Julie London - The Wonderful World Of Julie London

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:34
Size: 67.7 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1963/2012
Art: Front

[2:23] 1. I'm Coming Back To You
[2:14] 2. Soft Summer Breeze
[2:23] 3. Can't Get Used To Losing You
[3:22] 4. A Taste Of Honey
[2:56] 5. Little Things Mean A Lot
[2:46] 6. In The Still Of The Night
[3:05] 7. Love For Sale
[1:49] 8. When Snowflakes Fall In The Summer
[1:59] 9. How Can I Make Him Love Me
[2:27] 10. Say Wonderful Things
[2:23] 11. Guilty Heart
[2:12] 12. (I Love You And) Don't You Forget It

The Wonderful World of Julie London is a pop album without the jazz underpinnings of "Cry Me a River" and most of her best work. The LP was produced by Snuff Garrett and arranged by Ernie Freeman, but the music isn't pop/rock -- it's a neat foreshadowing of the easy listening sound of the mid- to late '60s, and a perfect example of the kind of music that necessitated the adult contemporary label. Breezy and modern without borrowing from rock, The Wonderful World of Julie London delivers snappy performances of Cole Porter songs alongside contemporary numbers by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in London's distinctive sultry voice. This was London's final charting album and is still an agreeable listen, but isn't as timeless and appealing as her traditional pop recordings. ~Greg Adams

The Wonderful World Of Julie London

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Julie London - Our Fair Lady

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:46
Size: 74,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:53)  1. The Days Of Wine And Roses
(2:49)  2. Call Me Irresponsible
(2:23)  3. Theme From "A Summer Place"
(3:11)  4. As Time Goes By
(2:41)  5. More
(2:28)  6. Charade
(2:26)  7. Never On Sunday
(2:56)  8. An Affair To Remember
(2:39)  9. Wives And Lovers
(1:59) 10. Fascination
(2:12) 11. Boy On A Dolphin
(3:02) 12. Second Time Around

Julie London spent most of the 1960s recording middle-of-the-road vocal pop albums of varying degrees of worth before returning to West Coast jazz with a vengeance on 1965's All Through the Night. Recorded the same year as that excellent Cole Porter tribute, the bland Our Fair Lady comes off like corporate payback for a quick jazz rebellion. The arrangements on this release are lifeless, and though she projected a sexy, confident image on album covers, Julie London was always better at singing torch songs of unrequited love then whispering winking, come-hither tracks like "Never on Sunday" or kitsch songs such as "Theme From a Summer Place." While Our Fair Lady seems like a stopgap release, the balance between jazz and upscale pop was achieved on London's next release, the fine For the Night People. ~ Nick Dedina https://www.allmusic.com/album/our-fair-lady-mw0000848727

Our Fair Lady

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Julie London - Lonely Girl

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:36
Size: 67.8 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1956/2010
Art: Front

[2:32] 1. Lonely Girl
[2:07] 2. Fools Rush In
[2:38] 3. Moments Like This
[2:35] 4. I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
[2:35] 5. It's The Talk Of The Town
[1:56] 6. What'll I Do
[1:54] 7. When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:43] 8. Don't Take Your Love From Me
[2:35] 9. Where Or When
[1:48] 10. All Alone
[2:10] 11. Mean To Me
[2:09] 12. How Deep Is The Ocean
[1:47] 13. Remember

Liberty Records was pleasantly surprised when Julie London's debut album was such a big hit. Julie Is Her Name did contain the hit single "Cry Me a River," but each featured mellow jazz guitar and bass backing -- which was considered commercial suicide in 1955. So, instead of changing direction and recording the follow-up Lonely Girl with a full orchestra, Liberty wisely allowed London to strip the accompaniment down even more on the album by dropping the backing down to one instrument. Lone guitarist Al Viola plays gentle Spanish-tinged acoustic behind the hushed vocalist, and it suits London perfectly. While the singer was often chided for her beauty and lack of range, she deftly navigates these ballads without any rhythmic underpinnings to fall back on. London's intense focus on phrasing and lyrics recalls Chet Baker's equally telescopic approach. So while most of the album contains the usual midnight standards, London sings them in her own way. The title track is the one unfamiliar tune here, and it's a real gem, penned by Bobby Troup (he was London's producer, paramour, and future husband). The low-key Lonely Girl beat the sophomore slump and initially did almost as well in the charts as Julie Is Her Name. Instead of stripping away the guitar in order to make London's next release be the first a cappella torch album, Troup crafted Calendar Girl, a big-budget orchestral affair that was more in keeping with the thematic pop albums released at the time. ~Nick Dedina

Lonely Girl

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Julie London - Your Number, Please

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:26
Size: 88.0 MB
Styles: Vocal, Torch songs
Year: 1959/2010
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Makin' Whoopee
[3:10] 2. It Could Happen To You
[3:19] 3. When I Fall In Love
[2:20] 4. It's A Blue World
[3:05] 5. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[4:06] 6. One For My Baby
[3:53] 7. Angel Eyes
[3:14] 8. Our Love Is Here To Stay
[2:59] 9. The More I See You
[2:56] 10. A Stranger In Town
[3:11] 11. Two Sleepy People
[3:25] 12. Learnin' The Blues

