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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
The song has been described by
Michael Feinstein as the "last great
male chauvinistic song written in the '60s".
[2]
Partial list of recordings
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Julie London,
Feeling Good (1965) (wife of lyricist Bobby Troup)
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Tony Bennett,
The Movie Song Album (1966)
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Sérgio Mendes,
The Great Arrival (1966) (instrumental version)
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Harry James, The Ballads And The Beat! (
Dot DLP 3669 and DLP 25669, 1966)
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The Kenny Burrell Quartet,
The Tender Gender (1966)
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Chris Montez, Foolin' Around (1967)
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Richard "Groove" Holmes, Super Soul (1967)
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Oscar Peterson,
Girl Talk (1968)
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Betty Carter,
Finally, Betty Carter (1969),
Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard (1970)
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass,
Warm (1969)
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Claude Nougaro, "Dansez sur moi (Girl Talk)", Locomotive d'or (1973)
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The King's Singers, Out of the Blue (1974) (choral arrangement by
Patrick Gowers)
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Greg Phillinganes, Significant Gains (1981)
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Ella Fitzgerald,
Joe Pass,
Speak Love (1983)
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Marla Gibbs,
Alaina Reed Hall,
Jackée Harry and
Helen Martin,
227 (1985)
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Johnny Griffin & Clémentine Continent Bleu (1987)
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Holly Cole,
Girl Talk (1990)
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Billy May,
Ultra Lounge: Vol. 16 Mondo Hollywood (1997)
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Eliane Elias,
I Thought About You (2013)
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Esperanza Spalding &
Fred Hersch, Live at the Village Vanguard EP (2020)
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Vanessa Rubin, Girl Talk, Telarc (2001)
References