June Christy

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June Christy was a jazz singer who was, for many, the quintessential cool jazz vocalist, albeit one who was often critically overlooked during her lifetime.

Christy was born Shirley Luster in Springfield, Illinois, on November 20th 1925. At 13 she began to sing with the Bill Oetzel Orchestra and went on to appear with the Ben Bradley Band and Bill Madden's Band while still in high school. After graduating she moved to Chicago, changed her name to Sharon Leslie and began singing with Boyd Raeburn's group. Later on she joined Benny Strong's band and might have made the move with them to New York had she not been quarantined with scarlet fever at the time.

In 1945 the singer auditioned to replace Anita O'Day in Stan Kenton's Orchestra and, after being taken on, changed her name to June Christy. While performing with the group Christy sang on hits including 'Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy', 'How High the Moon' and their biggest hit, the million-selling 'Tampico' as well as a slew of Kenton's albums.

In 1947 Christy began working on solo records, beginning a long-time collaboration with bandleader and arranger Pete Rugolo. In 1954 she released the LP 'Something Cool', following up with an expanded edition the next year and a re-recorded version in 1960. It was influential in kicking off the vocal cool jazz movement of the '50s.

Christy returned to her big band roots in 1959 with 'June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days' and went on to put out a series of concept albums before retiring in 1965.

Christy died on June 21st, 1990.