One in a long series of Julie London records, this set features the sultry but subtle singer on a dozen standards, each of which she dedicates to a different male singer. No dates or personnel information are given other than the LP stating that Andre Previn arranged for the backing orchestra. Although not essential, this is a worthwhile set, with London adding sensuality to such songs as "Learnin' the Blues," "When I Fall in Love," "The More I See You," and "Angel Eyes." ~Scott Yanow

Your Number, Please

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Julie London - Julie

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:54
Size: 70.8 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1957/2010
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Somebody Loves Me
[2:41] 2. Dream Of You
[2:17] 3. Daddy
[2:34] 4. Bye Bye Blackbird
[2:18] 5. Free And Easy
[3:06] 6. All My Life
[1:43] 7. When The Red Red Robin Comes A Bob Bobobbin' Along
[2:28] 8. Midnight Sun
[2:29] 9. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[2:37] 10. Don'cha Go 'way Mad
[2:53] 11. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
[2:40] 12. For You

Julie London made the folks at the Liberty label rich with more than 25 albums, exclusive of compilations, cut over a period of 1955 to 1969. Usually put into a torch song setting, this release allows London to shed that garment and become jazzy. The reason, of course, is the presence of the invaluable Jimmy Rowles, who did the charts, played piano, and led an orchestra of top-flight but unidentified musicians. Unidentified or not, that could well be Don Fagerquist's muted trumpet on "Midnight Sun" and other cuts and either Ted Nash or Bob Cooper on tenor on "Somebody Loves Me." That the producer is Bobby Troup also helped to assure that this session would be a swinging affair. The arrangements let London's vocals take on a different demeanor. Instead of being sultry, she becomes dazzling and sparkling. She also becomes more adept at phrasing and timing and takes a risk or two in the tradition of a jazz singer. Listen to her coax the lyrics along on "(Back Home Again In) Indiana." You'll rarely hear her on other albums take the kind of up-the-scale flyer she uses as the coda to this tune. One might argue London made only one other album that comes close to the jazz sensation that radiates from this record. That's the record featuring the small group recordings she made with the duos of Barney Kessel and Ray Leatherford and Howard Roberts and Red Mitchell, respectively, compiled on Julie Is Her Name, Vols. 1 and 2. ~Dave Nathan

Julie

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Various - Capitol Sings Hollywood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:43
Size: 134.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. Betty Hutton - Stuff Like That There
[2:56] 2. Bob Manning - That Old Feeling
[2:41] 3. Bobby Darin - There's A Rainbow 'round My Shoulder
[1:53] 4. Dakota Staton - On Green Dolphin Street
[2:17] 5. Dean Martin - Louise
[3:01] 6. Ethel Ennis - My Foolish Heart
[3:04] 7. Johnny Mercer - If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
[3:13] 8. Julie London - It Could Happen To You
[2:39] 9. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me
[3:29] 10. June Hutton - My Baby Just Cares For Me
[3:12] 11. Keely Smith - When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:48] 12. Lena Horne - Singin' In The Rain
[2:46] 13. Mark Murphy - Put The Blame On Mame
[3:11] 14. Mel Tormé - Again
[4:02] 15. Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful
[2:54] 16. Nat King Cole - Smile
[3:07] 17. Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather
[4:17] 18. Sue Raney - I Remember You
[2:06] 19. Trudy Richards - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
[2:00] 20. Vic Damone - Stella By Starlight

Capitol Records has one of the most distinctive buildings in Los Angeles and if a movie shows the city begin destroyed by aliens or tornadoes it usually involves the destruction of the round building that bears the company's name. Capitol was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, the first major label on the West Coast competing with New York City's Columbia, Decca and RCA-Victor. Starting with artists like Paul Whiteman and Martha Tilton, by the end of the decade the label was recording Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Les Brown, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra. While the works of Crosby and Sinatra are exempt from the Capitol Sings series, you will always find familiar singers singing familiar songs, as with the title track sung by Lena Horne, as often as you hear unfamiliar songs sung by forgotten singers, such as Ethel Ennis singing "My Foolish Heart."

"Captiol Sings Hollywood" is Volume 20 in the series and one brings together twenty tracks representing a particular venue (e.g., Broadway) instead of a specific songwriter (e.g., Irving Berlin). Just be aware that if a song originated in a Broadway show that was made into a Hollywood musical then it is exempt from being included in this collection. That would explain why you may well be unfamiliar with most of these twenty songs. "Singin' in the Rain" and "Stormy Weather" are recognizable classics, and the same should be said for Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," sung here by Nat King Cole in one of the best tracks on the album. and June Christy's swing version of "They Can't Take That Away From Me." But after that you may recognize singers like Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Mel Torme more than "Louise," "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," and "Again." Still you will find a few new little gems on this album, what with Sarah Vaughn's "I Remember You" and Nancy Murphy's saucy "Put the Blame on Mame." That last is from the movie "Gilda" (I mention this because I was drawing blanks on the vast majority of these tracks as to what movies they were culled from and this one immediately jumped to my mind, as did the fact that Anita Ellis sang it for Rita Haywroth).

