June Richmond
June Richmond (born July 9, 1915 in Chicago , Illinois , † August 14, 1962 in Gothenburg , Sweden ) was an American jazz singer and actress .
Life
June Richmond is considered the first African American jazz singer to sing regularly in a "white" band when she performed with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra in 1938 . She previously worked at Les Hite in California; After her time with Dorsey, she performed with Cab Calloway (1938) and then worked in Andy Kirk's orchestra from 1939 to 1942 . After she left Kirk, she successfully started a career as a soloist; from 1948 she mostly appeared in Europe. She first settled in France, where she a. a. worked with Henri Renaud , and later in Scandinavia.
Her only recordings under her own name were made in 1951 when she made four tracks in Stockholm with Svend Asmussen ; In 1957 he wrote another four numbers with Quincy Jones ' orchestra , "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "Sleep", "Everybody's Doing It" and "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" in Paris . In addition, she appeared in several music and feature films in the 1940s and 1950s, for example in 1957 at the side of Peter Alexander , Bibi Johns and Rudolf Platte in the Erik Ode music comedy Liebe, Jazz und Übermut .
June Richmond died of a heart attack at the age of 47 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: Murder in Swingtime
- 1944: Carolina Blues
- 1945: Baby Don't You Love Me Anymore
- 1947: Reet, Petite, and Gone
- 1947: Ebony Parade
- 1948: The Dreamer
- 1953: Under the lights of Paris
- 1957: The Benny Hill Show (1 episode)
- 1957: love, jazz and high spirits
- 1959: Weekend show: Amuzementsprogramma met vedetten uit binnen- en buitenland
- 1961: In the evening at the Odeon (1 episode)
Discographic notes
- Cab Calloway: 1938–1939 ( Classics )
- Andy Kirk: 1939-1940 , 1943-1949 (Classics)
- Jazz in Paris - Harold Nicholas - June Richmond - Andy Bey (Emarcy)
swell
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Will Friedwald: Swinging Voices of America - A Compendium of Great Voices . Hannibal, St. Andrä-WIERT, 1992. ISBN 3-85445-075-3
Web links
- Scott Yanow biography at Allmusic
- June Richmond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richmond, June |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1962 |
| Place of death | Gothenburg , Sweden |