June Christy - June Christy 1977

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1977
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:19
Size: 97,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:25) 1. My Shining Hour
(4:51) 2. Once Upon A Summertime
(2:28) 3. Show Me
(6:14) 4. Everything Must Change
(4:20) 5. Willow Weep For Me
(3:54) 6. I'll Remember April
(4:01) 7. The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye
(4:06) 8. Autumn Serenade
(4:13) 9. Sometime Ago
(4:43) 10. Angel Eyes

Though she was the epitome of the vocal cool movement of the 1950s, June Christy was a warm, chipper vocalist able to stretch out her impressive voice on bouncy swing tunes and set herself apart from other vocalists with her deceptively simple enunciation. From her time in Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she inherited a focus on brassy swing from arranger friends like Pete Rugolo. Rugolo would become a consistent companion far into her solo days, too, arranging most of her LPs and balancing her gymnastic vocal abilities with a series of attentive charts.

Born Shirley Luster in Springfield, IL, she began singing early on and appeared with a local society band during high school. She moved to Chicago in the early '40s, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. In 1945, after hearing that Anita O'Day had just left Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she auditioned for the role and got it early that year. Despite an early resemblance (physically and vocally) to O'Day, the singer -- renamed June Christy -- soon found her own style: a warm, chipper voice that stretched out beautifully and enlivened Kenton's crossover novelties ("Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," the million-selling "Tampico") as well as the leader's intricately arranged standards ("How High the Moon"). As she became more and more popular within the Kenton band, arranger Pete Rugolo began writing charts with her style especially in mind. After the Kenton orchestra broke up in 1948, Christy worked the nightclub circuit for awhile before reuniting with Kenton for his 1950 Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, a very modern 40-piece group that toured America. She had already debuted as a solo act the year before, recording for Capitol with a group led by her husband, Kenton tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper.

Christy's debut LP for Capitol, 1954's Something Cool, was recorded with Rugolo at the head of the orchestra. The album launched the vocal cool movement and hit the Top 20 album charts in America, as did a follow-up, The Misty Miss Christy. Her 1955 Duet LP paired her voice with Kenton's piano, while most of her Capitol LPs featured her with various Kenton personnel and Rugolo (or Bob Cooper) at the head of the orchestra. She reprised her earlier big-band days with 1959's June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days, and recorded a raft of concept LPs before retiring in 1965. Christy returned to the studio only once, for 1977's Impromptu on Musicraft.~John Bush https://www.allmusic.com/artist/june-christy-mn0000837592/biography

Personnel: June Christy – vocals; Lou Levy – piano; Jack Sheldon – trumpet; Frank Rosolino – trombone; Bob Cooper – tenor saxophone, flute; Bob Daugherty – bass; Shelly Manne – drums

June Christy 1977

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June Christy - Day Dreams

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:18
Size: 108.3 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:43] 1. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
[2:44] 2. If I Should Lose You
[2:44] 3. Daydream
[3:03] 4. Little Grass Shack
[2:48] 5. Skip-Rope
[2:58] 6. I'll Bet You Do
[2:47] 7. The Way You Look Tonight
[2:59] 8. Everything Happens To Me
[3:13] 9. I'll Remember April
[2:43] 10. Get Happy
[3:05] 11. Somewhere (If Not In Heaven)
[2:25] 12. A Mile Down The Highway (There's A Toll Bridge)
[2:54] 13. Do It Again
[2:50] 14. He Can Come Back Anytime He Wants To
[3:34] 15. Body And Soul
[3:39] 16. You're Blase

This CD includes all of singer June Christy's Capitol recordings from 1947-50 outside of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, including four previously unreleased titles. Christy, a subtle and cheerful improviser, was always willing to take chances, and her repertoire here ranges from novelties and jazz standards to a version of "Everything Happens to Me" on which she is backed by a typically radical arrangement by Bob Graettinger. In addition to the performances with orchestras led by Frank DeVol, Bob Cooper, Pete Rugolo and Shorty Rogers (highlighted by "Get Happy"), there are also two songs from her 1955 duet date with pianist Stan Kenton that were released on this CD for the first time. June Christy is in superior form throughout this highly enjoyable and somewhat historical set. ~Scott Yanow

Day Dreams mc
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Various - Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hart

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:24
Size: 165.8 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[1:51] 1. Susan Barrett - Manhattan
[2:27] 2. June Christy - You Took Advantage Of Me
[2:32] 3. Vic Damone - I Could Write A Book
[2:37] 4. The Dinning Sisters - Where Or When
[2:49] 5. Nancy Wilson - Little Girl Blue
[3:09] 6. Mel Tormé - Blue Moon
[3:04] 7. Margaret Whiting - Lover
[2:18] 8. Sarah Vaughan - Have You Met Miss Jones
[3:30] 9. Gordon MacRae - My Funny Valentine
[2:38] 10. The Andrews Sisters - My Romance
[2:41] 11. Peggy Lee - My Heart Stood Still
[2:28] 12. Nat King Cole - This Can't Be Love
[4:56] 13. June Christy - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
[2:42] 14. Margaret Whiting - Thou Swell
[3:15] 15. Dean Martin - It's Easy To Remember
[2:49] 16. Nancy Wilson - It Never Entered My Mind
[2:34] 17. Dolores Gray - Isn't It Romantic
[2:08] 18. Vic Damone - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
[4:10] 19. Sarah Vaughan - Glad To Be Unhappy
[2:31] 20. Peggy Lee - The Lady Is A Tramp
[3:43] 21. The Four Freshmen - Spring Is Here
[2:58] 22. Dinah Shore - Falling In Love With Love
[2:26] 23. Jane Froman - With A Song In My Heart
[5:57] 24. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

