The 1956 film "The Girl Can't Help It" was, on one level, a vehicle to showcase the curves and comedy of Jayne Mansfield. While the plot wasn't up to much with the happy ending obvious from the start, the soundtrack written by Bobby Troup was outstanding.
Jayne played the girlfriend of small time mobster who was set on her success as a singer, despite there being no obvious signs of talent. He hired a publicist to hawk her around various night clubs where we get to see acts like Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, the Treniers and Little Richard. Each gave a magical performance, none more so than Richard who ripped through the title track: "The Girl Can't Help It". This was a man at the very top of his game on a winning streak of hit singles, his followup was "Lucille".
Our STAR BLUES playlist on 3rd July took the song from a collection of the hits from Richards first spell with Specialty: "The EP Collection". The disc is no longer in print.
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