Despite the unfamiliar songs this is still an enjoyable album, even if it is a lesser one by the standard of the Capitol Sings series. But if you like one of these albums you will certainly enjoy the rest of them. Final Note: On this album Peggy Lee sings Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," but on the "Over the Rainbow: Capitol Sings Harold Arlen" the song is sung by Keely Smith. So even when a song by a particular composer or lyricist shows up on more than one album, you will find different cover versions on each album. Again, this simply reflects how deep the Capitol vault is when it comes to these songs. ~Lawrence Bernabo

Capitol Sings Hollywood

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Julie London - Make Love To Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:27
Size: 67.4 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1957/2010
Art: Front

[2:15] 1. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
[2:31] 2. It's Good To Want You Bad
[2:12] 3. Go Slow
[2:53] 4. A Room With A View
[2:20] 5. The Nearness Of You
[2:05] 6. Alone Together
[2:06] 7. I Wanna Be Loved
[3:40] 8. Snuggled On Your Shoulder
[1:55] 9. You're My Thrill
[2:32] 10. Lover Man
[2:23] 11. Body And Soul
[2:30] 12. Make Love To Me

Julie London's concise and melodic versions of standards were quite popular during the latter half of the 1950s. Her subtle sensuality and lightly swinging style made for a potent combination. This album (which has not yet reappeared on CD) matches London's voice with an orchestra arranged by Russ Garcia on standards and a couple of newer tunes, including Bobby Troup's "It's Good to Want You Bad." Among the more memorable selections are "If I Could Be With You," "Alone Together," "I Wanna Be Loved" and "You're My Thrill." ~Scott Yanow

Make Love To Me

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Julie London - London By Night

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:13
Size: 71.5 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1958/2012
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. Well, Sir
[2:23] 2. That's For Me
[2:08] 3. Mad About The Boy
[2:16] 4. In The Middle Of A Kiss
[2:39] 5. Just The Way I Am
[3:48] 6. My Man's Gone Now
[2:32] 7. Something I Dreamed Last Night
[2:50] 8. Pousse Cafe
[2:21] 9. Nobody's Heart
[2:28] 10. The Exciting Life
[2:25] 11. That Old Feeling
[2:12] 12. Cloudy Morning

1958's London By Night is a typically high-class, high quality Julie London album. The standards and original tunes on the disc are strung together in such a way that they form a narrative of a lovelorn woman finding true love, getting dumped, and wandering around sadly until finding romantic redemption in the final song. London specialized in downbeat numbers and even the positive love songs are languid and moody, so they jibe well with the wrist-slashers that make up the majority of the album. Many of London's albums feature a song or two by her husband, Bobby Troup. London By Night is no exception and it features two Troup originals: the opening track, "Well, Sir," and "Just the Way I Am," which closes with the emotionally naked line "What a fool I was to dream that someday you could love me just the way I am." It's to London's credit that she could deliver lines like this so convincingly when she was famous for her beauty. It also shows how 1950s audiences were dealing with the same issues of self-worth and esteem that modern ones are grappling with, and why classic albums such as London By Night still have a place in music collections. London By Night has been reissued on CD in Japan and in Britain as a budget-priced two-for-one, paired with the equally fine About the Blues. ~Nick Dedina

London By Night

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Julie London - Easy Does It

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:17
Size: 87.7 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1968/2012
Art: Front

[2:40] 1. Show Me The Way To Go Home
[3:00] 2. Me And My Shadow
[3:28] 3. This Can't Be Love
[2:58] 4. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
[2:38] 5. Soon It's Gonna Rain
[3:40] 6. I'll See You In My Dreams
[3:20] 7. April In Paris
[3:53] 8. Bidin' My Time
[3:29] 9. The Man I Love
[3:36] 10. It Had To Be You
[3:03] 11. We'll Be Together Again
[2:27] 12. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)

There are singers who let it fly from deep within and pour out red-faced bellows complete with bulging eyes and pulsating neck cords. They rip it up with big bands and belt it out until the sun comes up, then follow with swashbuckling encores that bring down the house with slaps-on-the-back and flamenco table top dances.

Then there's Julie. No gala musical fanfare or big-sound glitter. No jokes, no jugglers, no soft-shoe. Just a blues guitar, a well-placed bass, a drummer's light brush... and Julie. The combo provides a mere musical skeleton, a framework that serves only to complement the singer; it doesn't try to compete. The combination is distinctively blues... and distinctively Julie.