The songwriting partnership of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart ended with Hart's death on November 22, 1943. The earliest track on this album of Rodgers & Hart songs from the Capitol Records vaults, the Dinning Sisters' version of the 1937 copyright "Where or When" (from the Broadway musical Babes in Arms), was recorded less than a month later, on December 17, 1943, and the latest one, Nancy Wilson's reading of "It Never Entered My Mind" (from the 1940 show Higher and Higher), on November 3, 1967. So, the collection consists of recordings made in the quarter-century after the Rodgers & Hart era. That's appropriate, since Capitol was co-founded by singer/songwriter Johnny Mercer to showcase the rise of individual pop singers in the waning days of the big-band period, and they often sang old show tunes with new, post-swing arrangements like those here, written by the likes of Billy May and Nelson Riddle. The leader in this sort of thing, of course, was Frank Sinatra, who was a Capitol artist. But he must have had a contractual right of refusal to have his recordings used on compilations like this, since he appears only as the conductor of Peggy Lee's version of "My Heart Stood Still." Most of the rest of Capitol's roster of singers is included, however, such as June Christy, Margaret Whiting, Nat King Cole, and Dean Martin. Only four of the tracks date from the 1940s, so this is really the music of the ‘50s and early ‘60s primarily, with the swing charts varied occasionally by a Latin treatment (Lee's "The Lady Is a Tramp") or a bongos-and-flute accompaniment (Dinah Shore's "Falling in Love with Love"). Variety is also provided by vocal groups like the Andrews Sisters and the Four Freshmen. Most of these performers are not jazz singers, but Mel Tormé gets to apply his pipes to "Blue Moon," and Sarah Vaughan goes all-out on an individual treatment of "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (or "old Jones," as she alters it), scatting like crazy. Richard Rodgers was notoriously hostile to liberal rearrangements of his songs, but he and Hart were done many favors by the Capitol singers who helped keep their copyrights alive and flourishing decades after the tunes were written. ~William Ruhlmann

Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hart

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Stan Kenton, June Christy, The Four Freshmen - Road Show

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 76:15

Size: 174.6 MB

Styles: Big band, Vocal jazz

Year: 1959/1991

Art: Front

[3:24] 1. Artistry In Rhythm

[3:27] 2. Stompin' At The Savoy

[5:16] 3. My Old Flame

[9:38] 4. The Big Chase

[1:39] 5. I Want To Be Happy

[2:49] 6. It's A Most Unusual Day

[4:14] 7. Midnight Sun

[2:26] 8. Kissing Bug

[5:22] 9. Bewitched

[3:05] 10. How High The Moon

[3:11] 11. Day In Day Out

[4:06] 12. Angel Eyes

[3:04] 13. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

[1:36] 14. Paper Doll

[3:20] 15. Them There Eyes

[3:41] 16. Love For Sale

[4:57] 17. September Song

[3:47] 18. Walking Shoes

[5:12] 19. The Peanut Vendor

[1:50] 20. Artistry In Rhythm (Reprise)

A great example of the Kenton powerhouse in action – a live recording that really set a new standard for jazz sets of its type! The album features a side apiece dedicated to each of the three acts – one by Kenton's orchestra, one by Christy on vocals, and one by the Four Freshmen – the latter two supported by Kenton's group on their own sides, then joining together for a final fourth side that features all artists together. The approach is a great one – very vibrant, and certainly crowd-pleasing – and titles include "Artistry In Rhythm", "My Old Flame", "I Want To Be Happy", "Midnight Sun", "Day In Day Out", "Angel Eyes", and "Love For Sale".

Road Show 

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June Christy - Something Broadway, Something Latin

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:58
Size: 66,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:20)  1. Do I Hear A Waltz
(2:26)  2. Long Ago
(2:02)  3. Come Back To Me
(2:37)  4. Here's That Rainy Day
(2:36)  5. He Touched Me
(2:57)  6. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(2:10)  7. Gimme Some
(3:01)  8. What Did I Have That I Don't Have
(2:33)  9. Run For Your Life
(2:25) 10. Tell Me More
(2:27) 11. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
(1:19) 12. One Note Samba

In 1965, June Christy could look back on 20 years of great music, but her best work was definitely behind her. The voice that could whisper or bite was beginning to reveal unintentional flaws, and for her album, Something Broadway Something Latin, she resorted to a bid for the mainstream with something for everyone. As such, the songs come from a variety of sources, mostly Broadway hits of the day, sprinkled with one current movie hit (none of which quite survived to be standards, with the possible exception of the movie hit "The Shadow of Your Smile"). Producer Bill Miller and arranger Ernie Freeman looked to the pop charts for their sound (mostly Brill Building tropes), and although Christy never needed to belt out her songs to sound bewitching, she sounds a little tired and uninspired by her surroundings. The highlights come from a pair of songs perfect for her introspection, "The Shadow of Your Smile" and "Here's That Rainy Day."
~ John Bush http://www.allmusic.com/album/something-broadway-something-latin-mw0000843155

