Julie London

INCLUDES LONDON’S ULTRA-RARE VERSION OF “NIGHT AND DAY”!!!

This release presents some of Julie London’s greatest hits from the period 1955-1962. Among them are some of her best-known songs, such as the hits “Cry Me a River” (No. 9 on the US & No. 22 on the UK charts) and “Desafinado” (No. 110 on the US charts). This set also includes London’s only existing reading of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day”, which only appeared in 1962 on an out of print Italian compilation album titled To Her Fans (Liberty LBY 1062-Q) and hasn’t been heard since then! One of the most sensual singers in the history of jazz, Julie London’s (September 26, 1926-October 28, 2000) risqué album covers were as much a part of her legend as her sultry and husky vocals.

JULIE LONDON, vocals
On all tracks, plus:

A1: Barney Kessel (g), Ray Leatherwood (b). Hollywood, July 1955.
A2: Unidentified orchestra. Hollywood, 1955.
A3 & A8: Howard Roberts (g), Red Mitchell (b). Hollywood, July 1958.
A4: Orchestra arranged & conducted by Pete King. Hollywood, May 1956.
A5: Orchestra arranged & conducted by Russell Garcia.
Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, 1955.
A6: The Spencer-Hagen Orchestra. Los Angeles, 1957.
A7: Orchestra arranged & conducted by David Seville (aka Ross Bagdasarian Sr.).
Los Angeles, 1958.
A9: From the movie A Question of Adultery. Unidentified guitar player. Hollywood, 1958.
A10: Orchestra arranged & conducted by Pete King. Los Angeles, May 1959.

B1-B2: Orchestra arranged & conducted by André Previn. Hollywood, 1959.
B3-B4: Orchestra arranged & conducted by Dick Reynolds. Hollywood, August 1960.
B5: Orchestra and chorus arranged & conducted by Jimmy Rowles. Hollywood, 1960.
B6-B7: Orchestra arranged & conducted by Belford Hendricks. Hollywood, 1961.
B8: Orchestra arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman. Los Angeles, 1962.
B9: Bobby Troup and His Orchestra, including Buddy Collette (alto-fl),
Bobby Troup (celeste), Howard Roberts (g), Bob Enevoldsen (b),
Don Heath (d). Hollywood, March 2, 1955.
B10: Unknown orchestra. Los Angeles, 1961-62. Originally issued on To Her Fans (Liberty LBY 1062-Q).

SIDE A:

01 CRY ME A RIVER
02 I’LL CRY TOMORROW
03 LONELY GIRL
04 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
05 MEANING OF THE BLUES
06 IT HAD TO BE YOU
07 IT’S EASY
08 BLUE MOON
09 MY STRANGE AFFAIR
10 SOMETHING I DREAMED LAST NIGHT

SIDE B:

01 MAKIN’ WHOOPEE
02 IT’S A BLUE WORLD
03 IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING
04 TIME FOR LOVERS
05 SEND FOR ME
06 MY DARLING, MY DARLING
07 MY LOVE, MY LOVE
08 DESAFINADO
09 YOU’RE BLASÉ
10 NIGHT AND DAY