June Christy

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1925-11-20

Active to

1990-06-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

300,328

Total plays

1,514,784

June Christy (November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990), born Shirley Luster, was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool. After her death, she was hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time." Shirley Luster was born in Springfield, Illinois, and moved with her family to Dec

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Optical Constants of the Noble Metals

   · 1972 · cited 18,249x

2. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

   · 2000 · cited 8,922x

3. Development of criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis: Classification of osteoarthritis of the knee

   · 1986 · cited 5,543x

4. Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults with B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia

   · 2018 · cited 5,193x

5. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for Sustained Remissions in Leukemia

   · 2014 · cited 4,871x

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

June

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Springfield

Place of death

Sherman Oaks

Spouse

Bob Cooper

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

jazz

Instrument

voice

Record label

Capitol Records

Image

June Christy and Red Rodney at Club Troubadour, New York, ca. Sept. 1947, by William Gottlieb (LOC gottlieb.01251).jpg

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