Something Broadway, Something Latin

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June Christy - A Passion For Jazz Vol 49

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:51
Size: 143.9 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. If I Should Lose You
[2:43] 2. It’s Been A Long, Long Time
[3:02] 3. I Never Thought I’d Sing The Blues
[3:49] 4. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
[2:38] 5. Across The Valley From Alamo
[3:03] 6. Little Grass Skirt
[2:47] 7. Day Dream
[2:42] 8. Tampico
[2:40] 9. No Baby, Nobody But You
[3:00] 10. I’ll Bet You Do
[2:48] 11. Skip Rope
[3:05] 12. Willow Weep For Me
[3:02] 13. Ain’t No Misery In Me
[2:45] 14. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
[2:26] 15. Are You Livin’ Old Man
[3:00] 16. I Got The Sun In The Morning
[2:38] 17. Just A Sittin’ And A Rockin’
[2:22] 18. Ride On
[2:15] 19. That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch
[3:35] 20. Easy Street
[3:01] 21. Come Rain Or Come Shine
[2:34] 22. Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy

Though she was the epitome of the vocal cool movement of the 1950s, June Christy was a warm, chipper vocalist able to stretch out her impressive voice on bouncy swing tunes and set herself apart from other vocalists with her deceptively simple enunciation. From her time in Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she inherited a focus on brassy swing from arranger friends like Pete Rugolo. Rugolo would become a consistent companion far into her solo days, too, arranging most of her LPs and balancing her gymnastic vocal abilities with a series of attentive charts.

Born Shirley Luster in Springfield, IL, she began singing early on and appeared with a local society band during high school. She moved to Chicago in the early '40s, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. In 1945, after hearing that Anita O'Day had just left Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she auditioned for the role and got it early that year. Despite an early resemblance (physically and vocally) to O'Day, the singer -- renamed June Christy -- soon found her own style: a warm, chipper voice that stretched out beautifully and enlivened Kenton's crossover novelties ("Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," the million-selling "Tampico") as well as the leader's intricately arranged standards ("How High the Moon"). As she became more and more popular within the Kenton band, arranger Pete Rugolo began writing charts with her style especially in mind. After the Kenton orchestra broke up in 1948, Christy worked the nightclub circuit for awhile before reuniting with Kenton for his 1950 Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, a very modern 40-piece group that toured America. She had already debuted as a solo act the year before, recording for Capitol with a group led by her husband, Kenton tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper. ~John Bush

A Passion For Jazz Vol 49

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Various - Capitol Sings Hollywood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:43
Size: 134.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. Betty Hutton - Stuff Like That There
[2:56] 2. Bob Manning - That Old Feeling
[2:41] 3. Bobby Darin - There's A Rainbow 'round My Shoulder
[1:53] 4. Dakota Staton - On Green Dolphin Street
[2:17] 5. Dean Martin - Louise
[3:01] 6. Ethel Ennis - My Foolish Heart
[3:04] 7. Johnny Mercer - If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
[3:13] 8. Julie London - It Could Happen To You
[2:39] 9. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me
[3:29] 10. June Hutton - My Baby Just Cares For Me
[3:12] 11. Keely Smith - When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:48] 12. Lena Horne - Singin' In The Rain
[2:46] 13. Mark Murphy - Put The Blame On Mame
[3:11] 14. Mel Tormé - Again
[4:02] 15. Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful
[2:54] 16. Nat King Cole - Smile
[3:07] 17. Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather
[4:17] 18. Sue Raney - I Remember You
[2:06] 19. Trudy Richards - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
[2:00] 20. Vic Damone - Stella By Starlight

Capitol Records has one of the most distinctive buildings in Los Angeles and if a movie shows the city begin destroyed by aliens or tornadoes it usually involves the destruction of the round building that bears the company's name. Capitol was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, the first major label on the West Coast competing with New York City's Columbia, Decca and RCA-Victor. Starting with artists like Paul Whiteman and Martha Tilton, by the end of the decade the label was recording Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Les Brown, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra. While the works of Crosby and Sinatra are exempt from the Capitol Sings series, you will always find familiar singers singing familiar songs, as with the title track sung by Lena Horne, as often as you hear unfamiliar songs sung by forgotten singers, such as Ethel Ennis singing "My Foolish Heart."

"Captiol Sings Hollywood" is Volume 20 in the series and one brings together twenty tracks representing a particular venue (e.g., Broadway) instead of a specific songwriter (e.g., Irving Berlin). Just be aware that if a song originated in a Broadway show that was made into a Hollywood musical then it is exempt from being included in this collection. That would explain why you may well be unfamiliar with most of these twenty songs. "Singin' in the Rain" and "Stormy Weather" are recognizable classics, and the same should be said for Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," sung here by Nat King Cole in one of the best tracks on the album. and June Christy's swing version of "They Can't Take That Away From Me." But after that you may recognize singers like Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Mel Torme more than "Louise," "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," and "Again." Still you will find a few new little gems on this album, what with Sarah Vaughn's "I Remember You" and Nancy Murphy's saucy "Put the Blame on Mame." That last is from the movie "Gilda" (I mention this because I was drawing blanks on the vast majority of these tracks as to what movies they were culled from and this one immediately jumped to my mind, as did the fact that Anita Ellis sang it for Rita Haywroth).

