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  Julie London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice and role as Nurse Dixie McCall RN on the television show Emergency!
Julie London began singing in public in her teens, prior to her first movie appearance.
On her passing in 2000, Julie London was interred in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julie_London   (571 words)

  
 Julie London
Julie London, the smoky-voiced torch singer who insisted she couldn't sing but who's voice sent shivers down spines and who's album covers alone turned men weak in the knees and women green with envy, has died.
Bobby Troup, was born Julie Peck in Santa Rosa and moved to Los Angeles at age 14 with her vaudeville song-and-dance team parents.
London was married to "Dragnet" star Jack Webb for five years, and was the widow of "Emergency!" co-star and jazz legend Bobby Troup, who penned the classic "Get Your Kicks on Route 66".
www.angelfire.com /jazz/JulieLondonTribute   (243 words)

  
 MusicSearcher.com: Julie London | The Very Best of Julie London
Julie peaked at the beginning of her career in 1955 with the classic Cry me a ricer.
While Julie was not the most technically gifted singer, she knew her limitations and worked within them, ignoring the prevailing fashions and focusing almost exclusively on romantic ballads.
Julie recorded a lot of songs from the first half of the twentieth century but she also recorded some contemporary material.
www.musicsearcher.com /Items/094631212925/Reviews   (233 words)

  
 Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Julie London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
London sang with the Matty Malneck Orchestra performing for World War II servicemen, and was introduced to a young Marine who also worked in radio as an actor.
London and Webb divorced in 1953 but remained on good terms, and she met jazz musician Bobby Troup when they were paired for an improvised performance at a party.
London was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Bobby Troup and her daughter Stacy Webb, who was killed in a car accident.
obits.com /londonjulie.html   (642 words)

  
 Songbirds: Julie London
The most remarkable thing about Julie London is remarkable indeed: that she used her erotic persona not so much to interpret songs as to change the nature of them to become something other than when sung by anyone else.
Born Julie Peck in 1926, London made her first movie in 1944 and had already been a sexpot in 13 films by the year of her first album (1956).
With London, no misunderstanding is possible; her single-entendre sexuality rules out the possibility that she is actually preparing smoked Scottish fish for dinner.
www.mrlucky.com /songbirds/html/oct99/9910_london.html   (973 words)

  
 Julie London
London's biggest hit was her first single, Cry Me A River, which was released in 1955, included on her first album, Julie Is Her Name, and sold more than 3m copies.
However, London continued to sing in nightclubs, cut discs, and record title songs from her films, such as Saddle The Wind (1958) and Voice In The Mirror (1958), which she also composed.
For five years, London was a star once more, reminding fans of the days when, to quote the writer Joseph Lanza, she "was a blend of Dionysian flesh and Detroit steel, streamlined car and cocktail shaker combined".
tedstrong.com /julielondon.shtml   (968 words)

  
 Julie London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Julie London died and most people I know thought she was dead already: ironically for a singer who had the best timing in pop, it seemed as if she missed her cue.
I'd hazard a guess that there aren't many people now for whom Julie London records are a central part of who they are, rather than an elegant mixer for their more everyday tastes.
But the songs Julie sang were standards, intended to be sung as part of a programme, to a small or medium sized group of people.
www.freakytrigger.co.uk /julie.html   (1017 words)

  
 Julie London sings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Julie's haunting yet intimate voice was perfect for "The Marlboro Song," which you can enjoy by clicking on this Real Player file.
Julie London started her career in 1944 as a film actress.
The Julie London publicity photograph is from her 1956 movie, Crime Against Joe.
www.wclynx.com /burntofferings/adsjulielondon.html   (231 words)

  
 Julie London - About the Blues [Bonus Track]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
EMI/Capitol controls Julie London [+]'s entire back catalog, but has only reissued a couple of the vocalist's original albums in the U.S. Thankfully, the label has finally provided listeners with a stellar CD reissue of About the Blues [+] on its Blue Note jazz subsidiary.
London wasn't really a jazz singer, but she possessed a definite jazz feeling and many of her finest albums (such as Julie Is Her Name and Julie...At Home [+]) feature small-group jazz backings.
Since downbeat torch songs were London's specialty, the album features an excellent selection of nocturnal but classy blues songs that play to her subtle strengths instead of against them.
music.com /release/about_the_blues/2   (414 words)

