JULIE LONDON ‎– YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM

YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM

JULIE LONDON

SONGWRITERS: KAHN GUS & BROWN NACIO HERB

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: JULIE… AT HOME

LABEL: LIBERTY RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1960

 

         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.

          Julie...At Home is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3152 as a monophonic recording in 1960, and later in stereo under catalog number LST-7152 the same year.

You stepped out of a dream

You are too wonderful to be what you seem

Could there be eyes like yours

Could there be lips like yours

Could there be smiles like yours

Honest and truly?

 

You stepped out of a cloud

I want to take you away, away from the crowd

And have you all to myself

Alone and apart out of a dream

Safe in my heart

 

You stepped out of a dream

You are too wonderful to be what you seem

Could there be eyes like yours

Could there be lips like yours

Could there be smiles like yours

Honest and truly?

 

You stepped out of a cloud

I want to take you away, away from the crowd

And have you all to myself

Alone and apart out of a dream

Safe in my heart.