Despite the unfamiliar songs this is still an enjoyable album, even if it is a lesser one by the standard of the Capitol Sings series. But if you like one of these albums you will certainly enjoy the rest of them. Final Note: On this album Peggy Lee sings Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," but on the "Over the Rainbow: Capitol Sings Harold Arlen" the song is sung by Keely Smith. So even when a song by a particular composer or lyricist shows up on more than one album, you will find different cover versions on each album. Again, this simply reflects how deep the Capitol vault is when it comes to these songs. ~Lawrence Bernabo

Capitol Sings Hollywood

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June Christy - June's Got Rhythm

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:06
Size: 98.7 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1958/2006
Art: Front

[2:23] 1. Rock Me To Sleep
[3:16] 2. The Gypsy In My Soul
[2:41] 3. I'm Glad There Is You
[2:43] 4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[1:55] 5. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[2:46] 6. My One And Only Love
[2:56] 7. When Lights Are Low
[3:34] 8. I Can Make You Love Me (If You Let Me)
[4:17] 9. Easy Living
[3:15] 10. Blue Moon
[2:16] 11. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
[2:30] 12. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
[2:22] 13. Aren't You Glad You're You
[2:39] 14. Looking For A Boy
[3:26] 15. Small Fry

Bass – Monty Budwig; Drums – Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne; Flute – George Spelvin; Guitar – Laurindo Almeida; Oboe – Bob Cooper; Piano – Russ Freeman; Trombone – Frank Rosolino; Trumpet – Ed Leddy; Tuba – Red Callender. Recorded in Hollywood, June, 1958.

Many of singer June Christy's popular Capitol albums feature her cool-toned vocals backed by an orchestra. This recording is an exception. Christy excels on a jazz-oriented set with a nonet that includes trumpeter Ed Leddy, trombonist Frank Rosolino and her husband Bob Cooper (who arranged the set) on tenor and oboe. Christy accurately called this music "intimate swing." Her versions of such songs as "I'm Glad There Is You," "My One and Only Love," "When Lights Are Low" and "Blue Moon" are tasteful, sincere and often quite memorable. ~Scott Yanow

June's Got Rhythm

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Various - Capitol Sings Duke Ellington

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 71:57

Size: 164.7 MB

Styles: Easy Listening

Year: 1994

Art: Front

[ 5:04] 1. Duke Ellington - Duke's Place

[ 2:20] 2. Nancy Wilson - Satin Doll

[ 3:49] 3. Sarah Vaughan - Solitude

[ 3:20] 4. Nat King Cole - Mood Indigo

[ 2:53] 5. June Christy - Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

[ 4:46] 6. Annie Ross - I'm Just A Lucky So And So

[ 2:44] 7. Lou Rawls - Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)

[ 3:06] 8. Dinah Washington - I Didn't Know About You

[ 3:49] 9. Dinah Shore - I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

[ 3:08] 10. Nat King Cole - Don't Get Around Much Anymore

[ 2:54] 11. Hank Jones - In A Sentimental Mood

[ 3:04] 12. Harry James & His Orchestra - I'm Beginning To See The Light

[ 5:31] 13. Duke Ellington - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

[ 2:10] 14. Peggy Lee - Jump For Joy

[ 2:15] 15. Dinah Washington - Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me

[ 2:43] 16. June Christy - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

[ 2:42] 17. Nat King Cole - Caravan

[ 2:29] 18. Nancy Wilson - Sophisticated Lady

[ 2:42] 19. The King Sisters - Take The A Train

[10:17] 20. Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

If you like Duke Ellington's music, you will love this collection. The disc includes some very well known versions of Ellington's big hits. As expected from the title, all the versions are from the Capitol Records' vault. I miss Ella Fitzgerald. A few cuts from her would have made this album perfect. But that's a minor point as the overall collection of artists represented here is outstanding. The artists range from Duke's own orchestra to Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Lou Rawls and the King Sisters. The title track, "Mood Indigo" is performed by Nat King Cole - simply the best.

The songs have been digitally remastered and the sound is as close to perfect as modern technology can make it. The music is as clean and bright on this album as it was when it was originally recorded. Great songs; great artists; excellent sound -- so, turn up the volume and swing the house! Highly recommended! ~Penumbra

Capitol Sings Duke Ellington

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Various - Capitol Sings Coast To Coast

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:46
Size: 118.5 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Margaret Whiting - Moonlight In Vermont
[2:24] 2. Susan Barrett - Old Cape Cod
[2:48] 3. Dakota Staton - Broadway
[2:39] 4. Jo Stafford - Autumn In New York
[2:48] 5. Dean Martin - When It's Sleepy Time Down South
[3:03] 6. Judy Garland - Carolina In The Morning
[2:39] 7. The Four Knights - Georgia On My Mind
[3:02] 8. Peggy Lee - Basin Street Blues
[2:05] 9. Dinah Shore - Mississippi Mud
[2:36] 10. Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo
[2:13] 11. Kay Starr - Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
[3:38] 12. Nat King Cole - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
[2:00] 13. Sandler & Young - Chicago
[2:17] 14. June Christy - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
[2:13] 15. Gordon Macrae - When It's Springtime In The Rockies
[2:50] 16. Peggy Lee - I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
[2:54] 17. Johnny Mercer - San Fernando Valley
[2:21] 18. Nancy Wilson - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[2:15] 19. Ella Fitzgerald - Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)
[2:07] 20. The Pied Pipers - Avalon