Julie is a mysterious, sultry woman with a moist-eyed singing style and real feeling for loneliness. She can take a variety of material and adapt it perfectly to her nostalgic blue mood. Her rendition of "This Can't Be Love" is one of the best examples. The slight musical accompaniment serves only to enhance Julie's vocal mood. Even old timers like "Me And My Shadow" and "Bidin' My Time" come across like they were written especially for her. Julie won't change her style with the whims of the musical world - her "It Had To Be You" and "The Man I Love" will always be provoking and easy to understand. And people will always want to hear her. .. whenever they get in that Julie mood. No, she doesn't strain above the percussion and brass, and she has no aspirations to win the battle of the bands or shatter fine crystal with her vocal vibrations. Her music is for the candlelight people - people who light fires in fireplaces and pull down bottles of Spanish Port from musty cupboards. She sings the way lonely people feel. And there's not a grin in the place. ~Al Stoffel

Easy Does It

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Julie London - Sophisticated Lady

Styles: Vocal Jazz

Year: 1962

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 36:32

Size: 85,2 MB

Art: Front

(2:37)  1. Sophisticated Lady

(2:37)  2. Blame It On My Youth

(2:32)  3. Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please

(3:12)  4. You're Blase

(2:55)  5. Bewitched

(3:50)  6. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

(3:14)  7. Remind Me (Moonlight in the Tropic)

(2:42)  8. When She Makes Music

(4:42)  9. When the World Was Young

(2:49) 10. If I Should Lose You

(2:56) 11. Where Am I To Go

(2:21) 12. Absent Minded Me

"Sophisticated" is the right word to describe Julie London's cool vocal approach; it can be shoved into the background, but if you listen closely there's a lot of turmoil going on under its seemingly calm surface. Similar to Chet Baker's unruffled way with a lyric, London's self-described "thimble full of a voice" ends up describing how pain hasn't quite iced over all her emotions rather than proving how unfeeling she is. Also like Baker, so many of her best recordings are steeped in the style and mood of laid-back West Coast jazz. Sophisticated Lady is one of a string of records London cut in the early '60s with less of a jazz feel than most of her sessions from the '50s, but it's still a worthy album. If it's not exactly an essential session, it is a good one, and the backing orchestra is to blame for the album's shortcomings not the vocalist. The charts balance a mellow very mellow kind of 1940s-era swing feeling (think of Tommy Dorsey or Glenn Miller doing a slow-dance number) with heavy string statements and semi-classical passages. They aren't particularly obtrusive or bad charts, but they are undistinguished, and the arranger for the date doesn't even get a credit on the album sleeve. It's these arrangements, not London's vocal performance, that make this a mediocre, but still worthy, album. (To hear how this approach is done correctly, just listen to Nelson Riddle's beautiful and more jazz-flavored work on Frank Sinatra's exquisite Nice 'N' Easy album.) That's not to say it's not a good disc, though, and standout tracks include Cole Porter's witty "booze as a cure for heartache" number "Make It Another Old-Fashioned Please" and three songs by writers associated with cool jazz. The Wolf/Landesman cut "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most" has deservedly earned its status as a standard, but the neglected "Absent Minded Me" by Bob Merrill and Bobby Troup's "Where Am I to Go" deserve to be rediscovered and more widely recorded. ~ Nick Dedina  http://www.allmusic.com/album/sophisticated-lady-mw0000740188

Sophisticated Lady

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Julie London - For the Night People

Styles: Vocal Jazz

Year: 1966

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 33:46

Size: 78,6 MB

Art: Front

(2:27)  1. Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey

(4:00)  2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

(2:30)  3. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)

(3:18)  4. God Bless The Child

(3:32)  5. Am I Blue

(2:28)  6. Dream

(3:15)  7. Here's That Rainy Day

(3:13)  8. When The Sun Comes Out

(3:22)  9. Can't Get Out Of This Mood

(2:51) 10. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

(2:44) 11. I'll Never Smile Again

After 1959's excellent Julie...at Home, a small-group West Coast session cut in her own living room, Julie London's albums became increasingly orchestral and less jazzy during the first half of the '60s. While many of these albums are excellent (particularly Around Midnight), most weren't up to her best recordings from the 1950s. Then, in 1965 something changed, and stripped-down jazz backings reappeared on her albums until her notorious final disc went soft rock with a vengeance in 1969. For this album, the West Coast arranger and bass player Don Bagley combines an excellent jazz trio with subtle string charts that never swamp the intimate feeling of the disc. London came to fame by recording stripped-down sessions with just guitar and bass, so it makes sense that on For the Night People, an unidentified jazz guitarist gets to solo throughout the album. A typically low-key and melancholy session, standout tracks include a languid reading of the usually manic "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" and two songs made famous by Frank Sinatra "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)" and "I'll Never Smile Again." This album is a must-have for Julie London fans and thankfully she worked with Bagley again on the more upbeat but no-less-languid Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast, which keeps the guitar heard here, but after the title track replaces the strings with a jazz organ and horn. ~ Nick Dedina http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-the-night-people-mw0000848778

For the Night People

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Julie London - Wild, Cool & Swingin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 57:05

Size: 130.7 MB

Styles: Vocal jazz, Torch songs

Year: 1999

Art: Front

[2:54] 1. Come On-A My House

[2:39] 2. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

[2:38] 3. Girl Talk

[2:12] 4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

[1:54] 5. You're My Thrill

[2:41] 6. Makin' Whoopee

[3:02] 7. Black Coffee

[2:03] 8. 'tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)

[3:48] 9. Blues In The Night

[2:32] 10. Comin' Thro' The Rye

[2:24] 11. Night Life

[2:37] 12. You And The Night And The Music

[2:28] 13. Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast

[2:33] 14. Watermelon Man

[2:12] 15. Go Slow

[2:37] 16. Wives And Lovers

[2:16] 17. I Must Have That Man!

