Lonely Girl (album)

Lonely Girl is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3012 as a monophonic recording in 1956, and later in rechanneled stereo under catalog number LST-7029 in 1959.

Lonely Girl
Studio album by Julie London
Released	1956
Recorded	April 1956[1]
Studio	Western Recorders, Hollywood[1]
Genre	Traditional pop, vocal jazz
Length	30:09
Label	Liberty
Producer	Bobby Troup
Julie London chronology
Julie Is Her Name (1955) Lonely Girl (1956) Calendar Girl (1956)

The album (minus "What'll I Do") was reissued, combined with London's 1957 album Make Love to Me, on compact disc on January 28, 2003 by EMI.

Track listing

Track number	Title	Songwriter(s)	Time
1	"Lonely Girl"	Bobby Troup	2:35
2	"Fools Rush In"	Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer	2:10
3	"Moments Like This"	Frank Loesser, Burton Lane	2:41
4	"I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City"	Leon René, Johnny Lange	2:38
5	"It's the Talk of the Town"	Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes	2:38
6	"What'll I Do"	Irving Berlin	1:56
7	"When Your Lover Has Gone"	Einar A. Swan	2:12
8	"Don't Take Your Love From Me"	Henry Nemo	2:33
9	"Where or When"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	2:40
10	"All Alone"	Irving Berlin	1:53
11	"Mean to Me"	Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert	2:14
12	"How Deep Is the Ocean"	Irving Berlin	2:13
13	"Remember"	Irving Berlin	1:46

Personnel

• Julie London – Vocals
• Al Viola – Guitar
• Bobby Troup – Producer
• John Neal – Engineer
• Ray Jones – Cover photography
• Chris Ingham – Liner Notes

For the reissue

• Andy Morten – Producer, design
• Joe Foster – Producer, recreation
• Norman Blake – Recreation
• Bob Norberg – Remastering

Notes

1. Owen, Michael (2017). Go Slow: The Life of Julie London. Chicago Review Press. p. 237. ISBN 9781613738573.

As frequently told by Al Viola...the guitarist for the album "Lonely Girl." Julie had scored a huge success with her freshman debut "Julie is Her Name" Volume 1 and Liberty Records was anxious to capitalize on that success. The company arranged for Julie to get another record out immediately and a large orchestral pre-record was made for "Calendar Girl." Julie however, had not had much experience singing except in intimate settings with just a few instruments, typically jazz artist musician friends of her husband, songwriter pianist Bobby Troup. She was intimidated by the lush pre-record and having a difficult time laying down any tracks. She was vocally tense and getting stuck when her husband's best friend Al Viola who happened to be recording some overdubs on another project at the same studio stopped in to say "Hello." The recording engineer asked Al if he'd mind sitting in with Julie to help her relax. Unbeknownst to Al or Julie, the engineer John Neal started recording them. After the first number, John asked them to do another. Thinking that they were just stretching out the effect was evident on playback that there was something worth pursuing. Al was due at a gig in a few hours, so he called the leader and sent a substitute. Julie called Bobby, credited as Producer on the album. Bobby told them to go for it even though there were no A&R representatives present and Liberty Records had no knowledge of what was being recorded. Julie and Al talked about tunes they both knew then worked out intros and endings...if Julie was unsure about a lyric, the lyricist was called. If Al was unsure about a chord change, the composer was called (waking one up well after midnight, although he was glad to help and have his tune correctly represented.) Recording all night, the tracks used on the album were all from the 1st take, although for prosperity several takes were made. To Al, this is what made the album so exceptional and delicious. After recording all night, Al arrived home in the wee small hours of the morning knowing what they had done was without a doubt a truly magical, improvised album.<ref></ref Julie Morgan>

References

• Lonely Girl at AllMusic

• Lonely Girl on Rate Your Music site