Joe Valino – The Garden Of Eden 01/1957
Jerry Lewis – Rock-A-Bye Your Baby 02/1957
Julie London – Cry Me A River 04/1957
Buddy Knox – Party Doll 05/1957
The Diamonds – Little Darlin’ 06/1957
Jeri Southern – Fire Down Below 06/1957
Leroy Anderson And His Pops Concert Orchestra – Forgotten Dreams 07/1957
Sal Mineo – Start Movin’ (In My Direction) 07/1957
Billy Williams – I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 08/1957
Debbie Reynolds – Tammy 09/1957
Millard Thomas with Harry Belafonte – Scarlet Ribbons 09/1957
Laurie London – He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands 11/1957
The Shepherd Sisters – Alone 11/1957
Marie Adams with Johnny Otis And His Orchestra – Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me 11/1957
The Southlanders – Alone 11/1957
Actors, by their very nature, are usually recording artists. Which will explain the names that we see this year, in previous years and going forward. We’ve already had Judy Garland and Jane Wyman but now we can add Debbie Reynolds (Carrie Fisher’s Mum) and Jerry Lewis (the original Nutty Professor) to the roster. But that’s not the case for Julie London. She’s adept at both having an illustrious career behind microphone and in front of the camera. The best of the bunch is Cry Me A River and it’s genuinely puzzling why she could never replicate it’s success.
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