Julie London Documentary - The Lady's Not a Vamp
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- "Julie London: The Lady's Not a Vamp". Produced by the BBC, 2006.
--Narrated by Mariella Frostrup
--Produced & Directed by Louis Heaton
Thanks to albums like Natalie Cole's 1990 "Unforgettable", the genre of jazz/classic pop/standards was revived in the 80's & 90's. Due to the success of recordings like Natalie Cole's 1990 "Unforgettable" album, the genre of jazz/standards/classic pop was revived in the 80's & 90's. Thanks to this, in the late 1990's Capitol Records released a phenomenal series of discs called "Ultra-Lounge" that featured a myriad of tracks picked from the label's enormous catalogue of recordings from the 50's/60's of music that people today refer to as "lounge music". The series also featured CD's that were devoted to individual singers such as Wayne Newton, Louis Prima, Sam Butera, & even Mrs. Miller (?). Julie London also got her own disc, & thanks to this her recordings of the 50's & 60's were re-discovered & soon re-issued. She became even more popular when she was re-discovered!
I have been a fan of La London ever since I heard her rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" on the radio when I was a kid. I was born in 1981, & in my opinion the music of the great jazz/standards singers & arrangers of the mid 20th century showed popular music at its most sublime. - บันเทิง
Thanks for posting. She was way more talented than she ever gave herself credit for. Beautiful and humble...don't see much of that today.
Yes, I'm humble too, btw, but it's not among my best qualities.
Thank you so much for uploading this, Adam! I was born in 1985 and am JUST now, at 35 years of freaken age, beginning to appreciate TRULY beautiful music! I heard Julie London's Give Me the Simple Life while listening to Sinatra radio station the other day and my head nearly exploded! There is something so magical about her... she's insatiably captivating and just so angelic!
Julie LONDON was the Best vocalist and still her " Cry me a River" resonates into the 21st century, thank you Julie.
She sang "Cry Me a River" better than anyone, then or now.
So true -- we've heard quite a few singers, both male and female TRY to do that song, it just doesn't cut it like Julie's version.
Even Ella can't beat Julie London's performance. That's quite a bloody accomplishment.
yeppppp!!!!!
Hell, she sang the Mickey Mouse theme better than ANYONE😘
It's sung so simply...her wonderful tone and timing are enough 🌟
I spent an entire evening at a hollywood party with Julie in 1986. She was rather shy, but very sweet and fun. little story: In the late 50's in Vegas A friend of mine, and her husband (a dentist) , were called up late one night by Julie's husband Bobby.The dentist come on over, and he did some emergency dental work for Julie. They said she and Bobby could not have been nicer. Well, a few days later . The dentist and his wife had an expensive Hi- Fi system delivered to their home, as a thank-you from Julie. Pretty classy i'd say!
How wonderful. Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately I’ve only just discovered the incredible talent that is Julie London. I absolutely adore her voice and can’t wait to learn more about her.
Great story! Thanks for sharing
That’s amazing, thank you for sharing
@@rick2340atyahoocom Yes, I can now say she was a woman of high fidelity.
How I love her songs. She's my favorite singer from this time.
I’m 50 years old and love this style and era, but I just discovered Julie London this year…She was wonderful!
I remember as a kid looking at Julie London's album covers. My Goodness. Talk about glamour. They were just as inviting and alluring as her voice. But that was a simpler time, a different world altogether.
I had those first albums of Julies, and my mother took them away from me, she said the covers AND the voice were too sexy! I saw Julie as a sexy older woman then! I wonder what Mom would have said about the way many female performers dress today, she probably would have said plenty! Julie was a favorite of mine all those years ago, and STILL is!
I'm officially in love with Julie London
Add my name to the list
The line forms behind me. Julie London is my idea of the perfect woman.
I'll take Janet Paris.
Julie seduced me too with that heavenly voice... ❤️
Simply...the BEST!
Amazing.i cant believe it took me all these years to find out she was a great singer.
It seems like she was a very normal person in regards to her ego, which is extroidenary considering her career. There are very few people that handle extreme popularity well, and the fact she preferd being a housewife and taking care of her husband & family instead of indulging in excess really speaks volumes about her.
Such a amazing and humble woman she was . With her looks and talent humility is a rare trait.
I first saw her on the Emergency program and thought that she was stunning, and then when I heard her sing I fell in love.
I first knew her music when she sang with Stan Kenton's orchestra, long before her TV days. She was spellbinding even then.
Thank you for posting this. I've been a fan of Ms. London since she was nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency. I've got almost all her music (albums & cd's). At that age, I didn't know anything about her music. I just found something in her.., hypnotic.
Beautiful, smart & talented.
One of my favourite stories about her is her divorce from Jack 'Dragnet' Webb.
In their divorce, he wanted the record albums.
He sure lost out.
She was a great singer, and she did a good job as Dixie on Emergency as well.
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Goos point, I thought I recognized that name from TV in the '70s.
Love ya, Julie!
About a week ago, out of nowhere, the song Perfidia started to play spontaneously in my mind. And to make things even more strange, the singing voice was not that of Nat King Cole but of Julie London. During the past 30 years, I had listened many many times to Nat's Spanish version of that song but only a few times to Julia's English version. So I was surprised. I decided to log on TH-cam and listen again to Julia's interpretation. In the past I had considered her signing cool, modern but a little too perfect, Hollywood-type. In listening again I tried to scrutinize every note, every modulation of the voice for a reevaluation. To my surprise, I found warmth, variation, phrasing sophistication, clarity and a modernity superior to the one of everybody else I had listened to in my life. Suddenly I had the realization that I had discovered or rediscovered the greatest singer of last century.
Julie was a wonderful singer, a powerful voice doesn't necessarily make you a good singer if you can't emote or don't when it's time to hold a note and not to that annoying up and down all over the place crap modern 'singers' do now to make up for an otherwise total lack of melody or sensical lyrics. Her voice was perfect for what she wanted to sing about, after all, a knife might be less than ideal in a gunfight but in it's element it'll kill you just as quick.
I fully agree. There are many other singers who sang better technically, but how many could sing like Julie?? End of story.
Lauren McMurdie Ms London described get voice - accurately - as being a 'thimble-full', and her voice - not a powerful one, but so intimate - your have to be in a quiet, peaceful setting to listen, and be enraptured but it.
What a talent.
(One other thing; in reply to what Lauren McMurdie originally said about 'modern singers. . up and down...'; what they're (BADLY) attempting is known as melisma - note-bending. When done (properly) by A TALENTED) performer it's sublime (Ms Aretha Franklin could do it in her sleep😉), but - when dune by the (many) no-talents, it sounds like they've stomach cramps, to put it politely.
Thanks for posting. Julie was the best jazz singer i have ever heard. Period. Got all of her records in Japan Mini LP versions. R.I.P. Julie London.
She would have been perfect accompanied by Bill Evans 😊
The songs of the greatest singers always evoke actual imagery or pictoral representation of what they' re singing. She does that for me for sure. Iconic.
She was so humble. What a dream !
She had a lovely speaking voice.
I am 45 and never heard of Julie London. But I must say I am a fan for life now! Julie London and June Christy have the most amazing voices I have ever heard. Both of these ladies voices have now captivated me and captured me forever. Both their voices just reel you in and hook you. I am amazed I had never heard of them before.
Nighttrips She played the head nurse in the series Emergency back in the late sixties, early seventies and also in the series Adam Twelve ( both produced by Jack Webb from Dragnet).
littleol me It's 'Adam-12' - the number, not spelt out.
U.N. Owen yeah, I know. I don't know why I spelled it out. Just being a dork I guess.
garyp4205 Thank you for the info. I met both Julie London and Bobby Troup in 1972 at a USO show at MCRD San Diego when I was in the Marines. I drove them to the airport in a staff car. Didn't really follow their careers before or after as it was not my type of music at the time. It is only as I grow older that I discover and enjoy, what is to me, new types of music. I can really picture Ms. Lonlon as a lounge singer. It would have been great to see her in an intimate venue.
So glad you grew up, to appreciate what was and is, a great singer.
A classy lady. She puts today's female singers to shame.
Julie London is Queen and no one can tell me otherwise
Such an overlooked legendary singer.
Thanks a lot for posting, my favourite singer of all time and stunning with it
Timeless ,,Julie London,, I miss you 👽
her voice is like fine silk and wine
I really enjoyed that! Thank you. My son is getting married in July and he asked for songs and my Mum (80 this year) said to get the great feminist song "Wives and Lovers" by Julie London (lol). I found it on youtube and thought what a voice!!! Your documentary was up next and I couldn't tear myself away. And she was in Emergency! I loved that show as a kid. Lordy, iTunes had better get ready for me to buy up any Julie London songs. Thanks again. Cheers!
I enjoy Julie's recordings, of which I have quite a few. But after seeing this documentary, I'm pleasantly surprised to find out what a down to earth and genuine person she was. That's nice.
She is the gold standard I judge other women by. No wonder I'm still single! No woman alive today can hold a candle to Julie London.
Cry me a river, one of my favourites
I LOVE Julie.
I´m very glad to find this documentary.
A real doll - singer,actress .Crushed her. R.I.P.