In the 1950's, Capitol Records had some of the best talent in the music industry, including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, both of whom were at the apex of their respective forms. At least Dean is present in this collection of songs, all of which are tied to the theme of places within the United States (continental and otherwise). Even though Frank is not represented, some of my favorite voices of the era are here, including Jo Stafford, Margaret Whiting, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and the incomparable Johnny Mercer. Unfortunately, the songs don't always match up to the talent. There are some stand-outs, such as "Moonlight in Vermont," "Old Cape Cod," "Autumn in New York" and "Georgia on My Mind." ~Sarah Bellum

Capitol Sings Coast To Coast

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Various - Capitol Records From The Vaults: Vine Street Divas

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:06
Size: 172.0 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[2:53] 1. Jo Stafford - Long Ago (And Far Away)
[3:15] 2. Ella Mae Morse - Shoo-Shoo Baby
[2:49] 3. Benny Carter - Hurry, Hurry
[3:09] 4. Betty Hutton - It Had To Be You
[3:15] 5. Martha Tilton - I'll Walk Alone
[3:06] 6. Stan Kenton - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
[3:10] 7. Margaret Whiting - Moonlight In Vermont
[2:57] 8. Martha Tilton - I Should Care
[3:10] 9. Paul Weston And His Orchestra - It Might As Well Be Spring
[3:07] 10. Martha Tilton - A Stranger In Town
[2:42] 11. June Christy - It's Been A Long, Long Time
[3:02] 12. Betty Hutton - Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
[3:19] 13. Peggy Lee - I Don't Know Enough About You
[2:57] 14. Jo Stafford - Day By Day
[2:50] 15. Peggy Lee - It's A Good Day
[2:24] 16. Nellie Lutcher - Hurry On Down
[3:11] 17. Benny Goodman - I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)
[2:58] 18. Peggy Lee - Golden Earrings
[2:54] 19. Jo Stafford - Serenade Of The Bells
[3:04] 20. Margaret Whiting - But Beautiful
[3:12] 21. Peggy Lee - Everybody Loves Somebody
[3:05] 22. Kay Starr - You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)
[2:12] 23. Blue Lu Barker - A Little Bird Told Me
[3:05] 24. Helen O'Connell - Teardrops From My Eyes
[3:11] 25. Jo Stafford - Some Enchanted Evening

This volume of From the Vault highlights early Capitol Records hits by the ladies of the tower, so to speak. Individual talents such as Jo Stafford, Anita O'Day, and Peggy Lee began to emerge from many top orchestras and soon became Vine Street divas in their own right. The timing for this incipient wave of girl power couldn't have been better -- since WW II was preoccupying many of the country's top male vocalists. The extensive selection of musical genres on the label didn't hurt either. Among the most popular of these were show tunes. Jo Stafford led her fellow female artists scoring Top Ten hits with songs from both stage and screen. Vine Street Divas includes two Stafford classics -- "Long Ago (And Far Away)" from the film Cover Girl, as well as "Some Enchanted Evening" from the stage adaptation of South Pacific. Among the other soundtrack or cast recordings featured on this compilation are Ella Mae Morse's "Shoo-Shoo Baby" from the motion picture Three Cheers for the Boys," and Betty Hutton's classic "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" as featured in The Stork Club. This volume has cleverly gathered rare and hard to find early recordings by ladies who quickly gained international acclaim -- such as Anita O'Day ("And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine,") June Christy ("It's Been a Long, Long Time"), and Margaret Whiting -- who is featured with no less than three different orchestras on this collection. Vine Street Divas is accompanied by a ten-page liner notes booklet containing vintage memorabilia, photos, and other previously unpublished eye candy. Plus, to fill in the details is an essay by musician and music historian, Billy Vera. Initial pressings -- limited to 10,000 -- are cleverly packaged in a digipack designed to replicate the 78 rpm records and sleeves of the era. ~LindsayPlaner

Capitol Records From The Vaults: Vine Street Divas

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Various - Capitol Sings Around The World: Far Away Places

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:01
Size: 132.8 MB
Styles: Vocal pop
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:31] 1. Nat King Cole - Around The World
[3:18] 2. Lena Horne - I Love Paris
[3:08] 3. The Andrews Sisters - Tulip Time
[2:18] 4. Vic Damone - The Moon Of Manakoora
[2:16] 5. Dakota Staton - A Foggy Day
[3:16] 6. Dean Martin - Canadian Sunset
[3:24] 7. Bing Crosby - New Vienna Woods
[2:39] 8. The Dinning Sisters - Brazil
[2:30] 9. Bobby Darin - Sunday In New York
[1:54] 10. Kay Starr - On A Slow Boat To China
[2:11] 11. Nancy Wilson - The Boy From Ipanema
[3:07] 12. Peggy Lee - Bali Ha'i
[2:47] 13. The Four Freshmen - Frenesi
[2:54] 14. Dinah Shore - April In Paris
[3:12] 15. The Andrews Sisters - The Japanese Sandman
[4:45] 16. Nat King Cole - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
[2:49] 17. June Christy - A Night In Tunisia
[2:39] 18. Dean Martin - Arrivederci Roma
[3:13] 19. Margaret Whiting - Far Away Places
[3:01] 20. The King Sisters - Aloha Oe (Hawaiian Farewell Song)

Capitol Sings Around The World: Far Away Places

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Various - Capitol Records From The Vaults: Love Letters