Top tracks

07	Seven Shades Of Snow	June Christy	This Time Of The Year	03:29
	Composers: Arnold Miller - Connie Pearce
01	Something Cool (Mono)	June Christy	Something Cool (1955 Version)	04:18
	Composers: Bill Barnes
11	Give Me The Simple Life	June Christy	Gone For The Day	02:15
	Writer: Rube Bloom - Harry Ruby / Composers: Rube Bloom - Harry Ruby
06	I'll Bet You Do	June Christy	Day Dreams	02:59
	Composers: Lorenzo Pack
13	Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You're Grand) (Remastered 2001)	June Christy	Sings The Standards	02:41
	Writer: Sammy Cahn - Saul Chaplin - Jacob Jacobs - Sholom Secunda / Composers: Sammy Cahn - Saul Chaplin - Jacob Jacobs - Sholom Secunda
01	I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart	June Christy	Day Dreams	02:44
	Composers: Irving Mills - John Redmond - Henry Nemo - Duke Ellington
06	Midnight Sun (Mono)	June Christy	Something Cool (1955 Version)	03:14
	Composers: Lionel Hampton - Sonny Burke - Johnny Mercer
16	It's A Most Unusual Day (Remastered 1998)	June Christy	The Best Of June Christy	02:21
	Composers: Harold Adamson - Jimmy McHugh
02	If I Should Lose You	June Christy	Day Dreams	02:45
	Composers: Ralph Rainger - Leo Robin
10	Winter's Got Spring Up It's Sleeve	June Christy	This Time Of The Year	02:36
	Composers: Connie Pearce - Arnold Miller
02	It Could Happen To You (Mono)	June Christy	Something Cool (1955 Version)	01:55
	Writer: Johnny Burke / Composers: Jimmy van Heusen
07	Day Dream	June Christy	The Best Of June Christy: Jazz Sessions	02:44
	Composers: Duke Ellington - Billy Strayhorn - John Latouche
05	The Merriest	June Christy	This Time Of The Year	02:06
	Composers: Arnold Miller - Connie Pearce
02	I Didn't Know About You	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	02:48
	Writer: Bob Russell / Composers: Duke Ellington
19	My Heart Belongs To Only You (Remastered)	June Christy	The Best Of June Christy	03:00
	Composers: D. Daniels - F. Daniels
13	I Want To Be Happy	June Christy	The Best Of June Christy	02:21
	Composers: Irving Caesar - Vincent Youmans
05	Love Turns Winter To Spring	June Christy	Gone For The Day	03:30
	Composers: Matt Dennis - Frank Killduff
17	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	June Christy	Blue Note Trip 9: Heat Up/Simmer Down By DJ Maestro	01:49
	Writer: Duke Ellington - Irving Mills / Composers: Duke Ellington - Irving Mills
05	Skip-Rope	June Christy	Day Dreams	02:48
	Composers: Sylvia Dee - Sidney Lippman
20	Get Happy	June Christy	The Best Of June Christy	02:45
	Writer: Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen / Composers: Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen
02	It Could Happen To You (Stereo)	June Christy	Something Cool (1960 Version)	01:56
	Writer: Johnny Burke / Composers: Jimmy van Heusen
21	I'll Remember April (Remastered)	June Christy	The Best Of June Christy	03:14
	Writer: Patricia Johnston - Don Raye / Composers: Gene DePaul
01	Rock Me To Sleep	June Christy	June's Got Rhythm	02:19
	Composers: Benny Carter - Paul Vandervoort II
02	Whee Baby (Remastered)	June Christy	This Is June Christy	02:58
	Composers: Peggy Lee - Alice Larson
10	Suddenly It's Spring (Remastered)	June Christy	The Intimate Miss Christy	02:43
	Composers: Jimmy van Heusen - Johnny Burke
08	A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	02:19
	Writer: Jimmy McHugh - Harold Adamson / Composers: Jimmy McHugh - Harold Adamson
07	'Round Midnight	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	03:53
	Writer: Bernard D. Hanighen / Composers: Thelonious Monk - Cootie Williams
04	Sing Something Simple	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	02:12
	Composers: Herman Hupfeld
01	That's All	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	03:17
	Composers: Bob Haymes - Alan Brandt
08	Frenesi	June Christy	Big Band Specials	02:19
	Writer: Leonard Whitcup / Composers: S.K. Russell - Carpenter Charles - Alberto Domínguez
12	There's No You	June Christy	The Misty Miss Christy	02:08
	Composers: Hal Hopper - Tom Adair - Ian Dye
10	I Like That You Can't Take That Away From Me (Album Version)	Jae Millz	Take The Lead	02:27
	Writer: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - Jarvis Mills - Andre Lyons - Marcello Valenzano - William Griffin - Eric Barrier - Bob James - Tyrone Jackson - Conroy Forte - Kwame Kandekore - Kasseem Dean - Mashonda Tifrere - Mell Small - Venor Yard / Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - Jarvis Mills - Andre Lyons - Marcello Valenzano - William Griffin - Eric Barrier - Bob James - Tyrone Jackson - Conroy Forte - Kwame Kandekore - Kasseem Dean - Mashonda Tifrere - Mell Small - Venor Yard
18	Lover Man	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	03:26
	Writer: Jimmy Davis - Ram Ramirez - James Sherman / Composers: Jimmy Davis - Ram Ramirez - James Sherman
14	You Came A Long Way From St. Louis	June Christy	Capitol Sings Coast To Coast: Route 66	02:16
	Composers: J.B. Brooks - Bert Russell
01	Christmas Heart	June Christy	This Time Of The Year	02:55
	Composers: Connie Pearce - Arnold Miller
18	How High The Moon (Remastered 2001)	June Christy	Sings The Standards	02:34
	Writer: Nancy Hamilton - Morgan Lewis / Composers: Nancy Hamilton - Morgan Lewis

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℗ 2024 THEWEBENGINE: 25-11-2024

The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy

01	Good-Bye	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	03:06
	Writer: Gordon Jenkins / Composers: Gordon Jenkins
02	The Bad and the Beautiful	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	03:21
	Writer: David Raskin / Composers: Dorothy Langdon
03	A Night in Tunisia	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	02:52
	Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: John Hendricks
04	Out of This World	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	03:15
	Writer: Harold Arlen / Composers: Johnny Mercer
05	Swingin' on Nothin'	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	02:25
	Writer: Sy Oliver / Composers: Billy Moore
06	A Sleepin' Bee	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	02:13
	Writer: Harold Arlen / Composers: Truman Capote
07	Prelude to a Kiss	June Christy	The Best Female Voices of Jazz: June Christy	03:56
	Writer: Duke Ellington / Composers: Irving Gordon

