Julie London – About The Blues / London By Night

 

About The Blues

1 Basin Street Blues 3:06

2 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 2:58

3 A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues 3:11

4 Get Set For The Blues 2:45

5 Invitation To The Blues 2:56

6 Bye Bye Blues 1:40

7 Meaning Of The Blues 2:56

8 About The Blues 3:06

9 Sunday Blues 2:56

10 The Blues Is All I Ever Had 2:51

11 Blues In The Night 3:52

12 Bouquet Of Blues 3:02

London By Night

13 Well, Sir 3:09

14 That's For Me 2:27

15 Mad About The Boy 2:12

16 In The Middle Of A Kiss 2:19

17 Just The Way I Am 2:43

18 My Man's Gone Now 3:51

19 Something I Dreamed Last Night 2:36

20 Pousse Café 2:53

21 Nobody's Heart 2:21

22 The Exciting Life 2:31

23 That Old Feeling 2:28

24 Cloudy Morning 2:13

About The Blues / London By Night

Julie London...Wild, Cool and Swingin'..the Artist Collection

 

Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her sultry, languid contralto vocals, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969. Her recording of "Cry Me a River", a track she introduced on her debut album, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.

Born in Santa Rosa, California to vaudevillian parents,London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and she began her career as an actress. In the mid-1950s, she signed a recording contract with Liberty Records, marking the beginning of her professional musical career. She released her final studio album in 1969.

1        Come On-A My House
2        My Heart Belongs To Daddy
3        Girl Talk
4        You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
5        You're My Thrill
6        Makin' Whoopee
7        Black Coffee
8        'Tain't What You Do
9        Blues In The Night
10        Comin' Thro' The Rye
11        Night Life
12        You And The Night And The Music
13        Nice Girls Don't Stay For Beautiful
14        Watermelon Man
15        Go Slow
16        Wives And Lovers
17        I Must Have That Man
18        Let There Be Love
19        Mad About The Boy
20        Daddy
21        Love For Sale
22        Mickey Mouse March

 Julie London

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Julie London double ... The End of the World and Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast...smooth 60's jazz/pop

Digitally remastered edition containing two original albums on a single CD. The great Julie London seems destined to be re-discovered every ten years or so. It started in the 80's and then again in the 90's. The End Of The World was released in 1963. Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast was released in 1967. Older fans remember London for her string of sexy Pop singles and albums while slightly younger folks may remember her from acting stint on the popular 70's medical drama Emergency. Either way, London left her mark on many generations and is still fondly remembered.

Julie London

Julie London...Eight Classic Albums..including original album covers

Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and film and television actress, whose career spanned five decades of television. She was noted for her smoky, sensual husky voice and languid demeanor. She released 32 albums of pop and jazz standards during the 1950's and 1960's, with her signature song being the classic "Cry Me a River", which she introduced in 1955. She had also appeared as a guest on several talk shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows.

London began singing (under the name Gayle Peck) in public in her teens before appearing in film. She was discovered by talent agent Sue Carol (wife of actor Alan Ladd), while working as an elevator operator. Her early film career did not include any singing roles.

London recorded 32 albums in a career that began in 1955 with a live performance at the 881 Club in Los Angeles. Billboard named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956, and 1957. She was the subject of a 1957 Life cover article in which she was quoted as saying, "It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate."

London's début recordings were for the Bethlehem Records label. While shopping for a record deal, she recorded four tracks that would later be included on the compilation album Bethlehem's Girlfriends in 1955. Bobby Troup backed London on the album. London recorded the standards "Don't Worry About Me", "Motherless Child", "A Foggy Day", and "You're Blasé".

London's most famous single, "Cry Me a River", was written by her high-school classmate Arthur Hamilton and produced by Troup. The recording became a million-seller after its release in December 1955, and also sold on reissue in April 1983 from the attention brought by a Mari Wilson cover. London performed the song in the film The Girl Can't Help It (1956), and her recording gained later attention in the films Passion of Mind (2000) and V for Vendetta (2006). The song "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was featured on the HBO television series Six Feet Under and appears on its soundtrack album. London's "Must Be Catchin'" was featured in the 2011 premiere episode of the ABC series Pan Am. Her last recording was "My Funny Valentine" for the soundtrack of the Burt Reynolds film Sharky's Machine (1981).

Julie Is Her Name / Lonely Girl

Calendar Girl / About the Blues

Make Love to Me / Julie

Julie Is Her Name Vol.2 / London By Night

download zip file with all eight album covers