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.
Everything I Have Is Yours
Julie London Lyrics
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You're a part of me.
Everything I have is yours,
My destiny.
I would gladly give the sun to you,
If the sun were only mine.
I would gladly give the earth to you,
And the stars that shine.
Everything that I possess I offer you,
let my dream of happiness come true.
I'd be happy just to spend my life
Waiting at your beck and call;
Everything I have is yours,
My life, my all!
The more I'm with you, the more I can see
My love is yours alone.
You came and captured a heart that was free,
Now I've nothing left I call my own!
Everything I have is yours,
For you're a part of me.
Everything I have is yours,
My destiny.
I would gladly give the sun to you,
If the sun were only mine.
I would gladly give the earth to you,
And the stars that shine.
Everything that I possess I offer you,
let my dream of happiness come true.
I'd be happy just to spend my life
Waiting at your beck and call;
Everything I have is yours,
My life, my all!
"Everything I Have Is Yours" is a song about unconditional love and devotion. The lyrics describe the extent to which someone is willing to give up everything they have for the person they love. The singer is willing to give up the sun, the earth, and the stars, and everything they possess, just to make their loved one happy. They even say that their life and all they have is at the disposal of their beloved.
Throughout the song, the singer emphasizes the idea that their loved one is a part of them, and their destiny. The lyrics suggest that the two are inseparable and that their fates are entwined. The singer is content to spend their life waiting for the whims of their beloved.
The last stanza reveals that the singer's heart has been captured by their loved one, and they have nothing left to call their own. In essence, the song is an expression of complete and selfless devotion, and the idea that true happiness comes from making someone else happy.
Line by Line Meaning
Everything I have is yours,
Julie London is expressing her all-consuming love to her partner, stating that everything she has belongs to them.
You're a part of me.
London is so deeply in love that she considers her partner to be an integral part of her own existence.
My destiny.
London's fate seems inextricably entwined with her partner's, as if they're destined to be together forever.
I would gladly give the sun to you,
London is willing to give her partner anything and everything, even something as huge and seemingly impossible as the sun.
If the sun were only mine.
London acknowledges that the sun is not hers to give but expresses her willingness to do anything for her partner.
I'd be happy just to spend my life
London's devotion to her partner is so complete that merely being with them and tending to their needs would make her happy for the rest of her life.
Waiting at your beck and call;
London is happy to be at her partner's service, catering to their every whim.
The more I'm with you, the more I can see
By spending time with her partner, London sees more and more clearly that she loves them and that her love has consumed her entirely.
My love is yours alone.
London asserts that her love belongs to her partner exclusively and that she doesn't have any affection left for anyone else.
You came and captured a heart that was free,
London's partner has won her heart even though she was previously independent and free-spirited, implying that their love is truly special.
Now I've nothing left I call my own!
London has given everything to her partner and has nothing left that she can claim for herself, demonstrating the depth of her love.
Everything that I possess I offer you,
London reiterates that everything she has is her partner's for the taking, as she loves them completely.
Let my dream of happiness come true.
London's dream of being with her partner and making them happy is her greatest ambition.
My life, my all!
By saying this, London puts her partner ahead of everything else in her life. They are her world and everything she lives for.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BURTON LANE, HAROLD ADAMSON
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