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Julee Cruise was the talent scout for composer
Angelo Badalamenti when he was working on
David Lynch's film Blue Velvet in 1985.
Badalamenti discovered that her airy voice fit a song for the film, so she wound up recording "Mysteries of Love" for the soundtrack. Three years later, she released her first album,
Floating Into the Night, which featured music by
Badalamenti and lyrics by
Lynch. Three tracks from the record made it onto the soundtrack to
Lynch's television series
Twin Peaks, including the series' theme song, "Falling."
Cruise had a bit part in the series. She released her second album,
Voice of Love, in 1993.
Later in the decade she covered the
Elvis Presley song "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" for
Wim Wenders; movie
Until the End of the World, and featured on the soundtrack to
Scream.
Cruise also appeared in several stage productions and toured with
the B-52's (as a replacement for
Cindy Wilson). She also featured with a host of dance acts, including
Moby,
Hybrid, and
Delerium. Still, nearly ten years separated
Voice of Love from her third solo album, 2002's The Art of Being a Girl.
Cruise took another long layoff from the studio before she recorded 2011's
My Secret Life, produced by
DJ Dmitry from the Ney York City dance group
Deee-Lite. In 2018,
Cruise revealed she was living with systemic lupus, which severely impacted her mobility and caused her chronic pain.
Julee Cruise died on June 9, 2022 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts at the age of 65. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine