The Misty Miss Christy

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The Misty Miss Christy
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Studio album by
June Christy
ReleasedJuly 30, 1956 (1956-07-30)
RecordedJuly 26, 1955; January 9, 16, 23, 30, and May 23, 1956
Genre Vocal jazz
Length37:55
Label Capitol
June Christy chronology
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(1956)		 Fair and Warmer!
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The Misty Miss Christy is a 1956 studio album by June Christy. Christy sings several jazz standards, along with a few lesser-known tunes. Pete Rugolo arranged the songs and conducted the orchestra, which consisted of different combinations of musicians on different recording dates, with some overlap. The album was released on Capitol Records and reissued on Discovery Records. The CD was released on Blue Note Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:25
  2. "I Didn't Know About You" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:54
  3. "Day Dream" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John La Touche) – 2:59
  4. "Sing Something Simple" (Herman Hupfeld) – 2:13
  5. "Maybe You'll Be There" (Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop) – 2:52
  6. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 1:36
  7. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) – 4:58
  8. "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) – 2:22
  9. "The Wind" (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) – 3:49
  10. "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) – 2:01
  11. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:50
  12. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Harold Hopper) 2:12
  13. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (bonus track on 1992 CD reissue only) – 2:29
  14. "Intrigue" (Paul Durand, Ervin Drake) (bonus track on 1992 CD reissue only) – 2:19

Personnel

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