JUNE CHRISTY - Four Classic Albums (Something Cool / Misty Miss Christy / Gone For The Day / Ballads For Night People)

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from June Christy, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details“Something Cool”; “Misty Miss Christy”; “Gone For The Day” and “Ballads For Night People’” At last, the wait is over, we hear you cry, again! AVID have finally inducted Miss June Christy into our 4 Classic Albums “hall of fame”! Ok so we have taken our time in paying tribute to the great lady, but we wanted to get it right, we wanted to select the best albums that truly captured Miss Christy’s huge vocal talents. And we think with the four selections we have chosen we reached the spot! Shirley Luster, Sharon Leslie and finally using the name that would bring her world-wide renown, June Christy, began her singing career at age just thirteen when she joined the local Illinois orchestra of Bill Oetzel. In 1945 after hearing that Anita O’Day would be leaving the Stan Kenton Orchestra she auditioned and successfully got the