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) ^[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]
• Ernie Andrews, Girl Talk , High Note (2001)

References

1. "Original versions of Girl Talk written by Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
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