JULIE LONDON - CRY ME A RIVER

From the laser disc "Julie London Show", with the Bobby Troup Quintet, recorded on May-28-1964 in Japan.

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[StonyRC]

Who on earth is playing that jazz guitar? It's quite different from the regular single - really adds to the soulful breathy vocals. So sad! Excellent posting.

[vladimirsmartins]

It's Dennis Budimir, the guitar player of the Bobby Troup Quintet. On the regular single the guitar was played by Barney Kessel.

[Phil Hall]

Rare is not adequate to describe this, its historical. Ella Fitzgerald was supposed to sing this in the movie Pete Kelly's Blues, but it was rejected (God only knows why 'cause the decision makers are all dead) . Julie certainly had no problem with it.

[vladimirsmartins]

The character of Ella in the movie was a singer of the 20's, and the producer, maybe in a certain racist manner, asked the composer to substitute the word

"plebeian" in the lyrics, because he was sure the audience would never believe that a black woman would use that word in the 20's. The composer refused to do it, and the song was rejected. In December of the same year (1955), Julie London recorded it, and in 1956 performed it in the movie "The Girl Can't Help It", in timeless renditions.

[mamboviv]

The greatest female crooner of all time! How a cheesy kid like buble dared to cover this song?

[teazle2]

Now your'e talking Buble is nowhere. Julie has made this her own.

[spsmonktoo]

This the kind of singer and song that makes me glad I was born male.

THAT'S A WOMAN!

[dm5401]

I so agree with you. In my opinion, Julie London really owns this song, but I hope the day never comes that when someone else does it I won't listen. to see what they do with it.

[dm5401]

@teddygirlalice Are you for real? First of all Susan is not the type of person who wants to get anywhere riding on the coat tails of another singer. Eat your own heart out tga, because its 'a a thought that would never occur to S. B,

[literauntie]

The Girl Can't Help It

[mickyblue247]

I've been listening to this great song since Julie first sang it. No one sings it better ! She was the greatest chanteuse of her day !

[billyboylb]

Nice. I love Streisand's take on this too...completely different interpretation. Sign of a great song when many artists can do his/her own take on it.