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The Song Is June!

~ June Christy
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  • Audio CD (31 Mar 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Blue Note
  • ASIN: B000005H8N
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 281,242 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 4:16£0.69
Listen  2. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) 2:03£0.69
Listen  3. Nobody's Heart (1995 Digital Remaster) 4:09£0.69
Listen  4. My Shining Hour 1:50£0.69
Listen  5. I Remember You (1995 Digital Remaster) 2:57£0.69
Listen  6. Night Time Was My Mother 2:58£0.69
Listen  7. I Wished On The Moon 2:21£0.69
Listen  8. The Song Is You 4:23£0.69
Listen  9. As Long As I Live (1995 Digital Remaster) 2:03£0.69
Listen10. Saturday's Children 2:59£0.69
Listen11. Remind Me 4:50£0.69
Listen12. Out Of This World 3:15£0.69
Listen13. You Wear Love So Well 3:34£0.69
Listen14. Off Beat 2:59£0.69
Listen15. The Bad And The Beautiful 3:21£0.69
Listen16. Who Cares About April 4:11£0.69
Listen17. You Say You Care 2:51£0.69
Listen18. Out Of The Shadows 4:29£0.69
Listen19. A Sleepin' Bee 2:13£0.69
Listen20. Somewhere If Not In Heaven 3:47£0.69

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This Capitol two-fer brings together two of June Christy's best LPS, the orchestral showcase THE SONG IS JUNE from 1958and the more Bohemian-flavored OFFBEAT from 1960. Both dates feature arrangements from fellow Stan Kenton alumnus and long-time Christy collaborator Pete Rugolo. Nearly every truejazz singer has tried his or her hand at the '50s-era ode "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most". Christy's near definitive version on THE SONG IS... strikes just the right balance of wistfulness and authority. Another highlight is her slow, plaintive treatment of Jerome Kern's "The Song Is You",finding hidden reserves of meaning in Oscar Hammerstein's lyrics the typical uptempo versions usually pass by.
One of the June Christy's lesser-known efforts, OFFBEAT is something of a hidden treasure. Despite the hip "beat" trappings, the group arrangments are refreshingly melodic if still modernistic in characteristic Rugolo style. Christy again excelson a Kern tune, "Remind Me", negotiating its descending melodic steps with ease. And David Raskin's sweeping "The Bad and the Beautiful" is given an appropriately dramatic yet restrained interpretation, perfectly capturing the low-key romanticism that this brief set means to evoke throughout.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Two classic albums from the fifties, 3 May 2005
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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June had already recorded four outstanding albums with arranger and conductor Pete Rugelo (Something cool, Misty Miss Christy, Gone for the day, Fair and warmer) before recording the two albums presented here (The song is June, Off beat). As things turned out, these were the last two albums that Pete and June recorded together. The two albums here do not quite match the brilliance of Something cool or Misty Miss Christy, but they are still magnificent albums that any fan of fifties torch music should be proud to own.

Highlights from The song is June include I remember you, a song that has been recorded in many different styles - pop, country and jazz among them - but June's version is as good as any I've heard and superior to most. Another outstanding song, Night time was my mother, is not a song I've come across elsewhere but it deserves to be heard much more frequently. Off beat contains more wonderful songs including Remind me, Out of this world, You wear love so well, Who cares about April and You say you care..

If you enjoy June's other albums, particularly the four others I've mentioned, you'll love this twofer also.

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