The album was recorded in the summer of 1959 at the No.1 studio, Abbey Road, London, and issued by the 'His Master's Voice' label, a subsidiary of EMI, which was run at this time by Norman Newell.

The album features the debut recordings made by Shirley Bassey for EMI, here she performs two songs in the role of Julie LaVerne.

The album also features the actress Dora Bryan, who appeared in films from the mid-1950s.

She was later frequently seen on British television, most recently in the BBC series Last of the Summer Wine.

A CD release was issued in mono by the Australian EMI company AXIS in the mid-1990s; it was finally issued in stereo in 2005 on the EMI label Classics For Pleasure where it appeared on a collection of Jerome Kern compositions such as Music in the Air and Roberta titled Kern - Show Boat etc..