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:15
Size: 170.0 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Nat King Cole - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
[2:58] 2. Margaret Whiting - Come Rain Or Come Shine
[3:06] 3. Andy Russell - Besame Mucho
[3:12] 4. Johnny Mercer - Candy
[2:32] 5. The Dinning Sisters - Love Letters
[3:01] 6. Nat King Cole - ou Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
[2:55] 7. Johnnie Johnston - Laura
[3:10] 8. Margaret Whiting - Guilty
[3:01] 9. Jo Stafford - The Things We Did Last Summer
[2:52] 10. Andy Russell - Amor
[3:02] 11. The Pied Pipers - Mam'selle
[3:01] 12. Nat King Cole - I Miss You So
[2:57] 13. Martha Tilton - That's My Desire
[3:12] 14. Judy Garland - Old Devil Moon
[3:01] 15. Nat King Cole - What'll I Do
[3:08] 16. June Christy - Soothe Me
[2:57] 17. Andy Russell - Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
[2:38] 18. Margaret Whiting - A Tree In The Meadow
[3:04] 19. Mel Tormé - You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[3:11] 20. Al Martino - Here In My Heart
[3:00] 21. Dean Martin - You Belong To Me
[3:04] 22. Bob Manning - The Nearness Of You
[2:45] 23. Helen O'Connell - Be Anything (But Be Mine)
[2:33] 24. Bob Eberly - You Are Too Beautiful
[2:52] 25. Nat King Cole - Somewhere Along The Way

This fourth installment of Capitol Records' label retrospective, Capitol From the Vaults, is hopelessly and head-over-heels devoted to love. The label presents a cornucopia of primarily post-WW II pop tunes that have become standards over time. This collection, subtitled "Love Letters," offers up 25 tracks about love: lost, found, forgotten -- and every other applicable emotion. With amour as a backdrop, this compilation contains hits from practically every pop music genre from the mid-'40 and early '50s. Among those strongly represented on this volume are soundtrack tunes from the stage and screen. These include Mel Tormé's "Your Getting to Be a Habit With Me" which was featured in two Warner Bros. films inspired by the Big Apple -- Lullaby of Broadway and 42nd Street. Another cinematic tribute to the five boroughs is also included with "What'll I Do" by Nat "King" Cole's Trio. This Irving Berlin composition was a Top 40 hit featured in the film The Big City. As with every Capitol From the Vaults installment, the focus of the package is on the songs which made the Hit Parade. 23 of the 25 tracks on Love Letters are in fact chart hits. "Candy" featuring Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford, Margaret Whiting's "A Tree in a Meadow," and the leadoff track, "I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)" featuring the Nat "King" Cole Trio are all certified Number One hits by Billboard magazine. The sound quality continues to deliver infinitely better quality recordings than what has previously been available -- that is if consumers could find them at all. Producer Billy Vera has once again inked some wonderfully insightful liner notes. This is a cleverly compiled addition to the Capitol From the Vaults series. ~Lindsay Planer

Capitol Records From The Vaults: Love Letters

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June Christy - Ballads For Night People

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:35
Size: 115.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1959/2005
Art: Front

[4:56] 1. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
[3:22] 2. Night People
[4:09] 3. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
[3:51] 4. I Had A Little Sorrow
[2:46] 5. I'm In Love
[3:15] 6. Shadow Women
[2:43] 7. Kissing Bug
[4:01] 8. My Ship
[3:00] 9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[3:08] 10. Make Love To Me
[3:01] 11. I Know About Love
[2:38] 12. Cry Like The Wind
[3:38] 13. Make Someone Happy
[2:34] 14. Asking For You
[3:27] 15. All You Need Is A Quarter

The music on this album features the popular singer June Christy in a ballad-oriented program. She is backed by trombonist Frank Rosolino, a French horn, a sax section, a rhythm section, and a harp, all arranged by her husband, tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper. One in a long string of Christy's Capitol recordings, this fine set (highlighted by "Bewitched," "Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear from Me," "Kissing Bug," and "My Ship") holds its own with the singer's best sets. ~Scott Yanow

Ballads For Night People

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June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 37:16

Size: 85.3 MB

Styles: Vocal jazz

Year: 1956/1982/1992

Art: Front

[3:17] 1. That's All

[2:49] 2. I Didn't Know About You

[2:55] 3. Day Dream

[2:12] 4. Sing Something Simple

[2:47] 5. Maybe You'll Be There

[1:33] 6. Dearly Beloved

[3:54] 7. 'round Midnight

[2:20] 8. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

[3:44] 9. The Wind

[2:00] 10. This Year's Kisses

[2:46] 11. For All We Know

[2:08] 12. There's No You

[2:26] 13. You Took Advantage Of Me

[2:18] 14. Intrigue

Using Anita Day as starting point -- but eschewing many of her scat-song histrionics in favor of pure tonal power and melancholic shading -- June Christy honed her singing skills with Stan Kenton's band before going solo in the '50s. Christy's relatively accessible vocal approach and blonde good looks eventually helped her gain success with such classic long players as Something Cool and The Misty Miss Christy. Less swinging than Something Cool, The Misty Miss Christy mostly stays on auto-stroll with a wealth of subtle and sophisticated orchestral charts. The jazz-pop environs come courtesy of longtime arranger Pete Rugolo and optimally frame the singer on highlights like "That's All," "I Didn't Know About You," and "Dearly Beloved." With West Coast-style brass and reed accents gliding atop the lush strings, Christy also turns in fine renditions of Monk's "Round Midnight" and Russ Freeman's expressionistically torchy "The Wind." Balancing out the predominant autumnal lull, Christy shows her swinging savvy on breezy gems like "Sing Something Simple," "There's No You," and "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening." Both an essential Christy title and one of the best vocal albums from the '50s. ~Stephen Cook

