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)
• 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, This Is the King's Singers (1980)
• 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)
• Barbara Lusch, Barbara Lusch (2004)
• Eliane Elias, I Thought About You (2013)
• Michelle Dowdy, A Brass Act (Walker Records, 2014)
• Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch, Live at the Village Vanguard EP (2020)
• Vanessa Rubin, Girl Talk, Telarc (2001)

References

1. https://secondhandsongs.com/work/91786
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.