[2:03] 18. Let There Be Love

[2:08] 19. Mad About The Boy

[4:25] 20. Daddy

[2:37] 21. Love For Sale

[2:09] 22. Mickey Mouse March

Wild, Cool and Swingin' compiles 22 songs from several of the many albums she made for the Liberty label from 1957 though 1966. Most of the selections link London with obviously good but mostly unidentified studio players, as well as with excellently arranged material that is unencumbered, for the most part, by syrupy string ensemble playing. Her 1960 recording of "Black Coffee" compares well with the slinky Peggy Lee and soulful Carmen McRae versions of this tune. Andre Previn is with her for a very Billy May-like arrangement of "Makin' Whoopee." A fine guitar player is present on "`Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)," and a sax player sounding much like Plas Johnson sets the tone for a powerful rendition of "Night Life." London is appropriately sensuous on "Come on-A My House" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." The vocalist also proves she can get down with the blues on "Watermelon Man," where she is backed by an orchestra led by Gerald Wilson, along with a down and dirty organ. "Daddy" finds her in the company of Jimmy Rowles along with a hot fiddle. Ernie Freeman, who has backed many a singer, is represented on several of the tracks. His ability to write arrangements which enhance the special qualities of the vocalists is evident on such tunes as "Wives and Lovers." Given the songs compiled for this release, it's clear that the producers wanted to show that there is something more to London's warbling than romantic ballads backed with string orchestras, playing stock arrangements. For both Julie London fans as well as those who appreciate good vocals of well-arranged tunes, this album is recommended. ~Dave Nathan

Wild, Cool & Swingin'

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Julie London - Cry Me A River

Styles: Vocal Jazz

Year: 1995

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 63:57

Size: 153,5 MB

Art: Front

(2:59)  1. Cry Me A River

(4:11)  2. One For My Baby

(2:47)  3. Making Whoopee

(3:15)  4. It Could Happen To You

(3:24)  5. When I Fall In Love

(1:49)  6. What Is This Thing Called Love

(3:11)  7. They Can't Take That Away From Me

(3:58)  8. Angel Eyes

(1:55)  9. I Love You

(2:32) 10. I'm In The Mood For Love

(2:29) 11. I'm Glad There's You

(1:46) 12. Laura

(2:33) 13. Blue Moon

(2:10) 14. Spring Is Here

(3:04) 15. The More I See You

(2:26) 16. It's A Blue World

(3:01) 17. A Stranger In Town

(3:17) 18. Two Sleepy People

(2:21) 19. Goody Goody

(2:53) 20. Little White Lies

(2:11) 21. I Got Lost In His Arms

(2:06) 22. The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else

(3:28) 23. Learning The Blues

A sultry, smoky-voiced master of understatement, Julie London enjoyed considerable popularity during the cool era of the 1950s. London never had the range of Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, but often used restraint, softness, and subtlety to maximum advantage. An actress as well as a singer, London played with heavyweights like Gregory Peck and Rock Hudson in various films, and was married to Jack Webb of Dragnet fame for seven years before marrying songwriter Bobby Troup ("Route 66").

London performed her biggest hit, "Cry Me a River," in the Jayne Mansfield film The Girl Can't Help It. After recording her last album, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, in 1969, she continued to act playing a nurse on the NBC medical drama Emergency from 1974-1978. Despite her "sex symbol" image London was known for her sexy LP covers, which make them collector's items she was surprisingly shy, and left show biz altogether in the late '70s. In the mid-'90s London suffered a stroke, which led to a half-decade of poor health and ultimately contributed to her death on October 18, 2000.~Alex Henderson http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julie-london-mn0000247966/biography

Cry Me A River

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Julie London - 2 albums: Julie Is Her Name / Vol. 2

Album: Julie Is Her Name
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:44
Size: 70.4 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1955/2014
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Cry Me A River
[3:14] 2. I Should Care
[2:27] 3. I'm In The Mood For Love
[2:24] 4. I'm Glad There Is You
[3:08] 5. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
[1:49] 6. I Love You
[1:59] 7. Say It Isn't So
[2:22] 8. It Never Entered My Mind
[3:12] 9. Easy Street
[1:32] 10. 's Wonderful
[1:50] 11. No Moon At All
[1:41] 12. Laura
[2:05] 13. Gone With The Wind

For a time, Julie London was as famous for her sexy album covers as for her singing. Her debut is her best, a set of fairly basic interpretations of standards in which she is accompanied tastefully by guitarist Barney Kessel and bassist Ray Leatherwood. "Cry Me a River" from this album, was her biggest hit, and her breathy versions of such numbers as "I Should Care," "Say It Isn't So," "Easy Street," and "Gone with the Wind" are quite haunting. ~Scott Yanow