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2024 Chameleon Archive Ed: 23-10-2024

Something Cool

01	Everytime We Say Goodbye	June Christy	Something Cool	03:51
	Writer: Cole Porter / Composers: Cole Porter
02	Something Cool	June Christy	Something Cool	04:19
	Writer: Bill Barnes / Composers: Bill Barnes
03	That's All	June Christy	Something Cool	03:20
	Writer: Alan Brandt / Composers: Bob Haymes
04	Daydream	June Christy	Something Cool	02:58
	Writer: John La Touche / Composers: Billy Strayhorn
05	Dearly Beloved	June Christy	Something Cool	01:36
	Writer: Johnny Mercer / Composers: Jerome Kern
06	Round Midnight	June Christy	Something Cool	03:57
	Writer: Thelonious Monk / Composers: Thelonious Monk
07	A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening	June Christy	Something Cool	02:22
	Writer: Jimmy McHugh / Composers: Harold Adamson

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2024 Jazzlife: 05-07-2024

Get Happy

01	Get Happy	June Christy	Get Happy	02:48
	Writer: T. Kohler/H. Arlen / Composers: T. Kohler/H. Arlen
02	This Is Romance	June Christy	Get Happy	03:14
	Writer: E. Heyman/V. Duke / Composers: E. Heyman/V. Duke
03	The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)	June Christy	Get Happy	02:55
	Writer: I. Jones/G. Kahn / Composers: I. Jones/G. Kahn
04	Lover Man	June Christy	Get Happy	03:25
	Writer: J. Davis/R. Ramirez/J. Sherman / Composers: J. Davis/R. Ramirez/J. Sherman
05	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	June Christy	Get Happy	02:09
	Writer: T. Kohler/B. Moll/H. Barris / Composers: T. Kohler/B. Moll/H. Barris
06	I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me	June Christy	Get Happy	01:36
	Writer: C. Gaskill/J. McHugh / Composers: C. Gaskill/J. McHugh
07	Don't Worry 'Bout Me	June Christy	Get Happy	01:56
	Writer: T. Koehler/R. Bloom / Composers: T. Koehler/R. Bloom

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Perihelion: 17-01-2023

Masterpieces

01	Minnie from Trinidad	Adelaide Hall	Masterpieces	02:47
	Writer: Roger Edens / Composers: Roger Edens
02	You Can't Brush Me Off	Al Donahue and His Orchestra	Masterpieces	02:50
	Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin
03	It's the Same Old Story	Billie Holiday	Masterpieces	03:11
	Writer: Newt Oliphant / Composers: Newt Oliphant
04	I Saw Stars	Billy Cotton	Masterpieces	02:43
	Writer: Al Goodhart / Composers: Al Goodhart
05	A Little Bit Later On	Bunny Berigan and His Boys	Masterpieces	02:49
	Writer: Jerry Levinson / Composers: Jerry Levinson
06	Signing Off	Sarah Vaughan	Masterpieces	02:40
	Writer: Bob Russell / Composers: Bob Russell
07	It's Wonderful	Ella Fitzgerald	Masterpieces	02:52
	Writer: Robert Wells / Composers: Stuff Smith - Mitchell Parish

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This Compilation ℗ 2020 Capitol Records, LLC: 14-08-2020

The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946

01	Make Love To Me	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	04:01
	Composers: Paul Mann - Stephan Weiss - Kim Gannon
02	How High The Moon	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	01:44
	Writer: Nancy Hamilton - Morgan Lewis / Composers: Nancy Hamilton - Morgan Lewis
03	Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	02:09
	Composers: Harry Barris - Bill Moll - Ted Koehler
04	Can't Help Loving That Man	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	03:07
	Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II / Composers: Jerome Kern
05	Sweet Lorraine	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	02:33
	Writer: Clifford Burwell - Mitchell Parish / Composers: Clifford Burwell - Mitchell Parish
06	Don't Worry 'Bout Me	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	01:56
	Writer: Ted Koehler - Rube Bloom / Composers: Ted Koehler - Rube Bloom
07	I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me	June Christy	The Capitol Transcriptions 1945-1946	01:35
	Writer: Clarence Gaskill - Jimmy McHugh / Composers: Clarence Gaskill - Jimmy McHugh

