June Christy sings Something Cool, live, 1959

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  • @cindyyarchever4236
    @cindyyarchever4236 20 днів тому +2

    This was my mom's favorite song and she and I would sing it at family functions...brings back sweet memories of my momma Marlene❤

  • @1035heb
    @1035heb Рік тому +30

    My Mother was a teen in the '50s and she met June in a record store appearance. The owner told June, "She's one of your biggest fans" and my Mom just froze speechless. Lol. I still have the autograph she signed to my Mom.

    • @6tttchik
      @6tttchik 16 днів тому

      Thanks for sharing such a warm and intimate memory

  • @ukestudio3002
    @ukestudio3002 3 місяці тому +3

    No effects, no mic, just pure class and incredible talent.! 🌹 I remember "Playboy After Dark"- a fun show. Thank you for uploading this.!

  • @6tttchik
    @6tttchik 9 місяців тому +9

    I hope this never gets removed from UA-cam as it's so unique and June is so lovely in this piece. The setting with a bunch of people around a piano player singing a song like that is better than listening to a spritzed-up version.

  • @markschildberg1667
    @markschildberg1667 Рік тому +28

    She may be the most underrated of the women who sang jazz. Breathtaking.

  • @bluelips501
    @bluelips501 3 роки тому +27

    Did this make anyone else cry?? I’m 23 but hearing music like this i feel like I’m being brought back in time of the 60s and it’s just so beautiful. 🥺❤️

    • @jerrera45
      @jerrera45 7 місяців тому +4

      Yes, I'm almost 80 and this can still bring a tear to my eye. Oh how I miss those days.

    • @PunchBuggyDreams
      @PunchBuggyDreams 5 місяців тому +2

      Me too. I was three years old when she sang this song.

    • @markschildberg1667
      @markschildberg1667 4 місяці тому +3

      It's such a brilliant song. A one-act play set to music.

  • @PetravanNuis
    @PetravanNuis 5 місяців тому +3

    One of the greatest finds on YT. To hear her sing it on LP is one thing but watching her sing it elevates it so very much. This is a classic!

  • @HFritzson
    @HFritzson 2 роки тому +10

    A time capsule. She is superb.

  • @ellisonallcock2645
    @ellisonallcock2645 7 років тому +75

    It doesn't matter how many times you've heard this song before - Seeing this clip is like peering through time and witnessing something intimate, special and precious. Miss Christy looks so vulnerable it is heart wrenching. Her voice echoes that vulnerability and yet is still so exquisitely in her control, so understated, so devastating.
    Thank heavens this clip has survived, and thanks MexicoCityFood for this glimpse into a time when Goddesses walked among us.

    • @6tttchik
      @6tttchik 3 роки тому +9

      That's beautifully written. Great observation. Thanks for that comment. I was looking for what draws you to her and its that ying and yang of her vulnerability and her control. So right on!

    • @lcozzarelli
      @lcozzarelli 3 роки тому +4

      so well said. you may also enjoy the priceless clip of beverly kenney singing for hugh hefner as he bores holes in her with his eyes. She was an outstanding singer who met a tragic early end.

    • @johnliddell7584
      @johnliddell7584 23 дні тому +1

      @@6tttchik .. Exactly my thoughts about our so sadly missed June, such a warm, talented, lyric-respecting singer, yet also so heart-achingly vulnerable, with no affectation or pretention .. Just a lovely song loving woman with a deceptively simple, open-hearted human singing style .. I feel sorry for today's bash-bash, rap and 'ip-op-sodden young 'music'(??)-fan youth... :'o(( ....!!

  • @33uptempo
    @33uptempo 12 років тому +10

    To charliebear.....I'm only 2 years behind you, and this lady repesented all that was fine in the music of our era. I'm so glad that younger afficianados are keeping this great stuff alive on youtube, and on some jazz radio stations. Great music lives forever.

  • @jimolsen3028
    @jimolsen3028 8 років тому +104

    I worked as a bartender at the Otter Crest Jazz Festival (Oregon) in 1985 and a woman came to my bar and ordered a Stoli tonic. She had two fast and ordered a third when a man told me no more, that Ms. Christie was going to sing as a surprise guest. Here was an aging heavy drinking lady on the backside of her life, and she sang this: Something Cool. Life imitating art imitating life. She brought down the house (300 ppl.)!!! It was unbelievably bittersweet.

