Julie London: Biography

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Born:

Sep 26, 1926 in Santa Rosa, CA

Died:

Oct 18, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA

Genres:

Standards & Vocal Music, Show Tunes, Traditional Pop Vocal Music

Decades Active:

1950's|1960's

Artistic Quality

High

Cultural Impact

High

Popularity

High

Ratings Guide

A sultry, smokyvoiced master of understatement, Julie London enjoyed considerable popularity during the cool era of the 1950s. London never had the range of Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, but often used restraint, softness, and subtlety to maximum advantage. 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"). London performed her biggest hit, "Cry Me a River," in the Jayne Mansfield film The Girl Can't Help It. After recording her last album, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, in 1969, she continued to act playing a nurse on the NBC medical drama Emergency from 19741978. 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 halfdecade of poor health and ultimately contributed to her death on October 18, 2000.

- Alex Henderson, All Music Guide