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1957 studio album by Julie London
About the Blues
Studio album by Julie London
Released1957
Recorded1956–1957
StudioRadio Recorders, Hollywood
GenreTraditional pop, vocal jazz
Length45:12
LabelLiberty
ProducerBobby Troup
Julie London chronology
Calendar Girl
(1956) 		About the Blues
(1957) 		Make Love to Me
(1957)

About the Blues is an album by Julie London that was released in 1957. The album includes two songs written by Bobby Troup, her husband. Miles Davis recorded a version of one of them, "The Meaning of the Blues". The eighteen-piece band was arranged by Russell Garcia.

Track listing

Track number Title Songwriter(s) Time
1 "Basin Street Blues" Spencer Williams 3:03
2 "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler 2:56
3 "A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" Dick Charles, Larry Markes 3:08
4 "Get Set for the Blues" Joe Karnes 2:42
5 "Invitation to the Blues" Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts 2:48
6 "Bye Bye Blues" Fred Hamm, David Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray 1:38
7 "Meaning of the Blues" Bobby Troup, Leah Worth 2:56
8 "About the Blues" Arthur Hamilton 3:05
9 "Sunday Blues" Leonard Adelson, Jeff Clarkson 2:53
10 "The Blues Is All I Ever Had" Troup 2:49
11 "Blues in the Night" Arlen, Johnny Mercer 3:39
12 "Bouquet of Blues" Hamilton 2:55
13 "Baby, Baby All the Time" * Troup 2:25
14 "Shadow Woman" * Hamilton 2:39
15 "Meaning of the Blues" * Bobby Troup, Leah Worth 2:58
16 "Dark" * Edwin Greines 2:38

  • Bonus tracks on the CD release

Selected personnel

References

  1. ^ Dedina, Nick. "About the Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ Owen, Michael (2017). Go Slow: The Life of Julie London. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613738573.
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