Sun 6 Dec 2015
Music I’m Listening To: JULIE LONDON “Julie Is Her Name” (1955).
Posted by Steve under Music I'm Listening To[8] Comments
The complete album, beginning with “Cry Me a River.” This was her first LP.
[8] Comments
[8] Comments
Sun 6 Dec 2015
The complete album, beginning with “Cry Me a River.” This was her first LP.
December 6th, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Her voice wasn’t very big but oh, what she could do with it!
December 6th, 2015 at 2:59 pm
She herself was quoted as saying it was “only a thimbleful of a voice,” but standing as close to the microphone as she did, it made her sound as though she were singing only to
youme.December 6th, 2015 at 8:37 pm
If Mel Torme was the ‘velvet fog,’ Julie London was the erotic fog, her voice like fine Scotch. Listening to her sing “Cry Me a River’ or “Bye Bye Blackbird” is an experience it is almost impossible to describe.
December 6th, 2015 at 10:44 pm
Sometime in the ’60s, Julie London did a syndicated special – a one-woman show, with no audience; just Julie singing one song after another.
Lots of smoke and shadows, sexy camera work, lush arrangements (most likely by Bobby Troup)…
I still remember the closing number:
Tight closeup of Julie in smoky shadow as she sings in her slowest, most sexy manner:
“Now it’s time to say goodbye …
“To all our company …
“M-I-C, K-E-Y …
“M-O-U-S-E …”
I guess you had to be there …
December 7th, 2015 at 9:39 am
I’d love to have been there.
I looked on IMDb, to see what I could find, and I came up with a syndicated series called “An Evening with…” Here’s a description of the show:
“This show started at WGN in Chicago in the spring of 1965. Louis Prima starred in the first show (2/26/65), followed by Dennis Day (3/12/65), Phyllis Diller (3/27/65) and Earl Wrightson & Lois Hunt (4/7/65). The series began national syndication in the fall of 1965, airing weekly, usually on Saturdays. WGN continued to air the show once or twice a month, shows often played nationally months before they aired in Chicago.”
Here’s the link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4653572/reference
December 7th, 2015 at 1:14 pm
Check YouTube for more including a documentary on her from BBC but here is THE JULIE LONDON SHOW that aired May 28, 1964.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlFxcpiguEw
December 7th, 2015 at 3:57 pm
To see her sexy and funny side watch her number “Good Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast.” You can find it on YouTube.
December 7th, 2015 at 4:32 pm