Girl Talk (Neal Hefti song)

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“Girl Talk” is a popular song composed by Neal Hefti, with lyrics written by Bobby Troup.[1] It was written for the 1965 film Harlow, a biographical film about Jean Harlow, starring Carroll Baker.

Background[edit]

The song has been described by Michael Feinstein as the “last great male chauvinistic song written in the ’60s”.[2]

Partial list of recordings[edit]

  • Julie London, Feeling Good (1965) (wife of lyricist Bobby Troup)
  • Tony Bennett, The Movie Song Album (1966)
  • Sérgio Mendes, The Great Arrival (1966) (instrumental version)
  • Harry James, The Ballads And The Beat! (Dot DLP 3669 and DLP 25669, 1966)
  • The Kenny Burrell Quartet, The Tender Gender (1966)
  • Chris Montez, Foolin’ Around (1967)
  • Richard “Groove” Holmes, Super Soul (1967)
  • Oscar Peterson, Girl Talk (1968)
  • Betty Carter, Finally, Betty Carter (1969), Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard (1970)
  • Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Warm (1969)
  • Claude Nougaro, “Dansez sur moi (Girl Talk)”, Locomotive d’or (1973)
  • The King’s Singers, Out of the Blue (1974) (choral arrangement by Patrick Gowers)
  • Greg Phillinganes, Significant Gains (1981)
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Speak Love (1983)
  • Marla Gibbs, Alaina Reed Hall, Jackée Harry and Helen Martin, 227 (1985)
  • Johnny Griffin & Clémentine Continent Bleu (1987)
  • Holly Cole, Girl Talk (1990)
  • Billy May, Ultra Lounge: Vol. 16 Mondo Hollywood (1997)
  • Eliane Elias, I Thought About You (2013)
  • Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch, Live at the Village Vanguard EP (2020)
  • Vanessa Rubin, Girl Talk, Telarc (2001)

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “Original versions of Girl Talk written by Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup | SecondHandSongs”. SecondHandSongs.

  2. ^ Holden, Stephen (1999). Stephen Holden In The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000. Taylor & Francis, review from October 22, 1999 ISBN 978-0-415-93697-2. Google Book Search. Retrieved on September 18, 2009.


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