    • @mhess427
      @mhess427 5 років тому +9

      Alcoholism is so sad.

    • @fuzzy123238
      @fuzzy123238 5 років тому +7

      Love this story. Thank you for sharing

    • @califcamper
      @califcamper 5 років тому +8

      Yea it is what it is, life is sad man, how many times did Sinatra roll thru a performance with many more than 3 drinks by the end of the night. He and she lived their lives, alot more than most even withsome issues...

    • @Toppercat
      @Toppercat 4 роки тому +10

      What an amazing story...there was a club in Burbank, Ca. I was a barfly at..The Misty Miss Christy was sitting at the bar while her husband Bob Cooper was playing. She was so quiet..just sitting alone having a few...

    • @Lightningslick
      @Lightningslick 4 роки тому +4

      That must have been something. I envy you. God bless.

  • @rainworld-f3i
    @rainworld-f3i 4 роки тому +7

    I literally typed something cool live in the search box. And here I am watching a video from 1959. Gem 💙🎶

  • @YungTsundere
    @YungTsundere Рік тому +8

    This song goes the best with my natural voice I feel like June Christy channels through me. BEAUTIFUL song

  • @Boddissatva
    @Boddissatva 8 років тому +13

    Must admit this rocked my world.

  • @charliebear692
    @charliebear692 12 років тому +39

    Wow this made my day. I could hardly believe my eye and ears: Christy singing Something Cool. I am 81 and have followered here since 1945. Sadly she is gone but she left a fotune of great interpetations . Thanks so much for posting this. I miss you JuneBug.

  • @jasbegs1258
    @jasbegs1258 7 років тому +23

    One of my fav jazz songs- love June. Love "the cool school" - June, Anita O'Day and Chris Conor.

  • @Jplent1
    @Jplent1 6 років тому +15

    More than cool. Incredibly understated and elegant.

  • @MarlaLukofsky7
    @MarlaLukofsky7 6 років тому +46

    June Christy is one of the best and this version is so raw and honest and features her natural super talent. oh my god. xo this

  • @secondborn
    @secondborn 11 років тому +7

    June was a fave of mine from back in the 50's when I was just starting school....remember her album of childrens' songs for adults......and her Big Band Specials album, and of course both the mono and stereo album versions of "Something Cool"......always, June Bug..

  • @voicegirl555
    @voicegirl555 3 роки тому +11

    She was so good! I love this song by Miss Christy. Something Cool indeed. Gone 31 years now but still one of the best singers there ever was. Thank you June Christy!

  • @rootandbranchbranch6299
    @rootandbranchbranch6299 7 років тому +25

    If this was really done with an overhead mic following June from the bar to the piano live and she kept her concentration, tune and timing all the way the my goodness what an artist! I doubt anyone can repeat that in today's entertainment world.

  • @武藤秀幸-d9l
    @武藤秀幸-d9l 5 років тому +5

    Awesome ! She is one of my favorite singer .If I have a time machine, I want to go back 40~50's.

  • @musiclover1035
    @musiclover1035 10 років тому +19

    Bill Bowen, I'm with you. In the 50's, her records were platyed here in Hbg, Pa regularly on a progrram that ran from 11:15pm til 1 am, called dreamer's Serenade, along with those of other greats like Julie London, Chris Connor. And wasn't it mystifying that their voices sounded good whether with or without a orchestra or even a trio behind them. No light shows, fireworks, didn't have to be naked or need scenery,dancers or acrobats behind them - just talent in them ssomething that is a rarity today! Without all the abve mentioned crap. most of today's "singers" need the wizardry of the studio equipment!

  • @allanbirmantas1695
    @allanbirmantas1695 7 років тому +17

    Even without a big band back up, she is phenomenal. Great song too..

  • @guyperry4010
    @guyperry4010 4 роки тому +5

    Superb. And a goddess at 1.15 with sparkling eyes and a cigarette

  • @albertadriftwood3612
    @albertadriftwood3612 5 років тому +12

    June Christy really shines here. Hefner had a unique way of showcasing the best talent of the day in a relaxed atmosphere. This is a prime example.

  • @marest666
    @marest666 4 роки тому +20

    I wish I had known these songs ...well, all the big names in jazz vocals besides Billie and Ella. Thanks to the emergence of CDs in the 90s which paved the way for the recirculation of the old recordings specially the hard to find jazz records. June Christy is one of the most underrated jazz singers worth rediscovering .

    • @JulietTheGirl
      @JulietTheGirl 2 роки тому +5

      Try Anita O'Day as well! Amazing singer! :)

    • @xiongluong
      @xiongluong Рік тому +2

      Agree on Anita O'Day. She's probably my fav. My heart goes with Ella but Anita has both my head and heart. She had sass.

    • @johnfulton4061
      @johnfulton4061 Рік тому +3

      @@xiongluong what about Chris Connor?Chris Connor Anita O Day and June Christy were the girl singers as they called them back then for the Stan Kenton Orchestra all three are amazing Anita was the first and June and Chris were somewhat influenced by her cool style of singing

    • @johnfulton4061
      @johnfulton4061 Рік тому +1

      @Som Luong yes she does love the way she does Sweet Georgia Brown

    • @johnfulton4061
      @johnfulton4061 Рік тому +2

      @Spring Bird Chis Connor was also amazing very similar singing style cool and sultry

  • @agravine096
    @agravine096 11 років тому +12

    The pianist is the late Hal Serra.

    • @1FrankFan
      @1FrankFan 7 місяців тому

      Thank you. I always wondered who he was.

  • @matrox
    @matrox 9 років тому +16

    I was just a small tyke on a tricycle when this came out but I am glad I was around in that era. Things were so much classier then. Even the cars had class.

  • @Heatherzhany
    @Heatherzhany 11 років тому +16

    God I love 50s and 60s artists. Beautiful tunes come out so naturally from them. I wish I grew up in the 50s instead of the 90s. People are so impatient nowadays and can't appreciate real music.

  • @adelefico4475
    @adelefico4475 5 місяців тому +1

    This is fabulous! ❤❤❤

  • @josefinamartinez2251
    @josefinamartinez2251 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful song,voice and lady

  • @robertbarron1203
    @robertbarron1203 10 років тому +17

    So cool - so very, very cool. June was my favorite singer. I saw her live at the Clouds nite club in the summer of 1956. I'll never forget her rendition that night of "That's All"

    • @allanbirmantas1695
      @allanbirmantas1695 7 років тому +3

      The album of that same title was her best IMHO. It was certainly one which I practically wore out from frequent use.

    • @patriciaboogaerdt2998
      @patriciaboogaerdt2998 6 років тому

      robert barron u have

  • @midnightmagnet1035
    @midnightmagnet1035 3 роки тому +3

    This is my most favorite version of June Christy singing this great song because it’s live in a casual crowd👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾‼️

  • @bbcisrubbish
    @bbcisrubbish 12 років тому +6

    Beautiful, and what an accompanist.

  • @thomaswebb9705
    @thomaswebb9705 10 років тому +5

    When the whole world had more class. Thanks for posting this X10.

  • @jimbrown1559
    @jimbrown1559 5 років тому +8

    A marvelous performance by one of my very favorite singers. A real time capsule!

  • @gregsmith9401
    @gregsmith9401 7 місяців тому +1

    My feeling is that the June Christy catalog will be revisited often she has a way to slow down the roll pretty sure my father liked her. Very cool thanks again.

  • @truthbetoldagain
    @truthbetoldagain 7 років тому +7

    Wow, how lovely was The Misty Miss June Christy !

  • @FJMAY
    @FJMAY 8 років тому +11

    I played the record of June and Pete Rugolo doing this almost non stop when it came out and nearly drove my family crazy! I still love it.

    • @jonnyq680
      @jonnyq680 4 роки тому +1

      who broke the record? Mom? Daddy-o?

  • @itsallgood3210
    @itsallgood3210 9 років тому +16

    I love how formally cool the guys looked here, back in the 50s...I hope some of this classy "never out of fashion" stylin comes back again....Was great to see Heff absolutely in rapture in the last 30 or so seconds...so obvious this was one of his fav ballads....so inpeccably sung, so well it could be make the cut if it was in a movie/musical....

