The Girl Can't Help It

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Written by: Bobby Troup
Produced by: Robert "Bumps" Blackwell
Released: Jan. '57 on Specialty
Charts: 8 weeks
Top spot: No. 49

Little Richard screamed this ode to feminine pulchritude, the theme from one of the first great rock movies. Making the film with Jayne Mansfield was a moving experience for Richard. "Jayne Mansfield was really a wonderful person," he reminisced. "Her breasts were fifty inches, and she didn't wear a brassiere. They didn't hang down."

Appears on: The Georgia Peach (Specialty)

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