I’LL NEVER
SMILE AGAIN
JULIE LONDON
SONGWRITER:
RUTH LOWE
COUNTRY: U. S.
A.
ALBUM: FOR THE
NIGHT PEOPLE
LABEL:
UNIVERSAL MUSIC
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 2012
Julie London (née Peck; September 26, 1926 –
October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more
than 40 years. A torch singer noted
for her sultry, languid contralto vocals,
London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and
1969. Her recording of "Cry Me a River", a
track she introduced on her debut album, was
inducted into the Grammy Hall
of Fame in 2001. In addition to her musical
notice, London was nominated for a Golden Globe
Award in 1974 for her portrayal of nurse
Dixie McCall in the television series Emergency!.
Born in Santa Rosa,
California to vaudevillian parents,
London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los
Angeles, and began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career
began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous westerns,
co-starring with Rock Hudson in The Fat Man (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in Saddle the Wind (1958), and opposite Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful
Country (1959).
In the mid-1950s, she signed a recording
contract with the newly established Liberty Records,
marking the beginning of her professional musical career. She released her
final studio album in 1969, but achieved continuing success playing the female
starring role of nurse Dixie McCall, in the television series Emergency! (1972–1979),
in which she appeared opposite her real-life husband, Bobby Troup. The show
was produced by her ex-husband, Jack Webb.
A shy and introverted woman, London rarely
granted interviews, and spent the remainder of her life out of the public
sphere. In 1995, she suffered a stroke,
which left her with permanent health problems. In 1999, she was diagnosed with lung cancer, but
forewent treatment due to her already compromised physical state. She died of cardiac arrest the following year in Los Angeles, aged 74.
I'll never smile again,
until I smile at you
I'll never laugh again,
what good would it do?
For tears would fill my
eyes, my heart would realize
That our romance is through
I'll never love again, I'm
so in love with you
I'll never thrill again to
somebody new
Within my heart, I know I
will never start
To smile again, until I
smile at you
Within my heart, I know I
will never start
To smile again, until I
smile at you
Until I smile at you.
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