| About the Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | 1956–1957 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 45:12 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Bobby Troup | |||
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About the Blues is an album by Julie London that was released in 1957. The album includes two songs written by Bobby Troup, her husband. Miles Davis recorded a version of one of them, "The Meaning of the Blues". The eighteen-piece band was arranged by Russell Garcia. [1] [2]
| Track number | Title | Songwriter(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Basin Street Blues" | Spencer Williams | 3:03 |
| 2 | "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 2:56 |
| 3 | "A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" | Dick Charles, Larry Markes | 3:08 |
| 4 | "Get Set for the Blues" | Joe Karnes | 2:42 |
| 5 | "Invitation to the Blues" | Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts | 2:48 |
| 6 | "Bye Bye Blues" | Fred Hamm, David Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray | 1:38 |
| 7 | "Meaning of the Blues" | Bobby Troup, Leah Worth | 2:56 |
| 8 | "About the Blues" | Arthur Hamilton | 3:05 |
| 9 | "Sunday Blues" | Leonard Adelson, Jeff Clarkson | 2:53 |
| 10 | "The Blues Is All I Ever Had" | Troup | 2:49 |
| 11 | "Blues in the Night" | Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 3:39 |
| 12 | "Bouquet of Blues" | Hamilton | 2:55 |
| 13 | "Baby, Baby All the Time" * | Troup | 2:25 |
| 14 | "Shadow Woman" * | Hamilton | 2:39 |
| 15 | "Meaning of the Blues" * | Bobby Troup, Leah Worth | 2:58 |
| 16 | "Dark" * | Edwin Greines | 2:38 |
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