Girl Talk (Neal Hefti song)
"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
The song has been described by Michael Feinstein as the "last great male chauvinistic song written in the '60s".[2]
Partial list of recordings
- 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
- ^ "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.
