June Christy - Imagination

[bluefandango]

She looks like Cybil Shepard in Moonlighting... Funny... Must be my... imagination...

[ladyp888]

Miss June Christy a west coast singer. She swings

[TheMaximumJoy]

As a young teenager I listened to June constantly - She taught me how to sing a song and to this day, after a long and wonderful carreer, I still know all her licks. What a thrill to be able to actually see her sing. Thank you.

[Ladybug1923]

A perfectly dreamy performance.

[mickyblue247]

I was a teenager when this came out. Like most guys my age, I fell madly in love. To this day, nobody can match this version !

[JPPGEG]

Junie you'll always be the best. I just wish we had video of "Roadshow" and so many great concerts. Love you madly.

[eugenesedita]

Be still my heart. Such tone, intonation, watch her mouth form the words, clues to her vocal technique which is excellent. Lovely quality at the bottom and top of her range. Strong. I love this song.

[coachellabill]

And her mannerisms while singing are so in touch with the meaning of the song. I love Ella and the rest, but June was the best!

[B2PFROST]

this is real music.. it brings tears to my eyes. what we call music today does not compare to ANY of this.

[voldpilot]

She has such dreamy eyes - first time I ever saw her, what a darling ! thanks a million for the breath of fresh air after hearing all these so called new singers try and give us pain.

[Barbaraplease]

sublime.

[leondenis00]

How can people like Britney Spears or Avril Lavigne call themselves singers?

[bluefandango]

Who's Spears? Avril-what?

[leondenis00]

Eh, eh... good one! :)

[pallo8]

Beautifull Voiceeeee!!!

Simply Amazing!

[Barnekkid]

Ends rather abruptly, just when the spell was taking hold.

[MatuArt]

June Christy was a home girl.

[gazingin]

Hey, Doris Day did a version of this song...I thought it sounded familiar.

[phantom0621]

Randy Crawford made a brilliant cover of this track on her 1982 album, Windsong. Would love to see that posted.

[Allhallowsday]

JUNE CHRISTY was superb, but not for unsophisticated tastes. This song was originally included on JUNE's album FAIR AND WARNER, now available on CD paired with GONE FOR THE DAY, a great two-fer.

[shannzii95]

She sounds abit like a dude

[nonnelyentraccm]

What kinda dudes you hangin' out with Finocchio.

[Sarapuco]

LMAO

[punkpants15]

well, jazz musicians, even women are suppposed to sound like that

[shannzii95]

Like not real?

[punkpants15]

how does she sound not real?

[shannzii95]

It sounds like it's playing on a record and she's lip synching.

[punkpants15]

it's only because it's back in the 50s and recording wasn't the best back then

[grenadian11]

Trust me; she is singing. The lip synching crap started in the seventies on. This woman had a natural talent but because you might be young you cannot believe someone can sound this way with out studio tricks.

[greenmatzoh]

She is lovely, the way her eyes mist up when she sings. But, what happened to the end of the song?

[Blinglover]

Wow.....I guess she was 25 at the time. Her voice was the best I ever heard her sing.

Wonder why the lyrics were "it make the whole world seem sunny" instead of "It makes a cloudy day sunny."

Am I wrong about the lyrics? I have this recording by several people.

Anyhow - I adore her.

[joevars2]

Hi

Dad's name was Bart Varsalona

He played bass trombone with the Kenton band from 42 - 50 then back again in 1955 for the Kenton TV show in NY. He also recorded with June on her studio albums with Pete Rugolo's orchestra...Something Cool, etc.

Joe

[dickjepson]

Anyone got a copy of "Goodbye" that the band made after the death of (I think) Art Pepper.

[bikerbuoy21]

Does anyone else think this chick looks like Cybill Shepherd?

[zoenicky3]

Excellent. Please repost with the ending of the song intact. Thank you so much for posting!

[bobthwart]

Man I fucking love this girl!!!!

[melwebb64]

What a BEAUTIFULL voice. Thanks!

[dfenley]

So good! But ouch! Any chance you can repost with the end of the song?

[wohezuile]

I re-encoded completely!

[edwinfujinaka]

There are many singers who are more technically proficient, but June Christy exudes femininity in the classic American sense and it is hard to hear her sing without falling in love with the image her voice conjures up. It's really great to be able to see her perform in these videos. Technically her intonation and vibrato have been criticized, but her slight imperfections are what make her genuine and the girl you'd love to have living next door.

[19rebel57]

What a beauty! Thanks so much for posting this video, it takes me right back to those days when life was young, and better, in my opinion. June Christy was the Best, she is always in my heart.

[19rebel57]

June Christy was always my favorite singer, from when I was just a kid, and heard her sing "Across The Alley From The Alamo." I finally got to see her in person, in Hollywood, in 1957, singing at the Crescendo Nightclub

[joevars2]

I think that she got the title "Cool" from her big hit "Something Cool" but she is often called "The Misty Miss Christy"

It's a shame that she never got the recognition she deserved in later years.

My father was with the Kenton Band for all the years that she was with them. He had fond memories of her and her husband, saxophonist Bob Cooper.

[dickjepson]

Love to know your dad's name,I saw the band in Dublin in'52 and at the Hamersmith Palais about 1970.

[taddyd1]

Amazing! thanks for this.

[BrockMasters9]

I love her and this style. I would have loved to have been young in this era. Some people think they were born before their time. I was born after mine. I love this music these types of clubs...to bad they're all history now. My generation has nothing but trash.

[AngusTCat]

Hi BrockMasters9, I feel the same way. I grew up loving this kind of music and I thought I was the only one in my generation who appreciated it :-( (I was born in the 60s by the way). I'm very happy that there is now a growing awareness and affection for it. It's especially popular now in Germany: you might be interested in having a look here on You Tube for Roger Cicero and Tom Gaebel's videos. Both of them are fantastic singers in the classic style. I love Tony Hadley's swing album too.

[GenericGene]

I had never heard og June Christy, I have now, Good Post.

[ronwoo65]

check out the cd,"road show," with stan kenton, june christy, etc. ms. christie had the flu but..

[paulostroff99]

As a red hot vocalist- she was totally cool!This was one of her best performances.

[oldtilter]

Great to hear this music from the past

[esorcx]

she sings to me every night.

che femmina, marò!

[waynebrasler]

Having been a June Christy fan for more than a half century I still can't figure why she was labeled "cool." Few singers have been more involved in their music and their lyrics than she, or imparted warmth and feeling to the degree she did. She was cool in terms of being way ahead of the pack and of creating avant garde albums without peer. But she was hardly detached in any way. I still don't get it!

[imaginit]

I thing you are misinterpreting the popular use of the word "cool". Your first observation, that she was ahead of the pack, is one connotation of the word "cool".

June Christie is "cool" because was an excellent singer, and most important perhaps, imparted a new feeling to her songs that resonated with her contemporaries, as well as future generations.

Stay cool.

[waynebrasler]

June herself said she liked being thought as "cool" as being in the forefront, in the know, savvy. But she herself never understood why she musically was interpreted as cool because she was such an emotional singer (and person). As a singer Anita O'Day unquestionably was cool but she was a very different singer than Christy. I won't even get into Chris Connor, who also was labeled "cool" but vocally was much more than that.

[eidetic]

I had never heard of June Christy until now. Thank you wohezuile for sharing, and thanks to youtube for not tearing this down.

[eguirald]

Christy was great!

[retroafro98]

Wow, she was so great. Thanks to all who keep digging up these hard-to-find Christy gems.