Julie London-My Funny Valentine(1981)

[Bessie99Big]

Barney Kessel and Ray Brown,now both passed.Giants when they walked the earth.

[swooncroon]

It's sad that this was Julie's last. Sounding so great ! We all miss Juluie.

[swooncroon]

@swooncroon A typo on "Julie" made me come back in. I love Julie on her UK concert with the Hi-Los.

The Am I Blue, I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues, and Blues in The Night is the most artistic singing on TV.

[musicmann059]

i LOVE U JULIE. AFTER YEARS OF LISTENING TO UR MUSIC, I'M STILL DEEPLY TOUCHED BU UR SONGS . I CAN SPEND HOURS LISTENING TO U. THE ONLY REGRET I HAVE WAS NOT MEETING U IN PERSON. REST IN PEACE AND KNOW UR MUSIC STILL TOUCHES US ALL.

[524dmc]

No silly costumes, no big production with troupes dancers covering up the fact they cannae sing just a very beautiful lady with a great voice.

[whatisupdoc]

bonjour, hello

an other version of "my funny valentine"

[andrew097]

Just spent the afternoon ironing listening to Julie and some wonderful musicians I was nearly sad when I finished. It would be nice if some of the younger breed of female singers had a look at this wonderful singer. We have loads of screamers but few who can sing like this

[JamesMerlin2]

Hazy, breathy, bedroom voice, like a saxophone that can vocalize. Sensual!

[ArkRed1]

Wonder if it was Barney Kessel or Howard Roberts doing the guitar work? Super playing for a super singer.

[klrietmann]

Thanks, thought I had all of her stuff as well.

[Tigerlily21]

This is my favorite version so far. I love when it's understated like this. That's when it's at its most haunting.

[cinesable]

Julie was the main reason for the band I helped to bring into this world...we named it the Shangs..but it was Julie London who was the center of Influence for us! Everything about her was and still is magic!!!!! She was incredible right to the very end!

[216trixie]

She's the nurse from Squad 51, Emergency.

[redchief16]

Two people are sitting at home without Valentines.

[Sincopare]

She liked her cigarettes. Miss her. The lone feminine touch on Emergency!

[BAMAMARV]

i was introduced to Julie London's talent by one of my favorite movies, "Sharky's Machine". You listen to Diana Krall and you hear a good impression of Julie, and I love Diana also. I wish they had done a longer version of this song; way too short for me. Would love to hear Diana do this, but I'm guessing she'd figure she couldn't do it any better, so why bother, but it'd be a great tribute to Julie.

[teazle2]

Last recording of a great great singer - thanks for this little hears version -david

[johnbresnik]

she was a great jazz singer... nice bass lines.

[baarbear]

Great actress and such a honey smooth voice.

[marielblues]

and the bass player is fantastic also,, no loud and noisy horn sections here, love it!

[nytwings]

Thank you for sharing this.

[T0NYBENNETT]

I'd love to know who that was accompanying her on the guitar.

[bfm01]

@T0NYBENNETT

it's Barney Kessel....like on her first album!

[arturomarinaltamiran]

Que hermosura de voz y de mujer

[arturomarinaltamiran]

Una maravillosa voz, hermosa mujer

[MultiMeli123]

Great Jazzy tune! Even in her later years she was a great singer and still so beautiful!

[mikhaelah]

Wow!

[LaDyGaGaFaN911]

Incredible. Her voice is a perfect tenor in this song. Just beautiful.

[LusciousBaybee]

so relaxing.

[neweast1]

majestic

[heysonjayson]

Wonderful stuff and quite possibly her last recording. I've always loved this soundtrack and wish they would remaster it for CD.

[comicfan69]

My father has a lot of her albums and I grew up listening to them. She has a very sexy voice.

[reckonimokie]

awesome Julie London!!!

[anchor2me]

Her voice is like an instrument....

Beautiful!

