Julie Is Her Name | ||||
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Released | December 1955 | |||
Recorded | August 8–9, 1955 | |||
Studio | Western Recorders, Hollywood | |||
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Length | 30:04 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Producer | Bobby Troup | |||
Julie London chronology | ||||
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Julie Is Her Name is the first LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records in December, 1955, under catalog numbers LRP-3006, in monaural form. It was subsequently reprocessed to produce a stereophonic album, and this stereophonic version was released on May 25, 1960 as catalog number LST-7037. The album featured Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass.
The first track, "Cry Me a River", was released as a single (Liberty 55006) and was London's biggest chart success. [1]
The album was reissued, combined with the 1958 Julie London album Julie Is Her Name, Volume II, in compact disc format, by EMI in 1992. Another reissue as a CD was produced by Hallmark Music, combined with the 1956 Julie London album, Lonely Girl.
Track number | Title | Songwriter(s) | Time |
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1 | "Cry Me a River" | Arthur Hamilton | 2:36 |
2 | "I Should Care" | Paul Weston, Axel Stordahl, Sammy Cahn | 2:35 |
3 | "I'm in the Mood for Love" | Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | 2:28 |
4 | "I'm Glad There Is You" | Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira | 2:34 |
5 | "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:08 |
6 | "I Love You" | Cole Porter | 1:58 |
7 | "Say It Isn't So" | Irving Berlin | 2:00 |
8 | "It Never Entered My Mind" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 2:25 |
9 | "Easy Street" | Alan Rankin Jones, Bud Carlton | 3:12 |
10 | "'S Wonderful" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 1:33 |
11 | "No Moon at All" | Dave Mann, Redd Evans | 1:53 |
12 | "Laura" | David Raksin, Johnny Mercer | 1:37 |
13 | "Gone with the Wind" | Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson | 2:05 |
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