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June Richmond is considered the first African-American jazz singer who sang regularly in a white band when she appeared in 1938, Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra. She previously worked at Les Hite in California, and after her time at Dorsey she joined Cab Calloway (1938) and then worked from 1939 to 1942 in Andy Kirk's orchestra. After she left Kirk, she launched a successful career as a soloist; in 1948 she appeared mostly in Europe. She first settled in France, where she sang worked with Henri Renaud, and later in Scandinavia.
Her only recordings under her own name originated in 1951 when she recorded four titles in Stockholm with Svend Asmussen. In 1957 in Paris, she recorded another four numbers with the orchestra of Quincy Jones, "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "Sleep", "Everybody's Doing It" and "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". She was also an actor in the 1940s and 1950s, as in the American Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947) and the German Liebe, Jazz und Übermut (1957).
June Richmond died at age 47 of a heart attack.
June richmond 47th street jive
Records
Cab Calloway: 1938-1939 (Classics)
Andy Kirk: 1939-1940, 1943-1949 (Classics)
Jazz in Paris - Harold Nicholas - June Richmond - Andy Bey (Emarcy)
Filmography
Actress
1961
Am Abend ins Odeon (TV Series) as
Der Stargast
- Episode dated 29 May 1961 (1961) - Der Stargast
1957
Liebe, Jazz und Übermut as
Sängerin Jane Richards
1957
The Benny Hill Show (TV Series)
- Episode #2.4 (1957)
1953
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1948
The Dreamer (Short) as
The Wife
1947
Ebony Parade as
Wesley Eeps
1947
Reet, Petite, and Gone as
June
1946
Time Takes Care of Everything (Short)
1945
Baby Don't You Love Me Anymore (Short)
1944
Carolina Blues as
Singer in 'Mr. Beebe' number (uncredited)
1944
47th Street Jive (Short)
1937
Murder in Swingtime (Short)
Soundtrack
1957
Liebe, Jazz und Übermut (performer: "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (uncredited), "Ave Maria", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (uncredited))
1948
The Dreamer (Short) (performer: "My Man is Working Again")
1947
Reet, Petite, and Gone (performer: "I'VE CHANGED COMPLETELY", "YOU GOT ME WHERE YOU WANT ME" - uncredited)
1946
Who Dunit to Who (Short) (performer: "Who Dunit to Who")
1944
Hey Lawdy Mama (Short) (performer: "Hey Lawdy Mama")
1944
Carolina Blues (performer: "Mr. Beebe")
Self
1961
Les optimistes du lundi (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 October 1961 (1961) - Self
1961
Zeg hé, spaar je mee? (TV Series) as
Singer
- Episode dated 12 February 1961 (1961) - Singer
1961
Show-Boat (TV Mini Series) as
Self - Musician
- Episode #1.2 (1961) - Self - Musician
1960
America as Seen by a Frenchman (Documentary) as
Sings: The Zulu-Song
1959
Weekend show: Amuzementsprogramma met vedetten uit binnen- en buitenland (TV Special) as
Singer
1957
Trente-Six Chandelles (TV Series) as
Self
- Les grandes familles de Trente-Six chandelles: La batellerie (1958) - Self