June Hutton

June Hutton (August 11, 1920 – May 2, 1973[1]) was an American popular singer.Born in Chicago of American Indian (Cherokee) descent,[2] in the late 1930s, Hutton joined the band of her older sister, Ina Ray Hutton, singing under the name of Elaine Merritt. In 1941, she joined Charlie Spivak's band as a member of a vocal group, The Stardusters (along with Glenn Calyon, Curt Purnell and Dick Wylder).[3] The Spivak orchestra and the Stardusters appeared in a Betty Grable film, Pin-Up Girl (1943). She had two hits as a member of The Stardusters, "This Is No Laughing Matter" and "Brother Bill", and also made a solo hit recording, "Dreamsville, Ohio". In 1944, when Jo Stafford left The Pied Pipers to go solo, Hutton replaced her in that group. With the Pipers, she recorded a number of hits: "Lily Belle", "Mam'selle", "In the Middle of May", "My Happiness", and the Pipers' trademark song, "Dream". In 1945, she dubbed the singing voice for Vera-Ellen in the film, Wonder Man. In 1950, she left the group to become a soloist. The next year she married orchestra leader and composer, Axel Stordahl. Her recordings for Capitol Records were backed up by Stordahl's orchestra. In 1953, she had three charted hits on Capitol: "Say You're Mine Again", "No Stone Unturned", and "For the First Time". "Say You're Mine Again" was her only hit in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #6 in 1953.[1] On her death in May 1973, at the age of 52, Hutton was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California next to her first husband, Axel Stordahl, with whom she was married from 1951 to 1963 (his death).[3] They had two children, Susan and Jeffrey. Hutton's second husband was actor, Kenneth Tobey, with whom she was married from 1968 to 1972 (divorced).