London's 35-year acting career began in films in 1944 and included playing opposite Gary Cooper in Man of the West (1958) and Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959). She achieved continuing success in the TV medical drama Emergency! (1972–1979), co-starring her real-life husband, Bobby Troup, and produced by her ex-husband, Jack Webb, in which London played the female lead role of nurse Dixie McCall. She and Randolph Mantooth, who played one-half of her medical students, a paramedic, in the series, were very close to her family, until her death in 2000.
Born in Santa Rosa, California, she was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who were a vaudeville song-and-dance team. When she was fourteen the family moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from the Hollywood Professional High School in 1945.
London began singing under the name Gayle Peck in public in her teens before appearing in a film. She was discovered by talent agent Sue Carol (wife of actor Alan Ladd), while working as an elevator operator. Her early film career, however, did not include any singing roles.
London recorded 32 albums in a career that began in 1955 with a live performance at the 881 Club in Los Angeles. Billboard named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956, and 1957. She was the subject of a 1957 Life cover article in which she was quoted as saying, "It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate."
London's debut recordings were for the Bethlehem Records label. While shopping for a record deal, she recorded four tracks that would later be included on the compilation album Bethlehem's Girlfriends in 1955. Bobby Troup backed London on the album, for which London recorded the standards "Don't Worry About Me", "Motherless Child", "A Foggy Day", and "You're Blasé".
London's most famous single, "Cry Me a River", was written by her high-school classmate Arthur Hamilton and produced by Troup. The recording became a million-seller after its release in December 1955 and also sold on reissue in April 1983 from the attention brought by a Mari Wilson cover. London performed the song in the film The Girl Can't Help It (1956), and her recording gained later attention in the films Passion of Mind (2000) and V for Vendetta (2006). The song "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was featured on the HBO television series Six Feet Under and appears on its soundtrack album. London's "Must Be Catchin'" was featured in the 2011 premiere episode of the ABC series Pan Am. Her last recording was "My Funny Valentine" for the soundtrack of the Burt Reynolds film Sharky's Machine (1981).
Other popular singles include "Hot Toddy", "Daddy", and "Desafinado". Recordings such as "Go Slow" epitomized her career style: her voice is slow, smoky, and playfully sensual.
She was married to Jack Webb, of Dragnet fame. Her obvious beauty and self-poise (she was a pinup girl prized by GIs during World War II) contrasted with his pedestrian appearance and stiff-as-a-board acting technique (much parodied by impersonators). This unlikely pairing arose from his and her love for jazz; their marriage lasted from July 1947 to November 1953. They had two daughters, one who was killed in a traffic accident in the 1990s and one who survived London. In 1954, having become somewhat reclusive after her divorce from Jack Webb, she met jazz composer and musician Bobby Troup at a club on La Brea Blvd. They married on December 31, 1959 and remained married until Troup's death in February 1999. Together, they had one daughter and twin sons.
London suffered a stroke in 1995, and was in poor health until her death in Encino, California, at the age of seventy-four, survived by four of her five children. She died on18th October 2000, and was buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
And I Love Him
Julie London Lyrics
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That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love him too
And I love him
He gives me everything
And ternderly
He brings to me
And I love him
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I have you near me
Bright as the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
The song "And I Love Him" by Julie London is a beautiful and emotional tune about a woman who has completely fallen in love with a man. The lyrics are simple but powerful, expressing the depth of the singer's feelings for her lover. She declares that she gives him all her love and that anyone who saw him would surely love him too. She is so deeply in love with him that it seems she cannot contain her feelings, and she expresses them fully in every way possible. The love her partner gives her is also invaluable, and she appreciates every moment of it. The kiss of her love is tender and brings her immense joy.
The singer is so confident in her feelings and the relationship that she claims that their love could never die. As long as she has her lover with her, she knows that their love will continue to grow stronger. The lyrics speak to the beauty and transcendence of a love that endures despite the challenges that may come its way. The love that the singer feels is bright like the stars that shine and gives her hope even when the sky is dark.
Overall, the song "And I Love Him" is an emotional and powerful tribute to a love that is pure and profound. The lyrics express the depth of emotion that one can feel for another person, and how that love can provide hope and solace in the darkest of times.
Line by Line Meaning
I give him all my love
All I do is give my love to him
That's all I do
My entire purpose is to love him
And if you saw my love
If you saw how I love him
You'd love him too
You would love him just like I do
And I love him
I love him completely
He gives me everything
He gives me everything I need
And tenderly
And he does it with care and affection
The kiss my love brings
The kiss he gives me
He brings to me
He gives it to me
And I love him
I love him completely
A love like ours
Our love
Could never die
Will never end
As long as I have you near me
As long as he is by my side
Bright as the stars that shine
Our love is as bright as the stars
Dark is the sky
Despite the sky being dark
I know this love of mine
I know that my love
Will never die
Will never end
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