LONDON JULIE/JULIE

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LIMITED 180GM VINYL LP REPRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC JAZZ RELEASE INCLUDING BONUS TRACK AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. ONE OF THE MOST SENSUAL SINGERS IN THE HISTORY OF JAZZJULIE LONDONS RISQUE ALBUM COVERS WERE AS MUCH A PART OF HER LEGEND AS HER SULTRY AND HUSKY VOCALS. HER EXCEPTIONAL SENSITIVITY AND SUBTLETY COMPENSATED FOR HER LACK OF RANGE AND VOCAL TRAINING (SHE WOULD NEVER DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF ELLA FITZGERALD ORSHE INSTEAD UTILIZED HER SKILLS TO MAXIMUM EFFECT. SHE WOULD LATER STATE IN AN INTERVIEW THATITS ONLY A THIMBLEFUL OF A VOICEAND I HAVE TO USE IT CLOSE TO THE MICROPHONE. BUT IT IS A KIND OF OVER-SMOKED VOICEAND IT AUTOMATICALLY SOUNDS INTIMATE. IN ADDITION TO RECORDING ROUGHLY 30 ALBUMS BETWEEN 1955 AND 1969LONDON WOULD ALSO ENJOY A CAREER IN BOTH TELEVISION AND FILMWHERE HER BEAUTY COULD BE TRULY APPRECIATED. SHE WOULD APPEAR IN OVER 20 FILMS - BESIDE ACTORS SUCH AS GREGORY PECKGARY COOPER AND ROCK HUDSON. IN FACTHER FIRST FILM ROLE IN NABONGA (1944 LONDON WAS ONLY 18) PRECEDES HER MUSICAL FAME BY OVER A DECADEAND SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO ACT THROUGH THE END OF THE 1970S (WHEN SHE GAINED FURTHER POPULARITY FOR HER ROLE AS NURSE DIXIE MCCALL IN THE TELEVISION SERIES EMERGENCY)