Song:June Is Bustin' Out All Over
Album:Carousel: Featuring Members of the Original New York Production
Christine Johnson was an opera singer who originated the role of Nettie Fowler in the 1945 Broadway production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel. June is Bustin' Out All Over was written for her. Jean Darling was a child actress in the Our Gang comedies. She played Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel. It was her only major role in a musical. Christine was born Sept. 8, 1911 in Hopkinsville, KY. Her family moved to Owensboro while she was in high school. After studying voice in Nashville, she worked for radio station WSM. Christine moved to New York in 1937 and sang with many opera companies until she was cast in the original 1945 production of Carousel. After the show closed in 1949, Christine moved back to Owensboro, got married and retired from performing to raise a family. She occasionally appeared in local shows and taught voice to among others Florence Henderson. She died on June 9, 2010 at age 98. Jean Darling was born Aug. 23, 1922 in Santa Monica, CA. As a child she appeared in Our Gang shorts. And she continued to work as a teen. After earning a scholarship at the New York Municipal Opera Association, Jean began to appear on Broadway. As with Christine, Carousel was Jean's one major show. After the show closed, she hosted A Date With Jean Darling for NBC in New York and The Singing Knit-Witch for KHJ in Los Angeles. Then she moved to Ireland and wrote for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. She appeared on Irish TV reading her stories. She moved to Germany to live with her son and died on Sept. 4, 2015 at age 93. The 1945 original cast album for Carousel is available on CD. Here's a video of Christine Johnson and Jean Darling performing June Is Bustin' Out All Over from the 1945 production of Carousel.
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