[themonaghans]

I love Julie London and Bobby Troup. As talented as Julie London was, it's amazing that she never thought she was very good and suffered from terrible stage fright. Thank goodness she had Bobby Troup to support her, or we might never have had her wonderful music.

[Flewie2ie]

This was recorded for the Burt Reynold's movie "Sharkey's Machine" with Rachel Ward as his costar.....London's singing of this old standard is about perfect....one rare instance where smoking cigarettes may have actually done some good...her voice had that long time smoker- raspiness to it.

[vixster181]

@Flewie2ie and joni mitchell

deep raspy voice...very sensual and sexy

[12421212]

crafty. she knows just where to stop

[snrbaires]

Gosh, I really prefer the upright bass to the electric version on all song types except funk & hard rock. This arrangement is perfect.

[tissa71]

AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!!

[LaWey]

hun døde altfor ung.

[OTACKEY2009]

Her last recording from 1981 is also very nice.

[wonderglory]

That was really wonderful. I believe this was her final project after "Emergency!" folded. And that's a wonderful picture of her with her beloved Bobby Troup.

[sappleseed]

Julie London is peerless.

[bosbal]

Fantastic video and song...

Thanks for this wonderful upload...

Frank

[MrJudie80]

FANTASTIC!!

Sooo sensual, smooth and sentimental, psycho too, tender and aslo dangerous.....

the full package....

[thepandapuff]

i absolutely love all the way she uses the heavy, distinctive, yet some how soothing bass

[hfelknor]

wow! Thought I had heard everything the lady did!

She was the complete package.

[silentevil77]

You said it!

[Animalkisser]

My favorite cover of this song is Eartha Kitt´s from her album "Thinking Jazz".

[rvcrvc2]

The season has passed, but my new favorite version on the tube is by friedrika

[noahsdad61]

great version, great song. the song is so versatile, it can be tender, sentimental, smoky/sultry, needy/sad, or psycho/stalker, and they all work!

[rvcrvc2]

Best version, by far, through page 4.

[edstasic]

great song, thanks for sharing mate, ive always loved these kind of singers (yet i cant remember the correct term, this term used to describe singers from the 40's and 50's singing in clubs and all that), thanks again ;)

[rvcrvc2]

Torch?

[edstasic]

YES!, thanks for the help =D

[bptaylor11]

Thanks for posting this. I have wondered about that song since the 80s when I used to watch Sharkey's Machine over and over again. Loved the movie and loved the song even more.

[silentevil77]

lol me too.

[jujube5160]

@bptaylor11 me toooo!! i always thought i was the only one who remembered this and it being in the movie .... something about it ... set the mood so perfectly ~

[agentgibbs1162]

@bptaylor11 This was Julie's last recording it. Yes, it was played in the movie Sharkey's Machine. The year? 1981 before her retirement. She as also in the movie The Way West. Bobby Troup did the music for that movie, a western. (1926-2000).

[trbuckley]

Did you pull this off of the soundtrack LP, or has the soundtrack finally been reissued on CD?

[silentevil77]

No cd Unfortunate I found this on a website.

[LifesaGardenDigit1]

I believe this is the cut is on the Burt Reynolds "Sharkys Machine" movie soundtrack.

[silentevil77]

Yes,you are right(=

[WestCoastWhistler]

wow! how did you know that!

[shaggycub]

Man, Julie's voice, like a fine whiskey, only got better and better with age. That arrangement is just perfect, her best work was accompanied by an acoustic guitar, a standing bass, and drums. It's gorgeous, but also makes me a little melancholic. I wished she had done a whole album, maybe for the Concord Jazz label, not just the one song for a film soundtrack.

[katerush]

Just love her voice.

[pincherle84]

Love it! Thanks very much:-)

[paramedic51]

thanks for posting this.i´m search so long for this track!

[silentevil77]

glad I could help!

[Ebonytease]

wow, what a smokey voice, i love this song...

[DunhillHilton]

Beautiful ! Julie was the best.