June Christy(Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise)

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  • この曲のボ―カルもいいね!

  • There's no doubt that if it was your Dad's, then you have an unsurpassable reason for it being your 'best' For myself that 'best' is a versionof Dukes "A Train " from an LP ( now CD) entitled 'Uptown ' with Betty Roche doing the vocal. Have a listen and let me know-david

  • @teazle2 LOL: It could also be that the mono version of "Softly" was my father's and my introduction to her...To me, the album is the definitive June... I love the unaffectedness of the singing, the clarity of tone. It's still my favorite rendition of the song, which admittedly, isn't a show-stopper.

  • @grandcarriage1 Christy was magnificent doing anything-I reckon. And re-listening I enjoyed it very much-For me though, still not oneof her greatest - Made me think of so many nights at big band sessions up and down UK where in the case of John Dankworth and Cleo Lane, she "coasted a couple" Same with Ted Heath's singers and with Denis Lotis, they occasionally 'rested' a song out and thats the kind of message I took from this BUT Christy was a landmark singer no doubt at all.david

  • @teazle2 I have to disagree...This song and recording shows how lovely her range is... Her lower voice especially shines in this rendition.

  • Doesn't show Christy at best. Try 'Bewitched' or 'Midnight Sun'  It's her earlier younger voice that produces memorable music. Didnt she marry Rugolo ?

  • The melody of "Softly" is very close to the melody of Kenton's theme song "Artistry in Rhythm." Rugolo was a genius. He adored Christy and said he could bring in the toughest arrangement and she could sail through it and do anything he asked. But she needed things written out; she was not an improviser even when she sounds like she's improvising. Besides being a remarkable artist, she was cute as a button.

  • Notice that Pete Rugulo pays a tribute

    to Artie Shaw in his arrangement by

    playing the refrain of Shaw's theme,

    Nightmare, in the back ground.

  • This is great.

  • Excellent. Nice choice. Thx.

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