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℗ 2019 Intense Media GmbH: 06-12-2019

Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2

01	I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	04:14
	Composers: Frederick Loewe - Al Lerner
02	I Could Have Danced All Night	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	03:42
	Composers: Al Lerner - Frederick Loewe
03	The Heather On the Hill	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	05:03
	Composers: Al Lerner - Frederick Loewe
04	On the Street Where You Live	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	08:36
	Composers: Al Lerner - Frederick Loewe
05	Almost Like Being In Love	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	04:52
	Composers: Al Lerner - Frederick Loewe
06	Thank Heaven for Little Girls	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	04:34
	Composers: Al Lerner - Frederick Loewe
07	I Talk to the Trees	Chet Baker	Milestones of Jazz Legends - Jazz on Broadway, Vol. 2	05:50
	Composers: Al Lerner - Frederick Loewe

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Master Tape Records: 01-11-2019

The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)

01	Lullaby of the Leaves (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	02:16
	Writer: Bernice Petkere / Composers: Joseph Young - Juan Martinez Mestres
02	Dancing on the Ceiling (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	02:01
	Writer: Richard Rodgers / Composers: Lorenz Hart
03	I Understand (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	02:22
	Writer: Mabel Wayne / Composers: Kim Gannon
04	Make Love to Me (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	03:38
	Writer: James A Johnson / Composers: James A Johnson
05	He's Funny That Way (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	03:14
	Writer: Richard A Whiting / Composers: Neil Moret
06	'S Wonderful (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	01:41
	Writer: George Gershwin / Composers: Ira Gershwin
07	Imagination (Remastered)	June Christy	The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)	02:17
	Writer: Johnny Burke / Composers: Jimmy Van Heusen

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2017 SRI Jazz: 28-03-2017

Willow Weep For Me

01	Get Happy	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	02:22
02	Too Marvelous For Words	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	01:20
03	Midnight Sun	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	02:26
04	Willow Weep For Me	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	02:26
05	This Years Crop Of Kisses	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	01:31
06	Something Cool	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	04:34
07	Lullaby In Rhythm	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	01:33

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: 01-01-2014

June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)

01	Come Rain Or Come Shine	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	03:02
02	Just A-Sittin' And A_Rockin'	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	02:38
03	Across The Valley From Alamo	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	01:02
04	No Baby, Nobody But You	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	02:44
05	It's Been A Long, Long Time	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	02:48
06	That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	02:19
07	Willow Weep For Me	June Christy	June Christy - Masters Of The Last Century: Best of June Christy (MP3 Album)	03:09

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(P) 1988 Hindsight Records, 2013 Hindsight Records: 27-06-2013

The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)

01	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (2013 Remaster)	June Christy	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	02:09
	Composers: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
02	You Make Me Feel so Young (2013 Remaster)	Rosemary Clooney	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	02:54
	Composers: Mack Gordon, Josef Myron
03	All of Me (2013 Remaster)	Helen O'Connell	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	02:09
	Composers: Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
04	Love Is Just Around the Corner (2013 Remaster)	June Christy	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	01:41
	Composers: Leo Robin, Lewis Gensler
05	Thrill Me (2013 Remaster)	Rosemary Clooney	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	03:04
	Composers: LEWIS GENSLER, E.Y. "YIP" HARBURG
06	I Remember You (2013 Remaster)	Helen O'Connell	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	03:02
	Composers: J. MERCER, V. SCHERTZINGER
07	I'll Take Romance (2013 Remaster)	June Christy	The Essential Series Remastered: Great Girl Singers 22 Original Hits (2013 Remaster)	02:14
	Composers: B. Oakland, O. Hammerstein

