The End of the World (Julie London album)
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The End of the World was an LP album
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 by Julie London
Julie London
Julie London was an American singer and actress. She was best known for her smoky, sensual voice. London was at her singing career's peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years...

, released by Liberty Records
Liberty Records
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 under catalog number LRP-3300 as a monophonic recording and catalog number LST-7300 in stereo in June 1963
1963 in music
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. This was Julie London's second-to-the-last charting album, reaching #127 on the Billboard charts.

This Julie London album is commonly mistaken to be entitled "The Good Life", due to mistitling on the album jacket's spine. This error happened again on her 1964 self-titled album "Julie London", when it was mistitled as "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry/Wives And Lovers" on the album jacket's spine.

Track listing

Track number Title Songwriter(s) Time
1 "The End Of the World" Sylvia Dee
Sylvia Dee
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/Arthur Kent
Arthur Kent
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2:47
2 "I Wanna Be Around
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Johnny Mercer
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/Sadie Vimmerstadt
2:00
3 "Call Me Irresponsible
Call Me Irresponsible
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Sammy Cahn
Sammy Cahn
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/James Van Heusen
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2:48
4 "Our Day Will Come
Our Day Will Come
"Our Day Will Come" is a popular song composed by Bob Hilliard and Mort Garson which was a #1 hit in 1963 for Ruby & The Romantics.-Ruby & the Romantics:...

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Mort Garson
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/Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard
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2:22
5 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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George Cory/Douglas Cross 2:48
6 "Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
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Bart Howard
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2:34
7 "Days of Wine and Roses
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Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
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/Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
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2:53
8 "I Remember You
I remember you
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Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
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/Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger
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2:36
9 "My Coloring Book" Fred Ebb
Fred Ebb
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/John Kander
John Kander
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3:32
10 "Chances Are
Chances Are (song)
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Robert Allen
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/Al Stillman
Al Stillman
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3:00
11 "Desafinado" Cavanaugh/Jon Hendricks
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/Antonio Carlos Jobim
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/Newton Mendonça
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2:06
12 "The Good Life
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Sacha Distel
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/Jack Reardon
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