Julie London (née Peck; September 26,1926 — October 18, 2000) was an Ameri… Read Full Bio ↴Julie London (née Peck; September 26,1926 — October 18, 2000) was an American jazz and pop singer and actress. She was noted for her smoky, sensual voice and languid demeanor. She released 32 albums of pop and jazz standards during the 1950s and 1960s, with her signature song being the classic "Cry Me a River," which she introduced in 1955.

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.

Make Love to Me
Julie London Lyrics

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Instead of making conversation,
Make love to me!
Make love to me, my darling,
While there is still a moon.

Must I extend an invitation?
Make love to me!
Make love to me, my darling,

Tonight will end so soon.

There are moments when my lips adore addressing you,
But tonight my lips are only for caressing you,
How about you?

Before the mood that I'm in changes,
Make love to me!
Make love to me, my darling,
I'm so in love with you!

Must I extend an invitation
To make love to me?
Make love to me, my darling,
Tonight will end so soon.

There are moments when my lips, my lips adore addressing you,
But tonight my lips are only for caressing you,
But how about you?

Don't let the mood I'm in change,
Make love to me!

Make love to me, my darling,
I'm so in love with you!

Overall Meaning

The song “Make Love to Me” by Julie London is a seductive invitation for her lover to stop talking and start physically expressing their love. Julie’s sultry voice draws the listener in as she sings her request for her partner to make love to her while the moon is still up. She emphasizes that there is no need for conversation or small talk, as her lips are only for caressing and not for talking.

The lyrics suggest that there are times when Julie loves to talk to her lover, however, in this moment, she just wants to experience physical intimacy with him. She pleads with her lover not to let the mood change and instead to take the opportunity to make love to her. Julie is so in love with her partner that she has to extend an invitation for him to indulge in an intimate moment with her.

Overall, the song is an invitation to explore physical intimacy with a lover. The lyrics call upon a partner to put aside conversation and just enjoy the moment with each other. Julie London’s voice adds to the seductive and intimate tone of the song, making it a classic love song that stands the test of time.

Line by Line Meaning

Instead of making conversation,
Stop talking and have sex with me instead.

Make love to me! Make love to me, my darling, While there is still a moon.
Have sexual intercourse with me under the moonlight while it lasts.

Must I extend an invitation? Make love to me! Make love to me, my darling, Tonight will end so soon.
Do I have to ask you to have sex with me? We only have tonight.

There are moments when my lips adore addressing you, But tonight my lips are only for caressing you, How about you?
Usually I like talking to you, but right now I only want to kiss and touch you. Do you feel the same?

Before the mood that I'm in changes, Make love to me! Make love to me, my darling, I'm so in love with you!
Let's have sex before I lose the desire. I love you so much.

Don't let the mood I'm in change, Make love to me! Make love to me, my darling, I'm so in love with you!
Do it now! Don't make me wait! I'm deeply in love with you.

Must I extend an invitation To make love to me? Make love to me, my darling, Tonight will end so soon.
Don't make me ask twice. We don't have much time left before the night is over.

There are moments when my lips, my lips adore addressing you, But tonight my lips are only for caressing you, But how about you?
I usually love talking to you, but tonight I only want to kiss and touch you. How do you feel about that?

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ISMAEL ANGEL LEDESMA

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