Calendar Girl (Julie London album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Calendar Girl
| type = Studio
| artist = Julie London
| cover = JulieLondonCalendarGirl.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1956}}
| recorded = May–September, 1956{{cite book|last=Owen|first=Michael|date=2017|title=Go Slow: The Life of Julie London|publisher=Chicago Review Press|page=238|isbn=9781613738573}}
| studio = Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood
| genre = {{hlist|Traditional pop|vocal jazz}}
| length = {{Duration|m=28|s=20}}
| label = Liberty
| producer = Bobby Troup
| prev_title = Lonely Girl
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = About the Blues
| next_year = 1957
}}{{Music ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000765820|title=Calendar Girl Review|last=Dedina|first=Nick|access-date=29 April 2023}}
| rev2 =Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Julie London|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2011|page=1986|isbn=9781561592371}}
}}
Calendar Girl is a studio album by American singer Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number SL-9002 in 1956. In keeping with the title, each of the first twelve tracks had a month in its title, completing the album with a song entitled "Thirteenth Month". Two of the songs were composed especially for this album by London's future husband, Bobby Troup, who also produced the album, as he did many of her albums.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side A
| title1 = June in January
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ralph Rainger|Leo Robin}}
| length1 = 2:11
| title2 = February Brings the Rain
| writer2 = Bobby Troup
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = Melancholy March
| writer3 = {{hlist|Herman Saunders|Dory Langdon}}
| length3 = 2:21
| title4 = I'll Remember April
| writer4 = {{hlist|Gene de Paul|Patricia Johnston|Don Raye}}
| length4 = 2:01
| title5 = People Who Are Born in May
| writer5 = Earl Brent
| length5 = 1:42
| title6 = Memphis in June
| writer6 = {{hlist|Hoagy Carmichael|Paul Francis Webster}}
| length6 = 2:01
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side B
| total_length = 28:20
| title1 = Sleigh Ride in July
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jimmy Van Heusen|Johnny Burke}}
| length1 = 2:22
| title2 = Time for August
| writer2 = Arthur Hamilton
| length2 = 2:02
| title3 = September in the Rain
| writer3 = {{hlist|Harry Warren|Al Dubin}}
| length3 = 1:42
| title4 = This October
| writer4 = Troup
| length4 = 1:47
| title5 = November Twilight
| writer5 = {{hlist|Pete King|Paul Francis Webster}}
| length5 = 3:22
| title6 = Warm December
| writer6 = Bob Russell
| length6 = 1:58
| title7 = Thirteenth Month
| writer7 = Hamilton
| length7 = 2:28
}}
Selected personnel
- Julie London – vocals
- Dick Nash – trombone
- Buddy Cole – piano
- Al Hendrickson – guitar
- Red Callender – double bass
- Milt Holland – drums
- Felix Slatkin – violin
- Eleanor Slatkin – cello
- Pete King – arranger
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Calendar Girl ! scope="col" | Chart (1956) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| scope="row" | US Top LPs (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julie-london-mn0000247966/awards|title=Julie London – Awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=14 March 2023|archive-date=24 June 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120624001452/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julie-london-mn0000247966/awards|url-status=dead}}
| 18 |
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Notes
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References
- {{Discogs master|319604|Calendar Girl|type=album}}
{{Julie London}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Liberty Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Bobby Troup
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