Julee Cruise

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Julee Cruise is an American pop singer and actress best known for the lead vocal on “Falling”, the theme for the cult television series Twin Peaks. Until recently, she was a frequent collaborator with composer Angelo Badalamenti and director David Lynch, who produced and wrote the lyrics for most of her songs.

Born on 1 December 1956, Cruise studied French horn at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress in New York, where she also worked as a talent scout for Angelo Badalamenti. In 1985, Badalamenti was composing the score for David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, as well as serving as the vocal coach for the film’s star, Isabella Rossellini. A key scene in Blue Velvet was intended to feature “Song of the Siren” by This Mortal Coil, but when the rights to the song proved prohibitively expensive, it was suggested that Badalamenti compose a pop song in the same style, with lyrics written by Lynch. Because the song required a vocalist with a haunting, ethereal voice, Badalamenti recommended Julee Cruise, who had sung “like an angel” in a New York theater workshop that Badalamenti had produced. The result of their initial collaboration was “Mysteries of Love”, which figures prominently in Blue Velvet’s closing scenes.

Positive reaction to “Mysteries of Love” led Badalamenti and Lynch to write and produce additional songs for Cruise, most of which were featured in her debut album, Floating Into the Night. The album was released on 12 September 1989 by Warner Bros. Records, and charted on Billboard the following year.

1	Falling	263
2	Mysteries of Love	118
3	The Nightingale	106
3	Into the Night	106
5	Floating	98
6	The World Spins	93
7	I Remember	86
8	I Float Alone	77
9	The Swan	73
10	Rockin' Back Inside My Heart	70
11	Questions in a World of Blue	67
12	In My Other World	47
13	Summer Kisses, Winter Tears	45
14	Rockin Back Inside My Heart	41
15	Falling (Twin Peaks Theme)	35

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verabaxter wrote:
10 days ago

Nuevos temas de Vera Baxter en lastfm: www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter saludos desde Argentina !

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LadyVampyre wrote:
June 2008

Magnifica! Semplicemente magnifica!!!!!

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capt_pogossian wrote:
May 2008

Still the best is to watch her sing in the movie while listening - my favourite one: questions in a world of blue in Fire Walk With Me

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Nightevacoil wrote:
May 2008

So glad I found out about "Floating into the Night". What a wonderful and relaxing album!

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Puppy-Love wrote:
May 2008

So loveling music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Très belles chansons, bravo!

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Naty_Rock wrote:
May 2008

Hermosa música y voz

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cala-w-trawie wrote:
April 2008

she is amazing ! i love her music^^

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WindyGalux wrote:
April 2008

Makes me relax. : > and dream my way back to Twin Peaks

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tz0d wrote:
April 2008

more tracks pls.

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Daxxe wrote:
March 2008

Her vocals are very unique. And the music is very sensual and mysterious at the same time!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
March 2008

I can listen to Into the Night endlessly... her vocals are some of my definitive favourites; together with those of Siouxsie Sioux, Annie Lennox, Björk and Dolores O'Riordan.
echosowa wrote:
March 2008

Romantika z Cmoka ...

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carmelita_baby wrote:
February 2008

i want you... rockin' back inside my heart.

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mikeyspikes wrote:
January 2008

do you remember our picnic lunch? we both went out for a stroll

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Ivanerr wrote:
December 2007

Beautiful combination of voice and music. Floating into the Night is complete and perfect album.

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hawkon wrote:
December 2007

Amazing voice

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mockturtlesoup wrote:
November 2007

so beautiful.. i find her music very inspiring

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DoloresIsDead wrote:
September 2007

Everytime when I'm listening to Julee Cruise I feel like the whole world is closing down and there's no escape... That there's just me and her voice. It's very positive feeling anyway :)

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Spaceicorn wrote:
August 2007

it's all about questions in a world of blue

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July 2007

Croatia loves youuuu!!!

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