  • @1FrankFan
    @1FrankFan 8 років тому +21

    A great singer, a great song, and an incredible video.

  • @eddieburrelli
    @eddieburrelli 7 років тому +3

    Utterly lovely.

  • @grandcarriage1
    @grandcarriage1 11 років тому +3

    This is just outstanding.... Thanks for finding and sharing.

  • @SKarlsson
    @SKarlsson 8 років тому +48

    Wasn't she such a gem.

  • @choward5430
    @choward5430 7 років тому +2

    I'd would absolutely love to have been at those parties!! And what a show! What an idea!

  • @MarlaLukofsky7
    @MarlaLukofsky7 9 років тому +35

    June Christy is one of the finest jazz singers and not as main stream as Ella or Sarah, but boy oh boy. If u wanna learn jazz singing, this is the human to listen to. And Blossom Dearie. And Jeri Southern. And Rita Reys too. And Anita O'day.

    • @johnniemaddux1226
      @johnniemaddux1226 8 років тому +4

      +Marla Lukofsky Yes to all your suggestions! I think June suggested Anita O'Day as her replacement with Stan Kenton.

    • @waynebrasler
      @waynebrasler 8 років тому +6

      +Johnnie Maddux No Anita came first. June said Anita heard her on radio or heard a dub she'd made and mentioned her to Kenton but Anita later said she didn't even know about June. It is true June heard Chris Connor on radio with Claude Thornhill's Orchestra and alerted Kenton to her. Chris said that when she got a phone call from Kenton she was sure it was a joke. Flash bam she founded herself with the Kenton band and on the cover of Downbeat with him. Of Kenton, Chris said, "He was the ultimate, a try gentleman, educated and a pleasure to work with. The whole band was great." But she only lasted about nine months because physically she could not handle the touring. She soon ended on the new Bethlehem records with two #1 jazz vocal albums and after one more Atlantic snatched her up and with her first album she began a gigantic record seller. All three ladies were Midwestern girls and when you met them that is who you met. Not hip kitties or sophisticates but matter-of-fact, very easy to talk with and very bright ladies.

    • @goplad1
      @goplad1 8 років тому +9

      June Christy is easily one of the most under appreciated jazz singers of all. Such a earthy voice! Her phrasing is impeccable. I recently found an old 78 rpm acetate disc, circa 1950, of June singing the Bob Nolan standard "Cool Water". Just June and piano accompaniment. She gets more out of that tune than any other version I've heard. To the best of my knowledge her version of the song is unreleased.

    • @soapbxprod
      @soapbxprod 7 років тому +6

      and Keely Smith!

    • @theovee4321
      @theovee4321 7 років тому

      goplad1 put it on you tube goplad

  • @jeffbellin8224
    @jeffbellin8224 6 років тому +7

    Of course, the performance on the album of the same name is classic. But she takes the live performance of this song to another place (and I'm not talking about Hef's pad). Thanks for posting this.

  • @fraguasrenato
    @fraguasrenato Рік тому +2

    No tricks, pure talent!

  • @michaelbackhouse
    @michaelbackhouse 10 років тому +10

    I love that June Christy sings live in this.

  • @MadredeAgua9
    @MadredeAgua9 12 років тому +5

    Thank you, Miss Christy, for something cool.

  • @lrlforfun
    @lrlforfun 2 роки тому +1

    Pete and June recorded two Something Cools. One in 1955, the other in 1960. Almost the same personnel (most Kenton alumni), the same charts too. The difference, a few riffs had changes. Pete and Bob, her husband took her to the doc's when her health deteriorated, she was gone way too soon. The best of the best.

  • @stellartunes
    @stellartunes 11 років тому +16

    Outstanding...never have seen her perform live, My Mom's favorite singer..Thank GOD for UA-cam, and the lovely person who posted this. Made my Year. Thankyou.

  • @dancelli714
    @dancelli714 6 років тому +4

    I played her recordings more than anyone on my radio show (1970's), and of course I played most of the SOMETHING COOL LP. She re-did the COOL LP in stereo later . Another album was the one with her Husband Bob Cooper etc. I have her on that Stars Of Jazz TV show with Host:Bobby Troup. The second most played singer on my show was Julie London.

