The Cool School (album)
{{Other uses|Cool School (disambiguation){{!}}Cool School}}
{{Infobox album
| name = The Cool School
| type = studio
| artist = June Christy
| cover = The Cool School.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1960}}
| recorded = Hollywood, California, September 1959
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz, Children's music
| length =
| label = Capitol
| producer = Bill Miller
| prev_title = Road Show
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Off-Beat
| next_year = 1960
}}
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The Cool School is a 1960 album by June Christy of songs sung by children the world over accompanied by the Joe Castro Quartet. June’s daughter Shay (then aged 5) was pictured on the LP/CD cover wearing a blue smock.
The album was re-issued in 2006 as a double-CD together with Do-Re-Mi.
Track listing
- “Give a Little Whistle” (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington)
- “Magic Window” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
- “Baby’s Birthday Party” (Ann Ronell)
- “When You Wish upon a Star” (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington)
- “Baubles, Bangles, & Beads” (Robert Wright, Chet Forrest)
- “Aren't You Glad You're You?” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
- “Kee-mo, ky-mo” (Bob Hilliard, Roy Alfred)
- “Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)” (Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal)
- “Looking for a Boy” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
- “Small Fry” (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser)
- “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg)
- “Swinging on a Star” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Personnel
- June Christy - vocals
;The Joe Castro Quartet
- Joe Castro - piano
- Howard Roberts - guitar
- Leroy Vinnegar - bass
- Larry Bunker - drums
References
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{{June Christy}}
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Category:Capitol Records albums
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