The Misty Miss Christy

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June Christy - The Ballad Collection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:02
Size: 126.0 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[4:40] 1. Interlude
[2:43] 2. My One And Only Love
[4:03] 3. Lonely House
[2:10] 4. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
[3:04] 5. The Little Star
[2:35] 6. Cry Like The Wind
[3:23] 7. The Magic Gift
[2:36] 8. Don't Explain
[2:40] 9. Kissing Bug
[4:06] 10. Nobody's Heart
[3:19] 11. Night People
[4:53] 12. The Night We Called It A Day
[4:57] 13. Something Cool
[3:41] 14. The Wind
[3:30] 15. This Time Of Year
[2:35] 16. Winter's Got Spring Up Its Sleeve

June Christy was one of the best singers to follow in the wake of Anita O'Day, and while her career wasn't always the smoothest, she maintained a very special poise and exhibited a consistent creative and artistic integrity throughout. This set collects some of her greatest ballads, including "Nobody's Heart" and "Interlude," plus the first stereo versions of songs from her classic Something Cool album, cuts from her holiday album This Time of Year, plus material that she did with her husband, Bob Cooper. It's not the whole story, of course, but at 16 well-chosen tracks on a single disc, it's the best brief survey of Christy's career currently out there. ~Steve Leggett

The Ballad Collection

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June Christy With The Kentones - The Uncollected (1946)

Styles: Vocal

Year: 1986

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 37:27

Size: 86,7 MB

Art: Front

(1:56)  1. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

(1:55)  2. Mean to Me

(3:25)  3. Lover Man

(2:55)  4. The One I Love

(2:31)  5. Lullaby in Rhythm

(2:31)  6. Sweet Lorraine

(3:41)  7. September in the Rain

(2:57)  8. Moonglow

(2:09)  9. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

(3:14) 10. This is Romance

(2:42) 11. June's Blues

(1:36) 12. I Can't Believe that you're in Love with Me

(3:02) 13. How Long Has This Been Going On?

(2:48) 14. Get Happy

The well-recorded radio transcriptions on this album predate all of singer June Christy's regular solo recordings; she had only been with Stan Kenton's Orchestra for about a year at the time. The identification of the backup personnel has been lost to history (despite the anonymous title of "the Kentones"), but Christy is the star of the 14 concise performances anyway. June Christy had the ability to swing in any song she was given, and in this case, all of the selections (except for "June's Blues") were superior standards. The young singer is heard in her early prime on such numbers as "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," "The One I Love," "September in the Rain," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" and "Get Happy." ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-uncollected-june-christy-with-the-kentones-1946-mw0000613588

Personnel: June Christy (vocals).

The Uncollected  (1946)

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June Christy - Big Band Specials

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:23
Size: 74.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:15] 1. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
[2:22] 2. Swingin' On Nothin'
[2:46] 3. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
[3:53] 4. Prelude To A Kiss
[3:00] 5. Skyliner
[2:50] 6. A Night In Tunisia
[1:43] 7. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[2:20] 8. Frenesi
[2:28] 9. Stompin' At The Savoy
[3:03] 10. Goodbye
[2:54] 11. Time Was (Duerme)
[2:46] 12. Until (The Mole)

By the time this album was recorded in 1962, singer June Christy had already cut the great bulk of her discography. Many, critics especially, put her past her prime. This album demonstrates that the critics were wrong and the "Misty Miss Christy" was still at the top of her form. Her instantly recognizable voice takes the listener through a roster of tunes associated with the big bands. And she has a big band backing her that is made up of some of the best players on the West Coast -- or any coast, for that matter -- many of whom were habitues of the Stan Kenton band before Kenton's music became pretentious. The charts also came from former Kenton chart makers, Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers, and husband Bob Cooper. Most everything on this disc is done up-tempo. But things slow down a bit for a track or two, especially a typical Christy haunting version of "Goodbye" and a medium-tempo "Frenesi." The list of players in the band itself speaks eloquently of how good they sound. There are eloquent solos by Cooper, and Bob Mondragon basslines stand out on a few of the tunes. Jimmy Rowles and Mel Lewis round out the rhythm section. With Christy singing in her inimitable manner, backed by a big band of five star performers with top of the list charts, there's no way this album wasn't going to be successful. Originally issued on the Capitol label, the LP was reissued as a CD on Blue Note in 1999. A must for any jazz/pop vocal collection. ~Dave Nathan

Big Band Specials

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June Christy - Something Cool

