The Song Is June!

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Song Is June!

| type = studio

| artist = June Christy

| cover = The Song Is June!.jpeg

| released = {{Start date|1958}}

| recorded = July–August 1958

| studio =Capitol Studios, Hollywood

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length =64:38

| label = Capitol

| producer =

| prev_title = June's Got Rhythm

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days

| next_year = 1959

}}

{{music ratings

|rev1 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=251}}

}}

The Song Is June! is a 1958 album by June Christy recorded with Pete Rugolo's Orchestra. It was reissued in 1997 as a double CD with Off-Beat.{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=The Song Is June! |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-song-is-june%21-mw0000090392 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=27 June 2019 }}

Track listing

  1. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) – 4:13
  2. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:00
  3. "Nobody's Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:07
  4. "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 1:47
  5. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
  6. "Night Time Was My Mother" (Connie Pearce, Arnold Miller) – 2:55
  7. "I Wished on the Moon" (Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker) – 2:18
  8. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:20
  9. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:00
  10. "Saturday's Children" (André Previn, Bob Russell) – 2:56

Personnel

Tracks 3, 6, and 10

  • June Christy – vocals
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone
  • Bob Cooper – tenor saxophone
  • Marty Berman – baritone saxophone
  • Vincent DeRosa – flugelhorn
  • Red Mitchell bass
  • Larry Bunker – vibraphone
  • Tony Rizzi – guitar
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Dan Lube – violin
  • Lou Raderman – violin
  • David Frisina – violin
  • Victor Arno – violin
  • Erno Neufeld – violin
  • Alfred Lustgarten – violin
  • Lou Klass – violin
  • Samuel Freed – violin
  • Benny Gill – violin
  • Virginia Majewski – viola
  • Stanley Harris – viola
  • Alex Neiman – viola
  • Ed Lustgarten – cello
  • Raphael Kramer – cello
  • Kurt Reher – cello
  • Kathryn Julye – harp
  • Pete Rugolo – arranger, conductor

Tracks 2, 4, 7 and 9

  • June Christy – vocals
  • Pete Candoli – trumpet
  • Buddy Childers – trumpet
  • Ed Leddy – trumpet
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Milt Bernhart – trombone
  • Frank Rosolino- trombone
  • Herb Harper- trombone
  • George Roberts- bass trombone
  • Vincent DeRosa – flugelhorn
  • Jack Cave – flugelhorn
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone
  • Paul Horn – alto saxophone, flute
  • Bob Cooper – tenor saxophone
  • Ronny Lang – tenor saxophone
  • Chuck Gentry – baritone saxophone
  • Russ Freeman- piano
  • Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Sam Rice – bass
  • Red Mitchell bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Larry Bunker – vibraphone
  • Pete Rugolo – arranger, conductor

Tracks 1, 5 and 8

  • June Christy – vocals
  • Vincent DeRosa – flugelhorn
  • Jack Cave – flugelhorn
  • Paul Horn – alto saxophone
  • Bob Cooper – tenor saxophone
  • Marty Berman – baritone saxophone
  • Tony Rizzi -guitar
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Frank Flynn – drums
  • Larry Bunker – vibraphone
  • Kathryn Julye – harp
  • Dan Lube – violin
  • Lou Raderman – violin
  • Erno Neufeld – violin
  • Victor Lustgarten – violin
  • Virginia Majewski – viola
  • Alex Nieman – viola
  • Stanley Harris – viola
  • Ed Lustgarten – cello
  • Ralph Kramer – cello
  • Kurt Reher – cello
  • Pete Rugolo – arranger, conductor

References