Julie London

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Julie London

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LPS 140680

771893 LP

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INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

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One of the most sensual singers in the history of jazz and popular music, 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. She was born Gayle Peck in Santa Rosa, California, the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who were a vaudeville song-and-dance team. In 1929, when she was only 3, her family moved to San Bernardino, California, where Julie made her debut singing professionally on a public radio station. In 1941, when she was 14, the family moved to Hollywood, California. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from the Hollywood Professional School in 1945. In 1947 she married actor Jack Webb (of Dragnet fame). This pairing arose from their mutual love for jazz. In 1959 London married jazz composer and musician Bobby Troup, and they remained married until his death in 1999. London began singing in public under her real name Gayle Peck in her teens before appearing in a film. She was discovered by talent agent, Sue Carol (wife of actor Alan Ladd), while working as an elevator operator. Her early film career, however, 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 oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.” London’s exceptional sensitivity and subtlety compensated for her lack of range and vocal training (she would never develop the skills of Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan). The first to acknowledge her limitations, she instead utilized her skills to maximum effect.

JULIE LONDON, vocals
Music Arranged and Conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN

Hollywood, 1959.
Original album produced by Bobby Troup.
Engineers: Bill Putman and Ted Keep

* BONUS TRACK (B7)
DICK REYNOLDS (arranger & conductor) and His Orchestra.
Hollywood, August 1960.


TRACKS:

Side A:
1 MAKIN’ WHOOPEE (Walter Donaldson-Gus Kahn) 2:46
2 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU (Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Heusen) 3:13
3 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (Edward Heyman-Victor Young) 3:23
4 IT’S A BLUE WORLD (Chet Forrest-Robert Wright) 2:24
5 THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (George & Ira Gershwin) 3:09
6 ONE FOR MY BABY(Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer) 4:11

Side B:
1 ANGEL EYES (Earl Brent-Matt Dennis) 3:57
2 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY (George & Ira Gershwin) 3:18
3 THE MORE I SEE YOU (Mack Gordon-Harry Warren) 3:03
4 A STRANGER IN TOWN (Mel Tormé) 3:00
5 TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE (Hoagy Carmichael-Frank Loesser) 3:15
6 LEARNIN’ THE BLUES (Delores Vicki Silvers) 3:26
7 BUT NOT FOR ME (George & Ira Gershwin) 2:24*