Julie Is Her Name

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Album: Julie Is Her Name Vol 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:24
Size: 60.5 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1958/2015
Art: Front

[2:29] 1. Blue Moon
[1:44] 2. What Is This Thing Called Love
[2:44] 3. How Long Has This Been Going On
[2:40] 4. Too Good To Be True
[2:05] 5. Spring Is Here
[1:51] 6. Goody Goody
[2:02] 7. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
[2:16] 8. If I'm Lucky
[1:47] 9. Hot Toddy
[2:48] 10. Little White Lies
[1:48] 11. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
[2:06] 12. I Got Lost In His Arms

Three years after her debut, Julie Is Her Name, Julie London returned to the intimate jazz guitar and bass backing that resulted in a Top Ten album and single (the still-popular "Cry Me a River"). You can almost see the cigar-smoking executives at Liberty Records planning this one out -- "Hey, if the public loved it the first time, they're bound to love it again, right?" Well, to give the cigar-chompers some credit, Julie London favored this backing for her live performances and she originally had to fight to be able to record with this intimate jazz backing. Plus, every uptown singer -- from Johnny Mathis to Chet Baker to Sarah Vaughan -- was recording with a guitar/bass duo after Julie Is Her Name hit big, so why not the lady who started it all? For once, pandering to the public equaled taking the artistic high road, because while Julie Is Her Name, Vol. 2 may not be as fresh or unexpected as its predecessor, it actually stands up as a slightly stronger album. London's breathy vocals aren't that different, but she seems more confident and she swings more, even on the ballads. Howard Roberts may not have been a "name guitarist" like Barney Kessel, who played on the debut, but his work here is strong and bassist Red Mitchell lays an entire rhythm section worth of foundation for London to stretch out on. This album was also better recorded than London's debut and the release has a fuller, richer sound to it. Since the plunging-neckline album cover to London's debut was talked about as much as the music, Liberty Records decided to continue the concept by literally putting spotlight beams on the famed beauty's chest. Thankfully, Julie London had enough jazz credentials and focused vocal talent that such blatant cheesecake shots remain of secondary importance to the music contained on the album. ~Nick Dedina

Julie Is Her Name Vol 2

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Julie London - Sings The Choicest Of Cole Porter

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 48:44

Size: 111.6 MB

Styles: Jazz vocals

Year: 1991/2010

Art: Front

[4:33] 1. All Through The Night

[1:44] 2. What Is This Thing Called Love

[2:57] 3. Get Out Of Town

[2:40] 4. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

[4:07] 5. So In Love

[2:13] 6. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

[2:39] 7. In The Still Of The Night

[3:27] 8. At Long Last Love

[1:48] 9. I Love You

[3:02] 10. I've Got You Under My Skin

[2:37] 11. Love For Sale

[2:29] 12. Easy To Love

[2:28] 13. Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please

[2:16] 14. You Do Something To Me

[2:46] 15. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

[2:29] 16. Always True To You In My Fashion

[4:22] 17. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

Julie London (vocals), Bud Shank (alto saxophone, flute), Barney Kessel, Al Viola, Joe Pass, Howard Roberts (guitar), Jimmy Rowles, Russ Freeman (piano), Emil Richards (vibraphone), Ray Leatherwood, Don Bagley, Red Mitchell, Monty Budwig (bass), Earl Palmer, Colin Bailey (drums).

In celebration of what would have been Cole Porter's 100th year, EMI collected all of Julie London's studio recordings of the master's work onto one compact disc. Ten of the 17 tracks come from 1965's exceptional All Through the Night, which finds the sultry vocalist proving her cool jazz mettle once again with a quintet led by Bud Shank. The other seven songs are culled from London's sessions with Barney Kessel, Jimmy Rowles, and various studio orchestras. If anyone doubts that London was a jazz-based singer at heart (and there are many doubters out there), listen to the two versions of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" that are included here. London sticks to the melody in each but offers completely different emotional and musical interpretations that relate to the type of backing band. This was EMI's first Julie London CD reissue and it remains one of the best out. ~ Nick Dedina

Sings The Choicest Of Cole Porter

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VA - Ladies In Blue: The Best Blue Note Female Vocals

Size: 175,6+164,6 MB
Time: 75:40+70:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Label: Blue Note Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Stacey Kent - What A Wonderful World (4:24)
02. Norah Jones - Those Sweet Words (3:24)
03. The Bird & The Bee - How Deep Is Your Love (3:22)
04. Sabrina Starke - Yellow Brick Road (4:07)
05. Cassandra Wilson - Time After Time (4:05)
06. Traincha - What The World Needs Now (3:56)
07. Abbey Lincoln - Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me (2:14)
08. China Moses - What A Difference A Day Makes (7:17)
09. Alice Ricciardi - Comes Love (4:27)
10. Billie Holiday - Detour Ahead (3:01)
11. Blossom Dearie - May I Come In (20 Bit Mastering 1998 Remastered Version) (2:12)
12. Julie London - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (2:48)
13. Jacinta - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (5:45)
14. Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims - Violets For Your Furs (6:07)
15. Holly Cole & Javon Jackson - Hum Drum Blues (5:36)
16. Molly Johnson - Melody (3:44)
17. Grant Greens - Down Here On The Ground (Ummah Remix Feat. Dianne Reeves) (4:36)
18. Cecilie Norby - Set Them Free (4:27)