  
 Julie London - For sale by Lost River Alpacas (Washington)
Julie is a solid, beautiful young girl with outstanding bloodlines.
Julie gave birth to her second cria in August, sired by Chocolate Chip.
We were so please with this cria, Julie was bred back to Chip for her 2006 cria.
www.alpacanation.com /alpacasforsale/03_viewalpaca.asp?name=15108   (166 words)

  
 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Singer Julie London dies
London was born Julie Peck in Santa Clara, California.
London married actor and TV executive Webb in 1947 and they were together for five years.
London is survived by her daughter with Webb and three other children from her marriage to Troup.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/979525.stm   (404 words)

  
 Julie London MP3 Downloads - Julie London Music Downloads - Julie London Music Videos
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").
London's breathy vocals aren't that different, but she seems more confident and she swings more, even on the ballads.
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.
www.mp3.com /albums/20503/summary.html   (482 words)

  
 Songwriter Bobby Troup Memorial Page, with Julie London Obituary, Tribute by Goodnight Kiss Music
Most touching were the stories of Bobby and Julie (London, his beautiful wife.) Many said "BobbyandJulie" as if they were one word, and that was the feeling of their life together.
Julie London, whose understated voice and striking honey-blond appearance made her one of the top female vocalists of the 1950's and 60's, died yesterday at a hospital in Southern California.
Miss London was born as Julie Peck in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Sept. 26, 1926.
www.goodnightkiss.com /bobby.html   (2296 words)

  
 London, Julie --  Encyclopædia Britannica
English actress and singer Julie Andrews was noted for her crystalline, four-octave voice as well as her charm and skill as an actress.
London is the capital of the United Kingdom and the mother city of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The French hostess Julie Récamier, or Madame de Récamier, is famed for her charm, beauty, and wit.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9345152?tocId=9345152   (680 words)

  
 Julie London, Julie is her name Volume II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Three years ago this month Julie London made her first professioanl record.
"Julie is her Name" skyrocketed to one of the best selling albums of all time.
Julie London rose to the top ten of every list of female vocalists.
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 The Echo Chamber
ll the lights were out in Julie London's Encino house on the day, two years ago, when her housekeeper ushered me in.
London had suffered a stroke, but she still looked beautiful.
London quit recording and touring to spend time with her family.
partners.nytimes.com /library/magazine/home/20010107mag-london.html   (506 words)

  
 Julie London at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Born Julie Peck in Santa Clara, California, in 1926, sultry Julie London enjoyed a long career in films and the recording industry.
Her film career was aided by her popularity as a vocalist, and she starred in a number of memorable films in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Julie London is also featured, and she chips in and flirts with Jack.
www.briansdriveintheater.com /julielondon.html   (1480 words)

  
 Julie London : Oldies.com
Actress-singer London was inextricably linked to the sultry Andy Hamilton song "Cry Me A River", which gave the artist her sole million-seller in 1955.
London continued to record prodigiously throughout the late 50s to the mid-60s, but this aspect of her career vied with her movie roles, notably The Great Man and A Question Of Adultery.
London's looks were stunning, she oozed style, but unfortunately she did not possess the vocal range or expression to make her a truly great singer.
www.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_7492.html   (242 words)

  
 MMI Tribute: Julie London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Few starlets were as gorgeous as 18-year-old Julie London when she entered the film business in 1944 with "Nabonga." She befriended a gorilla after living through a plane crash in that one.
Although she made dozens of movies over the next 3 years and was impressive in all of them, Julie London always looked as if she could take on her career or leave it alone & no harm done either way.
In one of her best roles, she played the wife of alcoholic Richard Egan in "Voice in the Mirror." In addition to singing the haunting vocal track, London was enormously effective as a woman who would rather see her much-loved husband dead than ever watch him take another drink.
www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/julie-london.html   (357 words)

  
 MTV.com - Julie London
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").
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.
www.mtv.com /bands/az/london_julie/bio.jhtml   (230 words)

  
 Julie London : Whatever Julie Wants - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Julie London was equally famous for her cool vocal style and her rather cold beauty.
She normally specialized in torch songs, singing bleak songs of lost love, but on Whatever Julie Wants, London plays the part of a vampish sexpot who treats love as a commodity to trade with wealthy men.
Sure, it's a sexist album that's more famous for its cheesecake sleeve photo of London naked under fur, diamonds, money, and a strategically placed champagne bottle, but it is a fun album and one that can be enjoyed for its individual songs or its narrative thrust.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,122085,00.html   (280 words)

