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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 /TiVo
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Julie London, MainArtist - Bobby Troup, Composer - John Lehmann, Author
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Julie London, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Julie London, MainArtist - Noel Coward, ComposerLyricist - Ted Keep, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1958 Capitol Records, LLC
Sam Coslow, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Julie London, MainArtist - Bobby Troup, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dorothy Heyward, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Julie London, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Herbert Magidson, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Fain, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, MainArtist - Jack Yellen, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Earle Hagen, ComposerLyricist - Julie London, MainArtist - Herbert Spencer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Julie London, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Julie London, MainArtist - Herbert Spencer, ComposerLyricist - Earle Hagan, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Sammy Fain, Composer - Julie London, MainArtist - Lewis Brown, Author
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Julie London, MainArtist - MARVIN FISHER, Composer - Joseph McCarthy, Jr., Author
(C) 2012 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:30
- Main artists: Julie London
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1958 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
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