About the Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = About the Blues
| type = studio
| artist = Julie London
| cover = AbouttheBluesJulieLondon.jpg
| released = 1957
| recorded = 1956–1957
| studio = Radio Recorders, Hollywood
| genre = Traditional pop, vocal jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=12}}
| label = Liberty
| producer = Bobby Troup
| prev_title = Calendar Girl
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = Make Love to Me
| next_year = 1957
}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Dedina|first1=Nick|title=About the Blues|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/about-the-blues-mw0000661357|website=AllMusic|accessdate=14 September 2017}}{{cite book |last= Owen|first=Michael |date= 2017|title=Go Slow: The Life of Julie London|publisher= Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781613738573}}
Track listing
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!Track number !Title !Songwriter(s) !Time | |||
| 1 | "Basin Street Blues" | Spencer Williams | 3:03 |
| 2 | "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 2:56 |
| 3 | "A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" | Dick Charles, Larry Markes | 3:08 |
| 4 | "Get Set for the Blues" | Joe Karnes | 2:42 |
| 5 | "Invitation to the Blues" | Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts | 2:48 |
| 6 | "Bye Bye Blues" | Fred Hamm, David Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray | 1:38 |
| 7 | "Meaning of the Blues" | Bobby Troup, Leah Worth | 2:56 |
| 8 | "About the Blues" | Arthur Hamilton | 3:05 |
| 9 | "Sunday Blues" | Leonard Adelson, Jeff Clarkson | 2:53 |
| 10 | "The Blues Is All I Ever Had" | Troup | 2:49 |
| 11 | "Blues in the Night" | Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 3:39 |
| 12 | "Bouquet of Blues" | Hamilton | 2:55 |
| 13 | "Baby, Baby All the Time" * | Troup | 2:25 |
| 14 | "Shadow Woman" * | Hamilton | 2:39 |
| 15 | "Meaning of the Blues" * | Bobby Troup, Leah Worth | 2:58 |
| 16 | "Dark" * | Edwin Greines | 2:38 |
- Bonus tracks on the CD release
Selected personnel
- Julie London - vocals
- Willie Smith - alto saxophone
- Maynard Ferguson - trumpet
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Shelly Manne - drums
- Russ Garcia - arranger, conductor
References
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Category:Liberty Records albums