Julie Is Her Name - Volume Two
Friday, 16. March 2007, 09:25:50
Julie Is Her Name Volume Two
Liberty Records
LRP 3100
1958
Vinyl - Mono
Julie London began singing in public in her teens before appearing in a film. She was discovered by Sue Carol (wife of Alan Ladd) while London was working as an elevator operator. Her early film career did not include any singing parts.
She recorded 32 albums in a career that began in 1955 with a live performance at the 881 Club in Los Angeles. She was named one of Billboard's most popular female vocalists for 1955, 1956, and 1957. In 1957, she was the subject of a Life magazine 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."
One of her most famous singles "Cry Me a River", was actually written by her high school classmate Arthur Hamilton, and produced by her husband Bobby Troup. The song was featured in the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It. This became a million-selling single after release in April 1957 and could still sell on re-issue in April 1983 on the back of attention brought by the Mari Wilson version of the song. The song has gained recent attention after being featured in the films Passion of Mind (2000) and V for Vendetta (2006). Other hit singles include "No Moon at All"; "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"; and "Two Sleepy People". Songs such as "Go Slow" epitomized her career style: her voice is slow, smoky, and sensual. The lyrics strongly suggest sex but never explicitly define it:
Go slow, oooooh honey, take it easy on the curves;
When love is slow, oooooh honey, what a tonic for my nerves.
Go slow, oooooh honey, we've got such a lot of time;
When love is slow, oooooh honey, how the mercury does climb.
Her whispered "you make me feel so good" at the end is breathy and suggests a sexually satisfied partner, serving as later inspiration for Frank Sinatra's lyrically similar song.
Source:Wikipedia
Side A
01 Blue Moon
02 What Is This Thing Called Love
03 How Long Has This Been Going On
04 Too Good to Be True
05 Spring Is Here
06 Goody Goody
Side B
07 The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
08 If I'm Lucky
09 Hot Toddy
10 Little White Lies
11 I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
12 I Got Lost in His Arms
No Password
Julie Volume Two