  • @jimmyj1969
    @jimmyj1969 Рік тому +1

    A great song by a great singer!

  • @karenmccants1439
    @karenmccants1439 11 років тому +4

    Wow---what an artist.

  • @dianadoos6120
    @dianadoos6120 4 роки тому +4

    look how everyone dressed, so beautiful

    • @dean5220
      @dean5220 3 роки тому

      Hello Diana, How are you doing?

  • @johnbarell1
    @johnbarell1 13 років тому +4

    Love her voice and interpretation of this terrific song.

  • @radiocommander
    @radiocommander 2 роки тому +1

    ホントに良いなあ。
    メロディ・歌詞共に素晴らしいし、ジューン・クリスティの縮緬[ちりめん]ビブラートの効果というか、真夏の蒸し暑い都会(!ゼッタイに都会だ)の昼下がりのパブの情景、それからパブのカウンタに座る、年齢のせいでその容色のやや衰え始めた中年女性の悲哀と過ぎし日への矜持とが、もう見事に歌われる。
    「毛皮の服は寒い季節用にしまってあるの。」と聞かれもしてない事柄を口走らざるを得ない女性の心の色が、歌を聴く者の胸に染みてくるようだ。

  • @63LAURIE
    @63LAURIE 11 років тому +4

    Thanks for this - love the Cool School - of which Miss Christy was integral! Adore her Something Cool - the definitive version - have never heard anyone get anywhere near on it ...
    To see her sing it live is therefore particularly great - thanks again.

  • @waynebrasler
    @waynebrasler 12 років тому +19

    Besides being a superlative singer who was a legend while still alive, June was a totally charismatic individual. It was said of her that when she walked into a room the temperature changed. She was never a glossy show biz type but she was very hip, someone you knew was important even if you didn't know who she was. She was a girl from Decatur, Illinois, and looked like a girl from Decatur, Illinois, and always much like her senior yearbook photo, a natural American beauty.

    • @scottluster4873
      @scottluster4873 3 роки тому +8

      You have articulated what I always sensed as her nephew. We were separated by years and miles, but NOBODY moved a room like June when she walked in, something I've acknowledged for years was the start of my appreciation for her impact on America. Even toward the end of her working years, she liked the trappings of celebrity, but thought the inherent phoniness of it was a bit of a "drag." She gifted me with a deep appreciation for a hip singer's perspective on jazz. I'll always love her for the role she played in my life.

    • @RussellOpalko-ex5oy
      @RussellOpalko-ex5oy Рік тому

      Simply the queen of cool. There is only One…..

  • @PietroDiero
    @PietroDiero 12 років тому +6

    June Christy...featured with Stan Kenton...featured by Capitol...married to Bob Cooper, reed player...and one of the more identifyable vocalists...she is indeed "cool."

  • @CoachVinoLLC
    @CoachVinoLLC 4 роки тому +1

    An amazing talent. Needs to be mentioned more often among the other legends like Ella and Sarah. She was unique in her tone and composure. She leaves you transfixed. 💕🥃

  • @seanh7857
    @seanh7857 5 років тому +3

    It's magic. Was & still is....magic.

  • @fncz
    @fncz 9 років тому +21

    Mad Men for REAL!!! Great slice of that era!!

    • @colejx78
      @colejx78 7 років тому

      Frank Czuri I wish it could have been included in the show !

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 4 роки тому

      expand your frame of reference

  • @hadardar6788
    @hadardar6788 4 роки тому +1

    June is my all time favorite singer and one of my greatest inspirations. She's a beautiful soul to be always remembered

  • @helios1912
    @helios1912 Рік тому

    Just great. Lovin' it.

  • @marcuskey6667
    @marcuskey6667 2 роки тому

    I has 33 LP Album and the Title Song On The Album Was Something Cool! I Listen to 90.9 College Of DuPage Jazz Radio and heard a 1947 Capital Recording Of her singing "Do Nothing Till You Here From Me" Man that's Classic Jazz and who better to Deliver it than June Christy!

  • @fuzzy123238
    @fuzzy123238 5 років тому +2

    Perfect for nights like these.

  • @roxannemoore3045
    @roxannemoore3045 7 років тому +4

    You can tell hugh Heffner really has an appreciation for talent. Great video.