CD 2:
01. Priscilla Ahn - Dream (3:29)
02. Marlena Shaw - Feel Like Making Love (4:58)
03. Shirley Eikhard - There But For Love Go I (5:12)
04. Eliane Elias - They Can't Take That Away From Me (3:43)
05. Carmen Mcrae - The Man I Love (4:15)
06. Denise Jannah - You Must Believe In Spring (7:13)
07. Betty Carter - There Is No Greater Love (3:49)
08. Dodo Greene - Jazz In My Soul (2:35)
09. Jackie Allen - Lazy Afternoon (3:49)
10. Helen Eriksen - Arms Around You (4:45)
11. Lena Horne - Something To Live For (Live) (4:43)
12. Sarah Vaughan - Stormy Weather (With Jimmie Jones And Orchestra) (3:26)
13. Nancy Wilson - Call Me Irresponsible (2000 Remastered Version) (2:25)
14. Nina Simone - The House Of The Rising Sun (Live At The Village Gate 2004 Remastered Version) (4:37)
15. Sheila Jordan - Baltimore Oriole (2:34)
16. Sue Raney - Maybe You'll Be There (2006 Remastered Version) (2:23)
17. Annie Ross - I'm Just A Lucky So And So (4:46)
18. George Shearing - In The Night (2003 Remastered Version) (2:00)

Ladies In Blue CD 1
Ladies In Blue CD 2

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Various - Rhapsody In Blue: Blue Note Plays Music Of George & Ira Gershwin

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:13
Size: 160.8 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[3:18] 1. Billy May & His Orchestra - Rhapsody In Blue
[3:54] 2. Bud Shank - Gershwin Prelude No. 2
[2:52] 3. Bob Cooper - Strike Up The Band
[3:01] 4. Chet Baker - But Not For Me
[3:01] 5. Frank Rosolino Sextet - Embraceable You
[3:05] 6. Julie London - They Can't Take That Away From Me
[2:59] 7. Thelonious Monk - Nice Work If You Can Get It
[8:33] 8. Bob Brookmeyer - I Got Rhythm
[2:30] 9. Hank Jones - Summertime
[3:23] 10. The Bill Potts Big Band - I Got Plenty O' Nuthin'
[6:43] 11. Kenny Burrell - The Man I Love
[4:59] 12. Jimmy Smith - 's Wonderful
[2:25] 13. Nat King Cole - Bidin' My Time
[2:47] 14. Coleman Hawkins - Someone To Watch Over Me
[3:30] 15. Bill Perkins - I Can't Get Started
[2:44] 16. Nancy Wilson - Do It Again
[5:58] 17. Ike Quebec - How Long Has This Been Going On
[4:22] 18. Art Pepper - Fascinatin' Rhythm

You could not find a better collection of classic jazz artists doing Gershwin. You won't get tired of hearing these standards by the master of American music. Gershwin was a musical genius and in this collection you get some of the best jazz performances of his work. ~Amazon

Rhapsody In Blue: Blue Note Plays Music Of George & Ira Gershwin

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Julie London - The Very Best Of Julie London (2-Disc Set)

Julie London did not possess a big voice, but it sure was expressive, husky, intimate, and most of all, sexy. This 50 track, two-disc set is the most extensive Julie London collection available domestically. It spans her entire 30-plus album recording career at Liberty Records, from her biggest hit "Cry Me A River" from 1955's debut Julie Is Her Name to a scintillating take on the Doors' "Light My Fire" from her final effort, 1968's Yummy Yummy Yummy.

Aside from "Cry Me A River" (written by high school classmate Arthur Hamilton) and the also enclosed "Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast (co-penned by hubby Bobby Troup), nearly all of London's recordings were previously popularized by others. But when remade by Julie, these songs sound fresh and distinctly different from the originals. "Wives And Lovers," for instance, becomes a very serious cautionary tale, warning the listener that sexy Julie will steal her man - probably with little effort - if she doesn't shape up and spruce up her appearance. And when, on "My Heart Belongs To Daddy," she seductively invites a guy over to "to dine on my fine finnan haddie," I don't think it is fish that she's actually offering him a nibble of!