You can hear where Diana Krall found her inspiration as a singer.
Diana Krall couldn't carry Julie's jockstrap.
So true, Krall tries to copy Julie, and I like her voice, but she should stick to the piano! She's NO comparison to Julie.
M.J.Leger
So true. I used to like Krall when she was mostly about the piano but I find she is pretty much "one note" in her singing. Julie on the other hand was rather "one attitude" in comparison and what an attitude!
Thank you so much, MrLopez!
I adore Julie London. I even covered Cry Me A River on my page as she she so wonderful ❤️
This was a great documentary on a lady I had a crush on for years and didn't know she sang. Her music will live on through Diana Krall. Thank you for uploading this.
A wonderful, wonderful upload about one of the great voices.
Thanks for posting!
never forget! julie london was great!!!
Excellent documentary of an enigmatic and enchanting songstress. Beautiful.
wow, thank you for introducing me to Julie London . I have heard her music before, but didn't know who she was. Thank you again, take pride in knowing you have sold Julie to an 60 year old romantic. tky dan t.
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A fantastic singer! Her album "Julie Is Her Name" has captivated millions, & inspired a Brazilian tribute album & TV program called "Bossa Is Her Name" with singer Cris Delanno, guitarist Nelson Faria, & bassist Gutti W. Both feature outstanding performances, with talent "In Loan From God"! ❤️ ❤️
I love Julie london !!! She is one of my favorite singers !!!
Julie's voice takes me back to the dark and smoky Bars of yesterday . Nickel Juke with Cry Me a River cutting through the haze .
Cool film, Lovely talent beautiful show, Wonderful!
I love her voice! Was listening to her album Julie's her name. So good! Thank you for this!
Beautiful, just beautiful and a beautiful woman. This was my dad's music growing up who would have thought I would love it too!
Amazing Julie...
J'adore
Whatsmore, I place her up there with Ella F., Sarah V., , Anita O'D, and June C, my favorites.
She's very comparable to Christy and O'Day.
Julie didn't need a "whiff of tragedy". That she wasn't more famous is not reflection of Julie but the ignorance of audiences.
I agree for the most part (which means BOTH of us are going to be attacked),
but her phrasing was superb, her sense of style, class and sensuality made up for a rather ordinary instrument. I'll say this: She was an incomparably greater singer than people like Madonna, Janet Jackson and Brittney Spears, the toilet of the music industry. RIP Julie London. Always a pleasure to listen to her.
Garyb3397 xbut at their best chris Connor ,Jeanne Lee and Whitney on live concerts her weakly albuns pkan
only two or three in my life have I thought, her voice is perfect... Debbie Harry, Karen Carpenter and... Julie London... all one-off's... all perfect, in voice
PS...."house-wife mother type"........YES. She acknowledged that. But that is so respectable .
The original " Torch Singer', & no one was better. She was beautiful, & sang with a style like no one else. Wolfsky9
Julie is Her Name was my intro Jazz. It came out about three years before I was born. My parents wore the groove out of it.
I wrote the comment below, four years ago... how time flies!! After hearing every female singer, alive or dead, try to sing "Cry Me A River," alas, not a single one of them comes even CLOSE to Julie. She not only singlehandedly created a style and a legend, but one that I now realize will never be duplicated. For in the many years since her death, no one has yet come forward to take her place, because she is simply *irreplaceable.* She WAS great, without reservation, or by any definition of that term. I apologize for underestimating her.
I admit I had a crush on " Dixie " on Emergency but never even realized that she sang at all until today ( at 62 ) Wow...no wonder I liked her!
Thanks for sharing this - i'm being educated.
Yes Julie ...Cry me a River....
Un régal !
I love Julie London.
i love her.
At a very young age I would watch Emergency, then my mom played a record telling me that was the same lady. From then on loved her style.
"Round Midnight" by Julie is my favorite; a peerless performance
I am a Millennial but I appreciate her voice specially when comparing in today's music. which a lot of songs are sang by fake singers 😒
BBC did a great doc. tribute to Julie.. I wrote the first book on Julie London currently available from Amazon and Create Space. Happy Holidays. Introducing J. R. Spencer's book: LADY LIBERTY: THE DEFINITIVE JULIE LONDON HANDBOOK
I remember reading some liner notes on a re-released album of hers saying that Chet Baker channelled Julie's singing style. There is a real similarity, but his album 'Chet Baker Sings' was released a year before Julie Is Her Name.
Not that it matters because she was just marvellous. Her voice is like melting chocolate.
