JULIE LONDON
Ultra Lounge - Wild, Cool & Swingin' (Capitol)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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Julie London could have sung "Highway To Hell" and made it sexy, sultry and scintillating. Remembered by 70s kids as nurse Dixie McColl on Emergency, she probably helped most of their fathers through puberty with a voice that was pure sex. She recorded for Liberty Records and only had one major chart hit ("Cry Me A River"), but her records sold steadily during the 50s and early 60s. This entry in the Ultra Lounge Wild, Cool & Swingin' series gives us 22 smoky tunes, a few of which were written by future husband and Emergency co-star Bobby Troup (but first she had to divorce Joe Friday, a.k.a. Jack Webb). "Cry Me A River," "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," and "Mad About The Boy" are just a few of the great torchers here, and for multiple pulses on the ol' hormonal blender you can't top "Go Slow." Most singers put on sex, but trust me when I tell you Julie London radiated it. Calling her a torch singer is like calling a ballistic missile "an explosive." Pop this in and dim the lights, big boy.

Track List:

Come On A My House * My Heart Belongs To Daddy * Girl Talk * You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To * You're My Thrill * Makin' Whoopee * Black Coffee * T'aint What You Do * Blues In The Night * Comin' Through The Rye * Night Life * You And The Night And The Music * Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast * Watermelon Man * Go Slow * Wives & Lovers * I Must Have That Man * Let There Be Love * Mad About The Boy * Daddy * Love For Sale * Mickey Mouse March

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