June Christy 3 songs 1965 Not Only But Also

This is June Christy singing "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis", "Just in Time" and "My Shining Hour" on the classic 1965 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore TV series "Not Only, But Also".

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[ALJarman1]

Great to see June at this point in her career, and so well-recorded. I gather there isn't a great deal of video material around of her at this time... but Channel ATN7 in Australia has (or had) a full show taped for a planned 1-hr telecast (never used) from May, 1963, at the Sydney Chevron-Hilton hotel (accompanied by Joe Castro). She sang all three songs featured here, plus a seldom-heard "One Life to Live". Now THAT would be a nice piece of film to find; or is it already out there somewhere?

[chasspeed]

@ALJarman1 I have never heard of that one, but would love to see it. I have been looking for the late 1950 Playboys Penthouse episode with June Christy and I think Dave Brubeck was also on that show.

[jfury76]

This is truly a great clip of Ms. Christy. I can't wait for somebody follow this one up with her appearance on Playboy's Penthouse show in the early 60's. Great stuff there also.

[chasspeed]

Has anybody ever seen the June Christy episode of Playboy's Penthouse? I think Dave Brubeck was also on that episode. It's strange that this episode never turns up.

[scharwenka1850]

This is really one of the best, if not the best clip of June Christy on YT. At this stage of her career, she really gives it a great performance.

[waynebrasler]

This is so great of you to post this. June was at the end of her recording career and, on her final Capitol album, the impression is of a diminished voice--I thought, always, because of poor engineering in the studio because soon after I saw here her in Chicago with Kenton and she was flawless. As we can see here, she is at the fullest power of her career, certainly more animated and forceful than ever before, and absolutely gorgeous. A great joy that she is still selling records big time.

[thombro]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[stevevandien]

I LOVE Christy. Wonderfully distinctive, warm, throaty, husky and sexy voice; very musical and singular style:) --

[grenadian11]

@hepcat2009 she was 40 or 41 in this clip so how frail can a woman that age be, even a glass of brandy now and then would not have put her at her dead bed by that age!

[ALJarman1]

@chasspeed : I don't think many people have heard about the Sydney taping; I was fortunate enough to be there when it was recorded, so you can imagine I was hanging on Channel 7 screening it (they had announced it as a forthcoming one-hour special). However, eventually they telecast just one song, cut into a variety show months later. All the rest -- top-class Christy!! -- may well be sitting around in a vault somewhere, if it hasn't been trucked up to the local tip. What I wouldn't give.....

[cookmoore]

Okay, so those were the only sketches left?

[chasspeed]

The Pete & Dud "What's the Worst thing that can happen to you" sketch that's on Youtube is from this show. The Alan O'Dale song is also from this show.

[cookmoore]

I'll have to nag. Do you have more of the show?