Julie peaked at the beginning of her career in 1955 with the classic Cry me a ricer. For the remainder of the fifties and most of the sixties, Julie recorded a series of albums did delighted her fans. While Julie Was not the most technically gifted singer, she knew her limitations and worked within them, ignoring the prevailing fashions and focusing almost Exclusively on romantic ballads. Julie's warm, intimate style of singing endeared her to a significant number of music fans. On her early records, the musical backing was very sparse, but as the fifties gave way to the sixties, orchestral arrangements Took over, though synthesis were always tastefully done. Personally, I prefer the slightly early recordings but I love everything I've heard of Julie's music (and that's most of it, thanks to all the CD re-issues of recent years). Julie recorded a lot of songs from the first half of the Twentieth Century but she recorded So some contemporary material. This compilation contains a great selection of Julie's music Including (of course) Cry me a river. Elsewhere, the compilation is filled with Julie's covers of songs made famous by others: such as Fly Me to the Moon, Blue Moon, My heart belongs to Daddy, When I fall in love, Misty, Let There Be Love, Making Whoopee, The more I see you, Black coffee, Blues in the Night, As time goes by, Can not Get Used to Losing You, September in the Rain, Mad About the Boy, Love letters, I left my heart in San Francisco, Our Day Will Come, I 've Got You Under My Skin, End of the world and Sentimental journey. With a compilation like this, it is always possible to argue about what is included and what is omitted, but this compilation fairly darstellt Julie's career. If You Only ever buy one collection of her music, make it this one.
