She completed ” My Funny Valentine “, her last musical recording, for the soundtrack of the Burt Reynolds film Sharky’s Machine in 1981.
London, the only actress to appear in every episode of the series, was invited back for two of the four TV movie specials, and the show ended in 1979.
In 1977, after a six-year run of 128 episodes, Emergency! was cancelled despite good ratings.
London remained close with ex-husband Jack Webb, and in 1972, he cast her and Troup in his television series Emergency! , of which he was executive producer.
She released studio albums until the end of the decade, and her final studio album was Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (1969), a collection of contemporary songs.
On May 28, 1964, she and Troup recorded a one-hour program for Japanese television in Japan.
Washington was well known for singing torch songs . In 1962, she hired a male backing trio called the Allegros, consisting of Jimmy Thomas on drums, Earl Edwards on sax, and Jimmy Sigler on organ. Edwards was replaced on sax by John Payne. A Variety writer praised their vocals as…
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She released numerous albums on Liberty Records throughout the 1960s, including Whatever Julie Wants (1961), Love Letters (1962), The End of the World (1963), and All Through the Night (1965), the latter a collection of songs by Cole Porter .
In 1960, London released the album Julie…At Home , which was recorded at her residence in Los Angeles.
The same year, she released Around Midnight , which incorporated a larger backing band in comparison to her previous releases.