Home / Music / June Christy and Pete Rugolo connected through Stan Kenton's bandMusic linernotes album music june-christyJune Christy and Pete Rugolo connected through Stan Kenton's bandRugolo worked for the Stan Kenton big band in the late 1940s during Christy’s tenure as vocalist. When Christy recorded Something Cool, many Kenton alumni played on the sessions. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSomething Cool came out twice — first as a 10-inch, then as a 12-inchJune Christy recorded Something Cool over a two-year stretchPete Rugolo arranged and conducted Something CoolElla Fitzgerald's 'But Not for Me' won a Grammy from the Gershwin SongbookTime Out was the first jazz album to sell over a million copiesExploreThe Kinks' 'Lola' hit #2 in the UK and #9 in the US'Wild Wild Life' was the main hit from Talking Heads' True StoriesThe Human League's 'Don't You Want Me' topped charts in the UK and USGeffen Records' 'Just Say' series collected alternative and indie rock on themed compilationsFela Kuti's Kalakuta Republic was a Lagos compound for art, activism, and Africa 70Previous June Christy recorded Something Cool over a two-year stretchNext Julie London's debut Julie Is Her Name arrived in December 1955