I've read that she loved her vocals behind a lush orchestra, but I loved the more intimate tracks. What is known about her is sketchy, what's been written, even less so. She had no clue as to how good she really was. A bio is in order here...somebody? This is a start I guess, but someone should write a book, unless I'm wrong- is there one and I somehow missed it?
She has told many who knew her, that she preferred the small combo to working in front of hundreds with an orchestra -- Julie was very introverted, she chain-smoked and was nervous performing, but what a talent! I saw her in person with a small combo, at a hotel lounge, she was cool to the audience, but we knew her M.O. by then. One can NOT take away form the great talent she had, esp. for the slow, sad ballads, with her sexy husky voice. She was also a talented actress and very beautiful, though we wouldn't be doing those sexy album covers today. They just wouldn't be appreciated as much in this kind of fem-lib world! Too bad, though. Julie was such a great singer, and tried, sometimes, to cover up her shyness with what Robert Fuller (her co-star in Emergency) called "potty-mouth" -- oh well! Can't deny her ffabulous voice.
Julie knew when to quit. Having achieved fame and success, she wanted to enjoy and be there for her family, the greatest gift of all.
As much as I adore her, London was not the possessor of a truly great voice. She is what I'd call a song stylist. But what a stylist! She was to redheads to what Marilyn Monroe was to blondes. That sultry, smoky voice made her a legend in her own time, the best thing to happen to the "torch song" who ever lived. And of all her other talents, if she's remembered for this talent alone, it'll be enough. They'l never be another. RIP.
Such a gracious and talented singer! If you ever get a chance, listen to her version of Days of Wine and Roses. She does a beautiful job on it.
legend
She had the body beautiful, charm and pizzazz out the watzoo and a voice like no other.....WOW!
Julie London epitomised 1960's rather than 1950's !!!
I'm always surprised that Julie London is not as famous or as revered as, say, Ella Fitzgerald or Eartha Kitt.
She’s a much better singer than Eartha.
Guitarist Al Viola passed away in 2007, a year after this documentary..He was a very fine guitarist. www.ultraswank.net/interview/guitar-legend-al-viola/
swingmanic I'm beginning to hear where Marion Montgomery got her singing style from..Beautiful!!
She is capable of big singing, but that she is always holding back is part of her allure.
I love pleasant, soft, sensual low female vocals!
According to the great singer Peggy King, Arthur Hamilton wrote "Cry Me A River" for her, and also "Any Questions" which she sang in an episode of Dragnet.
Mitch Miller wouldn't let her record it on the Columbia label, saying, "no song with the word "plebian" in it would be released on the Columbia label."
15:03 "HOBBIES: SLEEPING" mood!
Lovely lady - on EMERGENCY she was far better than a real nurse.
Anybody know what song is playing in the background at the 8:10 point and who's playing it? Sounds like the Jackie Gleason Orchestra to me.
yes, It's A Blue World
I'm 24 I fell inlove with her voice now I'm watching this to know her better,
THE FUCKING END OF THE WORLD brought me here cause they use one of her music.
47:52 compare her life here to covid lockdowns of '20. She had a good life.
Such a captivating voice, so nice' Cry me a river'. It's a REAL LIFE. It's a vengeful , so they said to a husband. Who cares---it's . for all women
Such a loss on my part...I watched her every Saturday night ( on the ADAM-12 spin-off EMERGENCY! ) But it wasn't until years after that, that I learned that she was the perfect definition of the term chanteuse. In fact, there should be a photo of her next to that word in the dictionary.
I always thought she was a great singer. Now I think she was the greatest of all.
This may have created an obsession.
what is the first song's name by the way?
34:03 what is the music used here ?
Need to know the name of the last song that playes over the credits!?
58:02 Part of the theme song from the Mickey Mouse Club, a popular children's television program series (Now's the time to say goodbye to our company / M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e).
I'd never really heard Julie London until today. Everything she said about herself was true. And you can see her tire of her talent being played up. It was not her voice that stopped traffic. Without beauty, she would have been ignored, and she knew it. A good stylist, she did make the most of what little she had, and she was blessed to be playing with great instrumentalists. She was lucky. She got to sing the music she loved. What a charmed life!
Name a better late 50s-mid 60s torch song voice. I’ll wait...
Who was the guitarist playing these songs?
@52:09 - Anyone knows the title of that song?I heard that song somewhere and I like it.
I appreciate if someone can help me with this song.
+Mr. Lopez 2681 Thank You! " And the smile on my face is not a smile at all."
:-)
I appreciate it and thanks again.
"And I smoke a little too much." just like Julie herself. LOL
+arnborj6 "The End of a Love Affair" from her 1963 album "Love on the Rocks".
Thanks.
Holy Cow! She burns up the screen at about 50:30! What a woman!!!!!!