June Christy was one of the many female vocalists, who emerged from the rigors of the Big Band era of the 1930s and ‘40s to become a major recording artist in her own right. She replaced Anita O'Day in the Stan Kenton Orchestra, but her career was cemented when she recorded her debut record, "Something Cool" in 1954. After that she was best known as a vocal innovator in the Cool Jazz movement of the 1950s. After her death, she was hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her ti