  
 Julie London Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Muiscian Directory
London is survived by a daughter from her marriage to Webb and three children from her
London was born to her roles as actress and singer, yet achieved each in the kind of fluke Hollywood loves to make movies about.
London's singing career, cajoling and encouraging her to go public after he heard her sing beside his piano at a private party.
elvispelvis.com /julielondon.htm   (1960 words)

  
 London Hotel and Travel, London England Hotel and Travel Information
No longer among the world's most populous cities, London is still among the world's major financial and cultural capitals.
London is home to many of the best artists and poets down through the centuries.
London is famous for its outstanding museums and galleries, royal palaces, monuments, quaint squares and peaceful green parks.
www.onlinelondonguide.com   (333 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Julie...At Home/Around Midnight: Music: Julie London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Generously combining two of Julie London's finest albums, this CD is a must-have for any fan of smoky, intimate jazz.
Julie always covered songs that suited her style, regardless of whoever the original artist was.
Julie's voice clearly is separate from the instrumentals, accomplished in the studio with a vocal booth.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000071NI?v=glance   (1146 words)

  
 Biography for Julie London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Julie London was an actress & sultry singer who starred in a number of movies in the 40s & 50s before beginning a popular singing career, but probably most remembered for her role as Nurse Dixie McCall in Emergency!
Julie started out by playing small parts in the early 1940s and quickly became a leading actress and G.I. pin-up girl.
Julie had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 1995.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0518728/bio   (558 words)

  
 What A Character!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Born Julie Peck in Santa Rosa, California--the daughter of vaudeville song and dance performers--she lived in San Bernardino, where her parents had a radio show.
In 1944, London made her first appearance in Nabonga and started singing with the Matty Malnech Orchestra.
London suffered a stroke in 1955 and lived her final years in declining health before passing away in October of 2000.
www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=LondonJ   (296 words)

  
 London Dan: Julie, please stop
Actually the "Julie" who writes to me with her 24/7 offers tells me that she's "half british half scotish(sic)." Bless her...
I was living as a student in London until the start of September, when the masters course came to an end.
I'm no longer living in London (as I've moved to Germany) but I think I will stick with the London Dan name, for now at least...
londondan.blogspot.com /2005/05/julie-please-stop.html   (391 words)

  
 Firehouse.Com News - 10/18/00 - House of Luxury For Firefighters
London, born Julie Peck, had roles in movies including ``Jungle Woman'' (1944), ``The Red House'' (1947) with Edward G. Robinson, ``Task Force'' (1949) with Gary Cooper, ``The Fat Man'' (1950) with Rock Hudson, and ``A Question of Adultery'' (1958).
London was married to ``Dragnet'' star Jack Webb for five years.
Her second husband, Bobby Troup, the composer and actor who penned the classic song ``Route 66,'' booked London for a nightclub engagement that was followed by her hit ``Cry Me A River'' in 1955.
www.firehouse.com /news/2000/10/19_APlondon.html   (225 words)

  
 CD Reviews: Rebecca Luker, Leaving Home and In Person Julie London at the Americana (BroadwayWorld.com)
IN PERSON JULIE LONDON AT THE AMERICANA was recorded live and demonstrates why Miss London was one of the top female vocalists of the 1950’s and early 60’s.
Miss London was one of the top female vocalists three years in a row (1955, 1956 and 1957).
Julie London possessed the stylistic confidence to allow her sexuality into her voice in order to deliver a song in a way that made that song uniquely hers.
www.broadwayworld.com /viewcolumn.cfm?colid=730   (1473 words)

  
 Time for Love - The Best of Julie London Product Reviews and Price Comparison - Interactive Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The tracks are very well chosen, and they caught the best aspects of her career here, starting with the sparsely arranged material of her first few albums, going through the bigger-band stuff, and stopping a little short of the pure pop of her last few recordings.
Julie London was a truly original performer who brought a sleek and sexy and very understated touch to what was nearly always A-plus material.
Julie London deserves to have her whole catalogue reissued, and the next two we need are "Lonely Girl" and "Make Love To Me".
www.interactivereviews.com /large/B0000032MA   (470 words)

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