    • @sofiahussein6
      @sofiahussein6 4 роки тому

      I just wanted confirmation it was him.

  • @valtier68
    @valtier68 11 років тому +1

    Fantastic piece of musical history!

  • @Quadcopter101
    @Quadcopter101 8 років тому +25

    Hot August night here. Couldn't sleep. Wanted something cool from June. Ahh she's singing it live too! Thanks for uploading :-)

  • @storiemooser6192
    @storiemooser6192 19 днів тому

    Couldn't resist bringing this up; do any of you remember a Martini's Jazz bar on Main Street in Kansas City MO back in the '50s? No live music, just record machine loaded with the jazz of the era. I was a student, '56 - '60, at the Kansas City Art Institute, and with my friend Fred Marshall (bassist later on the Vince Guaraldi "Peanuts Christmas Album") Martini's was one of many places where we'd regularly touch base.

  • @hannurilim5720
    @hannurilim5720 4 роки тому

    Listening to this song in South Korea 2020! love her voice and everything

  • @chrisn7259
    @chrisn7259 8 років тому +5

    Wonderful.

  • @christianlacheze3323
    @christianlacheze3323 Рік тому

    Fabulous! Many thanks for posting

  • @tobor58
    @tobor58 12 років тому +1

    My favorite of her's live wow!

  • @Beardman29
    @Beardman29 13 років тому +1

    Thank you for posting! One of my dad's favorites and one of mine!

  • @guyperry4010
    @guyperry4010 8 років тому +2

    Astonishing. Wonderful.

  • @marcelmaas6977
    @marcelmaas6977 9 років тому +1

    Wonderful!!

  • @drchilledair
    @drchilledair 11 років тому +7

    I recall reading somewhere that the song's writer, the terrific Billy Barnes, wrote this "aria" as part of a master's thesis (or a class exercise?); "Blanche" sings it in his student opera based on "Streetcar Named Desire." If true, I would love to see/hear the entire work.

  • @sgazzz
    @sgazzz 5 років тому +1

    So good...!!

  • @garykuzminski7969
    @garykuzminski7969 4 роки тому

    Wow. Absolutely captivating.

  • @alexsouza81
    @alexsouza81 6 років тому +1

    Simply adorable!

  • @zenith8868
    @zenith8868 3 роки тому

    Really mesmerizing...something about her voice that captivating

  • @matrox
    @matrox 9 років тому +8

    That was really cool,, I mean something cool.

  • @evantvede6452
    @evantvede6452 3 роки тому

    Lovely song. We miss June Christy.

  • @CineRocco
    @CineRocco 11 років тому +1

    Thank you for posting that clip. Wonderful.

  • @MrJfury76
    @MrJfury76 12 років тому +3

    I have been looking for this clip for years!! Thank you so much for posting!! Would love to see the rest of June's appearance by the way.

  • @MrRitaCamacho
    @MrRitaCamacho 2 роки тому +1

    Hermosa voz de la adorable June Christy 💗

  • @michaelmachine
    @michaelmachine 7 років тому +1

    totally amazing miss christy! :)

  • @EflatMajor53
    @EflatMajor53 12 років тому +2

    Written by the wonderful Billy Barnes who also gave us Have I Stayed Too Long at the Fair/

  • @imbees2
    @imbees2 3 роки тому

    My favorite song, my favorite. I love this song for all time.

  • @noalevylive
    @noalevylive Рік тому

    absolutely amazing- thank you for uploading!!

  • @AndrewMacLaine
    @AndrewMacLaine 6 місяців тому

    I love the Tracey Ullman version of this song so much. She combined the smoothness of this performance with a circumstance of the late-njght weather being too warm.

  • @tommybjorling8910
    @tommybjorling8910 9 років тому +1

    June,June,June what a singing feeling for a song,the time pas by

  • @mondodave
    @mondodave 11 років тому

    what a great clip... thanks!

  • @richardleonard4281
    @richardleonard4281 3 роки тому

    A mini opera in one superbly sung song by miss June Christy on a hot June afternoon.

  • @toadkiss
    @toadkiss 12 років тому +2

    This is THE BEST! JUNE RULES!

  • @ericlee5989
    @ericlee5989 5 років тому

    Oh my... That was so wonderful.