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    Along with June Christy, Helen O'Connell, and Julie London, Chris Connor epitomized cool jazz singing in the 1950s. Influenced by Anita O'Day, the torchy, smoky singer wasn't one for aggression. Like Chet Baker on the trumpet or Paul Desmond and Lee Konitz on alto sax, she used subtlety and restraint to their maximum advantage. At the University of Missouri, Connor (who had studied clarinet at an ...more
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  • Only the Lonely
  • I Wished on the Moon
  • Haunted Heart
  • By Myself
  • Drinking Again
  • I Get a Kick Out of You
  • Love Locked Out
  • I Never Meant to Hurt You
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