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)[3] (wife of lyricist Bobby Troup)
- Tony Bennett, The Movie Song Album (1966)[4]
- Sérgio Mendes, The Great Arrival (1966)[5] (instrumental version)
- Harry James, The Ballads And The Beat! (Dot DLP 3669 and DLP 25669, 1966)[6]
- The Kenny Burrell Quartet, The Tender Gender (1966)[7]
- Chris Montez, Foolin' Around (1967)[8]
- Richard "Groove" Holmes, Soul Power! (1967)[9]
- Oscar Peterson, Girl Talk (1968)[10]
- Betty Carter, Finally, Betty Carter (1969)[11], Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard (1970)[12]
- Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Warm (1969)[13]
- Claude Nougaro, "Dansez sur moi (Girl Talk)", Locomotive d'or (1973)[14]
- The King's Singers, Out of the Blue (1974) (choral arrangement by Patrick Gowers)[15]
- Greg Phillinganes, Significant Gains (1981)[16]
- Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Speak Love (1983)[17]
- Johnny Griffin & Clémentine Continent Bleu (1987)[18]
- Holly Cole, Girl Talk (1990)[19]
- Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You (1992)[20]
- Billy May, Ultra Lounge: Vol. 16 Mondo Hollywood (1997)[21]
- Vanessa Rubin, Girl Talk, Telarc (2001)[22]
- Eliane Elias, I Thought About You (2013)[23]
- Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch, Alive at the Village Vanguard (2023)[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Original versions of Girl Talk written by Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
- ^ 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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