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℗ 2014 Cugate ltd.: 01-01-2012

September Song

01	The Nearness of You	June Christy	September Song	01:58
	Composers: Ned Washington
02	September Song	June Christy	September Song	01:59
	Composers: Kurt Weill
03	Stardust	June Christy	September Song	01:45
	Composers: Mitchell Parrish
04	Cecilla	June Christy	September Song	02:17
	Composers: RR
05	Lover Man	June Christy	September Song	03:13
	Composers: Jimmy Davis
06	Checkin' In	June Christy	September Song	01:52
	Composers: RR
07	Pemister Wonderful	June Christy	September Song	02:07
	Composers: RR

(P) 1979 Essential Media Group LLC.: 12-04-2011

I Remember June

01	I'll Remember April	June Christy	I Remember June	01:58
	Composers: Don Raye - Gene DePaul - Patricia Johnston
02	Checkin' In	Les Brown & His Band Of Renown	I Remember June	01:50
	Composers: Traditional
03	The Nearness Of You	Jo Ann Greer	I Remember June	01:55
	Composers: Hoagy Carmichael - Ned Washington
04	Stardust	Les Brown & His Band Of Renown	I Remember June	01:41
	Composers: Hoagy Carmichael
05	I'll Take Romance	June Christy	I Remember June	02:07
	Composers: Oscar Hammerstein - Ben Oakland
06	Lover	Les Brown & His Band Of Renown	I Remember June	03:07
	Composers: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart
07	Mr. Wonderful	Jo Ann Greer	I Remember June	02:05
	Composers: Jerry Bock - Larry Holofcener - George Weiss

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(P) 2011 Essential Media Group LLC.: 12-04-2011

Willow Weep For Me

01	Get Happy	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	02:24
	Composers: Harold Arlen - Ted Koehler
02	Too Marvelous For Words	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	01:21
	Composers: Johnny Mercer - Richard Whiting
03	Midnight Sun	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	03:34
	Composers: Sonny Burke - Lionel Hampton - Johnny Mercer
04	Willow Weep For Me	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	02:27
	Composers: Ann Ronell
05	This Year's Kisses	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	01:32
	Composers: Irving Berlin
06	Something Cool	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	04:36
	Composers: Dave Carey - Eddie Layton
07	Lullaby In Rhythm	June Christy	Willow Weep For Me	01:34
	Composers: Benny Goodman - Edgar Sampson - Clarence Profit - Walter Hirsch

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(P) 2010 Jukebox Entertainment: 07-12-2010

Midnight Sun

01	Get Happy	June Christy	Midnight Sun	02:24
	Composers: Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen
02	Too Marvelous For Words	June Christy	Midnight Sun	01:20
	Composers: Mercer John H. - WHITING RICHARD A.
03	Midnight Sun	June Christy	Midnight Sun	03:33
	Composers: BURKE J FRANCIS - Hampton Lionel - Mercer John H.
04	Willow Weep For Me	June Christy	Midnight Sun	02:25
	Composers: Ann Ronell
05	This Years Kisses	June Christy	Midnight Sun	02:08
	Composers: Irving Berlin
06	Something Cool	June Christy	Midnight Sun	04:20
	Composers: BARNES WILLIAM C.
07	Lullaby In Rhythm	June Christy	Midnight Sun	02:33
	Composers: Benny Goodman - Clarence Profit - Edgar Sampson - Walter Hirsch

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: 06-12-2010

Stardust

01	Stardust	June Christy	Stardust	01:45
02	Checkin' In	June Christy	Stardust	01:52
03	Mister Wonderful	June Christy	Stardust	02:08
04	Cecilla	June Christy	Stardust	02:17
05	Lover Man	June Christy	Stardust	03:13
06	September Song	June Christy	Stardust	01:59
07	The Nearness of You	June Christy	Stardust	01:59