooper April 1961 Capitol Records
Duet June Christy and Stan Kenton October 1955 Capitol Records
Duet [Reissue] June Christy - Stan Kenton August 10, 1993 Capitol Jazz
Fair and Warmer June Christy - Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo May 1957 Capitol Records
Gone for the Day June Christy - Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo November 1957 Capitol Records
Impromptu June Christy 1977 Interplay Records
June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days June Christy - Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo June 1959 Capitol Records
June's Got Rhythm June Christy - Arrangements and Orchestral Direction by Bob Cooper October 1958 Capitol Records
June Time June Christy and Friends 1981 Swing House Records
Off Beat June Christy March 1961 Capitol Records
Road Show Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - June Christy - The Four Freshmen February 1960 Capitol Records
Something Broadway, Something Latin June Christy with the Music of Ernie Freeman December 1965 Capitol Records
Something Cool June Christy with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra August 2, 1954 Capitol Records
Something Cool [12"] June Christy with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra August 1, 1955 Capitol Records
The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions Peggy Lee, June Christy 1998 Mosaic Records
The Cool School - Songs for Grown-Up Children June Christy with the Joe Castro Quartet September 1960 Capitol Records
The Intimate Miss Christy June Christy September 1963 Capitol Records
The Misty Miss Christy June Christy - Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo July 30, 1956 Capitol Records
The Song Is June! June Christy with Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo January 1959 Capitol Records
The Swinging Chicks Fran Warren - June Christy 1963 Camay Records
The Uncollected - 1957, Vol. II June Christy 1987 Hindsight Records
This is June Christy! June Christy - Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo May 1958 Capitol Records
This Time of Year June Christy October 1961 Capitol Records
Willow Weep for Me June Christy and The Koala All Star Orchestra 1979 Koala [Tennessee]

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