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.[1][2]
Track listing
| 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
|
[1]
- Bonus tracks on the CD release
Selected personnel
References
- ^ a b Dedina, Nick. "About the Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ a b Owen, Michael (2017). Go Slow: The Life of Julie London. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613738573.
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