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 67:35

Size: 154.7 MB

Styles: Traditional pop, Vocal jazz

Year: 2001

Art: Front

[4:16] 1. Something Cool

[1:54] 2. It Could Happen To You

[3:55] 3. Lonely House

[1:28] 4. This Time The Dream's On Me

[4:47] 5. The Night We Called It A Day

[3:12] 6. Midnight Sun

[2:17] 7. I'll Take Romance

[3:55] 8. A Stranger Called The Blues

[2:07] 9. I Should Care

[2:11] 10. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

[2:39] 11. I'm Thrilled

[4:57] 12. Something Cool

[2:00] 13. It Could Happen To You

[4:03] 14. Lonely House

[1:35] 15. This Time The Dream's On Me

[4:53] 16. The Night We Called It A Day

[3:30] 17. Midnight Sun

[2:18] 18. I'll Take Romance

[4:18] 19. A Stranger Called The Blues

[2:09] 20. I Should Care

[2:12] 21. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

[2:48] 22. I'm Thrilled

June Christy's Something Cool, originally released as a 10" LP in 1954, single-handedly inaugurated the cool jazz vocal movement. Christy had been a star vocalist with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the late '40s, enjoying major hits with "Tampico" and "Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy." Soon after she left the band, she began working with key Kenton arranger Pete Rugolo and a slew of top West Coast studio musicians (including her husband, tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper) on her first solo album for Capitol Records. The result was Something Cool, which is both a winning showcase for Christy's wistful style and a landmark of cool jazz modernism. From the start, Christy established herself as an artist who strove for the very best in song selection, arrangements, and notably intelligent interpretation. There were perhaps other vocalists with greater vocal equipment, but few could match June Christy's artistic integrity. The celebrated title track is the soliloquy of a female barfly of a certain age, reminiscing (and fantasizing) about better days to a fellow male patron who just might buy her another drink. It immediately became Christy's signature performance, and remained so throughout her career. Other highlights include a swinging "It Could Happen to You," "Midnight Sun," and an ambitious arrangement of Kurt Weill's "Lonely House." ~Richard Mortifoglio

Something Cool

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Jonah Jones - Jonah Jones/Glen Gray + That Righteous Feelin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:53
Size: 155.4 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:07] 1. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
[3:20] 2. Echoes Of Harlem
[2:46] 3. Two O'clock Jump
[2:40] 4. I Can't Get Started
[3:45] 5. Boy Meets Horn
[2:40] 6. Hot Lips
[2:48] 7. After You've Gone
[2:28] 8. West End Blues
[2:30] 9. Ciribiribin
[2:46] 10. Tenderly
[3:01] 11. Sugar Blues
[2:58] 12. Apollo Jumps
[2:02] 13. Yes Indeed
[2:20] 14. Mandy
[2:50] 15. Work Song
[2:26] 16. Ramblin' Rose
[3:13] 17. Spanish Harlem
[2:03] 18. The Lonesome Road
[1:53] 19. The Preacher
[2:41] 20. 'deed I Do
[3:00] 21. Memories Are Made Of This
[2:38] 22. Jonah's Sermon
[3:03] 23. Look Up
[2:29] 24. Down By The Riverside
[1:35] 25. Sometimes I'm Happy
[1:39] 26. Tommy Tommy

2 LPs on 1 CD + Bonus Tracks. “Jonah Jones / Glen Gray” (ST-1660) 1962 [#1-12]; “That Righteous Feelin’” (ST-1839) 1962 [#13-24]; Bonus Tracks [#25-26] “June Christy with the Jonah Jones Quartet” (Capitol EP 4457) released in 1960.

Tracks #1-12: Jonah Jones, Joe Graves, Conrad Gozzo, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock, Mannie Klein, trumpets; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lew McCreary, George Roberts, trombones; Abe Most, clarinet, alto sax; Arthur 'Skeets' Herfurt, alto sax; Plas Johnson, Babe Russin, tenor saxes; Chuck Gentry, baritone sax; Ray Sherman, piano; Jack Marshall, guitar; Mike Rubin, bass; Nick Fatool, drums. Benny Carter, arranger, conductor. On #1,2 & 7 Al Porcino, trumpet, Ken Shroyer, trombone, and Morty Corb, bass, replace Rasey, Roberts and Rubin. Tracks #13-24: Jonah Jones, trumpet, vocals; Andre Persiani, percussion; Dick Hyman, organ, piano; Bob Bain & Howard Roberts, guitars; John Brown, bass; Danny Farrar, drums; The Jubilee Four, vocals. Tracks #25-26: Jonah Jones, trumpet, vocals; Teddy Brannon, piano; John Brown, bass; George 'Pops' Foster, drums; June Christy, vocal. Recorded in in Los Angeles, December (#1-12) 1961, November (#13-24), 1962; and October 1960 (#25 & 26). Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

Jonah Jones zoomed to popularity in the late ‘50s. He found a successful formula and used it to brighten the hit charts with a succession of bouncy albums on Capitol Records. His quartet was one of the three newcomers in the Top 10 wide variety of small groups listed in the “favorite Instrumental” Billboard lists in 1958.

This is a powerful joining of forces, with trumpet man Jonah Jones taking the lead in front of the Casa Loma styled Benny Carter arrangements for big band. The tunes are all closely associated with other famous horn men—James, Armstrong, Stewart, Eldridge, Berigan, etc—while the impeccable studio band radiates a goodly fire of its own behind Jones. On “That Righteous Feelin’” the voices of the Jubilee Four keep in a handclapping mood the fresh, sanctifying gospel sounds of Jonah Jones with Dick Hyman and the New Disciples of Rhythm. Everything about it sounds right—or righteous!

Jonah Jones/Glen Gray + That Righteous Feelin'

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