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It's the Talk of the Town

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'"It's the Talk of the Town"' is a popular song written by Jerry Livingston, the lyrics by Al J. Neiburg and Marty Symes.

The song was published in 1933.

The song is a pop standard, with many versions recorded by many artists. A recording by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (vocal by Kenny Sargent) reached number six in the United States charts in 1933 and a version by Fletcher Henderson reached No. 20 the same year.

Other notable performances



*Connie Boswell (1933)

*Annette Hanshaw (1933)

*Benny Goodman with Art Lund (1942)

*Bing Crosby (recorded August 29, 1945 with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra).

*Harry James (1946)

*Coleman Hawkins (1950)

*Dick Haymes (1952)

*Georgia Gibbs - for her album 'The Man That Got Away' (1953)

*Johnnie Ray (single release 1953)

*Perry Como - for his album 'So Smooth' (1955)

*Joni James - for her EP 'The Talk of the Town' (1955)

*Lester Young Tenor sax, with Oscar Peterson piano, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Buck Clayton. (1955)

*The Four Aces with the Jack Pleis Orchestra (1956)

*Julie London - for her album 'Lonely Girl' (1956)

*Sam Cooke - for his album 'Encore' (1958)

*Joe Williams - for his album 'A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry' (1958).

*Connie Francis for her album 'Who's Sorry Now?' (1958)

*Frankie Laine - for his album 'Torchin' (1958).

*Ray Conniff Singers - for the album 'It's the Talk of the Town' (1959).

*Anthony Newley - for his album 'Love Is a Now and Then Thing' (1960).

*Fats Domino - for his album '...A Lot of Dominos!' (1960).

*Brenda Lee - for her album 'Sincerely, Brenda Lee' (1962)

*Ronnie Dove for his album 'Cry' (1967)

*Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra for their album 'It's the Talk of the Town - and Other Sad Songs' (1985)

References



Category:Songs with lyrics by Al J. Neiburg

Category:Songs with lyrics by Marty Symes

Category:1933 songs

Category:Songs written by Jerry Livingston


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