Our Fair Lady

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Our Fair Lady
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Studio album by
Released 1965
RecordedOctober 9–10, 1964 (Tracks 3-5, 8) [1]
StudioRCA, Hollywood
Genre Traditional pop, vocal jazz
Label Liberty
Producer Snuff Garrett
Julie London chronology
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(1964)
Our Fair Lady
(1965)
Feeling Good
(1965)
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Our Fair Lady is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3392 as a monophonic recording and catalog number LST-7392 in stereo in 1965.

Contents

Most of the material had been previously released. Tracks 3-5 & 8 were the only new songs, recorded October 9–10, 1964, in sessions arranged by Richard Wess. [3] According to London biographer Michael Owen, an additional song, "House Where Love Is," was recorded at the October 9–10 sessions and "presumably remains in the vaults." [4]

Track listing

  1. "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)–2:49
  2. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)–2:46
  3. "Theme from Summer Place" (Max Steiner, Mack Discant)–2:16
  4. "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld)–3:07
  5. "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell)–2:35
  6. "Charade" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)–2:25
  7. "Never On Sunday" (Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne)–2:20
  8. "An Affair to Remember" (Harry Warren, Leo McCarey , Harold Adamson)–2:50
  9. "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)–2:39
  10. "Fascination" (Fermo Dante Marchetti, Maurice de Féraudy, Dick Manning)–1:57
  11. "Boy on a Dolphin" (Takis Morakis, Jean Fermanoglou, Paul Francis Webster)–2:06
  12. "The Second Time Around" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)–3:00

Selected personnel (Oct 1964 session)

Notes

  1. Owen 2017, p. 244.
  2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (4 September 1965). "Julie London: Our Fair Lady" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 234. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. Owen 2017, p. 244.
  4. Owen 2017, p. 156.
  5. Owen 2017, p. 156.
  6. Owen 2017, p. 156.
  7. Owen 2017, p. 244.
  8. Owen 2017, p. 244.

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