About the Blues

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.[1][2]

About the Blues
Studio album by
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)

Track listing

Track number Title Songwriter(s) Time
1"Basin Street Blues"Spencer Williams3:03
2"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues"Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler2:56
3"A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues"Dick Charles, Larry Markes3:08
4"Get Set for the Blues"Joe Karnes2:42
5"Invitation to the Blues"Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts2:48
6"Bye Bye Blues"Fred Hamm, David Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray1:38
7"Meaning of the Blues"Bobby Troup, Leah Worth2:56
8"About the Blues"Arthur Hamilton3:05
9"Sunday Blues"Leonard Adelson, Jeff Clarkson2:53
10"The Blues Is All I Ever Had"Troup2:49
11"Blues in the Night"Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:39
12"Bouquet of Blues"Hamilton2:55
13"Baby, Baby All the Time" *Troup2:25
14"Shadow Woman" *Hamilton2:39
15"Meaning of the Blues" *Bobby Troup, Leah Worth2:58
16"Dark" *Edwin Greines2:38

[1]

  • 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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