About the Blues / London by Night

~ Release by Julie London (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

"MADE IN THE EU" printed on disc, Matrix / Runout: www.imsgroup.it 5352082 (multiple reissues with the same cover art and barcode)

Annotation last modified on 2025-11-03 20:01 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
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1Basin Street Blues
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
53:06
2I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
42:58
3A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues33:11
4Get Set for the Blues42:45
5Invitation to the Blues
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
Invitation to the Blues (from 1956 until 1957)
writer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter), Doris Fisher and Arthur Gershwin
32:56
6Bye Bye Blues
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
Bye Bye Blues
composer:
Dave Bennett (Songwriter) (until 1925), Chauncey Gray (until 1925), Fred Hamm (1920s US jazz musician/composer) (until 1925) and Bert Lown (until 1925)
41:40
7Meaning of the Blues
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
The Meaning of the Blues
lyricist:
Leah Worth
composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Londontown Music, Inc. and Universal Music Corporation (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
42:56
8About the Blues
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
About the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
43:06
9Sunday Blues42:56
10The Blues Is All I Ever Had42:51
11Blues in the Night
engineer:
Ted Keep and Val Valentin
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
conductor:
Russell Garcia
arranger:
Russell Garcia
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
53:52
12Bouquet of Blues43:02
13Well, Sir43:09
14That’s for Me
engineer:
Ted Keep
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Pete King and His Orchestra
recording of:
That’s for Me (State Fair)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1945)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1945)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair
42:27
15Mad About the Boy
engineer:
Ted Keep
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Pete King and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
42:12
16In the Middle of a Kiss42:19
17Just the Way I Am42:43
18My Man’s Gone Now43:51
19Something I Dreamed Last Night42:36
20Pousse-Café42:53
21Nobody’s Heart42:21
22The Exciting Life42:31
23That Old Feeling42:28
24Cloudy Morning
engineer:
Ted Keep
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
Pete King and His Orchestra
recording of:
Cloudy Morning
writer:
Marvin Fisher and Joseph McCarthy, Jr. (Joseph Allen McCarthy, 1922–1975)
42:13