Julie London (née Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress, whose career spanned more than 40 years. Born in Santa Rosa, California to vaudevillian parents, London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and began her career as an actress. London’s 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous Westerns, co-starring with Rock Hudson in The Fat Man (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in Saddle the Wind (1958) and opposite Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959).

In the mid-1950s, she signed a recording contract with the newly established Liberty Records, and released a total of 32 albums of pop and jazz standards during the 1950s and 1960s, with her signature song being “Cry Me a River”, which she introduced in 1955. London was noted by critics for her husky, smoky voice and languid vocal style. She released her final studio album in 1969, but achieved continuing success playing the female starring role of Nurse Dixie McCall, in the television series Emergency! (1972–79), in which she appeared opposite her real-life husband, Bobby Troup. The show was produced by her ex-husband, Jack Webb.

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Famous Julie London Songs

1. Cry Me a River

2. Why Don’t You Do Right

3. Slightly Out Of Tune

4. I’m in the Mood for Love

5. Bye Bye Blackbird

6. Fly Me to the Moon

7. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

8. Around Midnight

9. Misty

10. End Of The World

11. Show Me the Way to Go Home

12. No Moon at All

13. My Heart Belongs to Daddy

14. I’d Like You for Christmas

15. You and the Night and the Music

16. You’d Be Nice to Come Home To

17. Go Slow

19. September in the Rain

19. Blue Moon

20, Come On-A My House

21. I’m Glad There Is You

22. Black Coffee

23. Easy Street

24. Blues in the Night

25. Two Sleepy People

26. Love Letters

27. Shadow Woman

28. Say It Isn’t So

29. Goody Goody

30. June in January

31. Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man

32. Mad About the Boy