For those looking for a more concise Julie London collection or perhaps some additional London recordings, check out Rhino's Time For Love from 1991. It includes 13 wonderful tracks (out of 18) not found on this set. ~Jim Bagley

Album: The Very Best Of Julie London (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:54
Size: 160.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2006

[2:30] 1. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
[2:53] 2. Cry Me A River
[2:28] 3. Blue Moon
[2:33] 4. Sway
[2:39] 5. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
[3:18] 6. When I Fall In Love
[3:08] 7. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
[3:08] 8. Misty
[2:31] 9. Lover Man
[2:02] 10. Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)
[2:38] 11. Girl Talk
[2:01] 12. Let There Be Love
[2:36] 13. Wives And Lovers
[2:46] 14. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
[2:41] 15. Makin' Whoopee
[2:52] 16. The Good Life
[2:58] 17. The More I See You
[3:20] 18. A Taste Of Honey
[2:12] 19. Go Slow
[2:37] 20. You And The Night And The Music
[3:02] 21. Black Coffee
[3:02] 22. Basin Street Blues
[3:48] 23. Blues In The Night
[2:51] 24. 'round Midnight
[3:09] 25. As Time Goes By

The Very Best Of Julie London (Disc 1)

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Album: The Very Best Of Julie London (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:21
Size: 154.2 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:18] 1. Can't Get Used To Losing You
[1:38] 2. September In The Rain
[2:10] 3. Mad About The Boy
[2:49] 4. Love Letters
[2:45] 5. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[1:57] 6. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
[2:16] 7. Goody Goody
[2:50] 8. The Days Of Wine And Roses
[2:11] 9. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
[3:16] 10. Light My Fire
[3:12] 11. Here's That Rainy Day
[2:23] 12. Body And Soul
[3:13] 13. God Bless The Child
[3:05] 14. They Can't Take That Away From Me
[2:17] 15. Our Day Will Come
[3:02] 16. I've Got You Under My Skin (Born To Dance)
[2:44] 17. The End Of The World
[4:05] 18. One For My Baby
[2:35] 19. Love For Sale
[2:23] 20. Sentimental Journey
[2:09] 21. I've Got A Crush On You
[2:45] 22. Call Me Irresponsible
[2:14] 23. You Made Me Love You
[2:28] 24. Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast
[4:22] 25. Every Time We Say Goodbye

The Very Best Of Julie London (Disc 2)

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Julie London - 2 albums: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy / You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

Album: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 33:25

Size: 76.5 MB

Styles: Vocal

Year: 1969/2012

Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Stoned Soul Picnic

[2:43] 2. Like To Get To Know You

[3:18] 3. Light My Fire

[2:52] 4. It's Nice To Be With You

[3:05] 5. Sunday Morning

[3:03] 6. Hushabye Mountain

[1:55] 7. Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)

[2:30] 8. Come To Me Slowly

[2:03] 9. And I Love Him

[2:50] 10. Without Him

[2:54] 11. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

[2:40] 12. Louie, Louie

Pop standards vocalist/actress Julie London was definitely at a transitional phase in her career when she cut Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (1969) -- the final entry in her decade-and-a-half long relationship with Liberty Records. Modern listeners will revel in the obvious kitsch factor of a middle-aged, old-school female who is crooning rock & roll. Rightly so, as the two musical universes rarely collided with a lucrative outcome. However, just below the genre-bending veneer lie interesting interpretations of concurrently well-known selections with the occasional sleeper gem thrown in. The lush and admittedly antiquated orchestration doesn't mask London's smoky and smouldering pipes, and some scores definitely work better than others. The opening cover of Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic," the adaptation of the Beatles' "And I Love Her," and the remarkably evocative "Hushabye Mountain" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) are each superior matches of artist with repertoire. Less successful is Harry Nilsson's "Without Him" [aka "Without Her"] as it lacks the urgency of Blood, Sweat & Tears' rendering or the pithy of Nilsson's original. The remake of Spanky & Our Gang's "Like to Get to Know You" is similarly short on soul, although it lends itself to the middle-of-the-road (MOR) feel, as does "It's Nice to Be With You." That said, the latter is infinitely more tolerable in this context than it was on the Davy Jones' warbled Monkees' single. The seeming incongruity of London's take on the Doors' "Light My Fire" isn't all that odd until she lets her hair down (so to speak) and slips into something right out of The Graduate's Mrs. Robinson. There are several instances of 'What were they thinking?,' such as the practically surreal "Mighty Quinn (Quinn, The Eskimo)" which sounds like it was the result of a Quaalude-related encounter. By the time we roll around to the title track, one can't tell if London is trying to be sexy or is simply hung over. "Sunday Morning" -- the second nod to Spanky & Our Gang -- also makes London come off as either bored or sleepy, either of which will be the effect that a majority of the album will inevitably have on 21st century ears. ~Lindsay Planer

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

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Album: You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 29:46

Size: 68.2 MB

Styles: Vocal

Year: 1964/2012

Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Since I Fell For You

[2:23] 2. Night Life

[2:24] 3. Charade

[2:06] 4. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

[2:45] 5. Wheel Of Fortune

[2:36] 6. Wives And Lovers

[2:35] 7. Fools Rush In

[2:57] 8. That Sunday (That Summer)

[2:37] 9. I Wish You Love

[2:02] 10. There! I've Said It Again

[2:25] 11. All About Ronnie

[2:13] 12. I Want To Find Out For Myself

Wikipedia reports that this Julie London album is commonly mistaken to be entitled as You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry, due to mistitling on the album jacket's spine. This error had already happened previously with her 1963 album, The End Of The World, when it was mistitled as "The Good Life" on the album jacket's spine. I believe that Liberty Records intended it to be called Julie London.

You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

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