Way back in 1956, a little motion picture aspired to be "the rockingest, rollingest shindig" anyone had ever seen. So they filled the cast with a truckload of music stars...not the least of which was Little Richard. They even got him to sing the title song.
With a title like The Girl Can't Help It, the natural question to ask is, "What can't she help?" The song lyric supplies the answer:
If she walks by, the men folks get engrossed
If she winks an eye, the bread slice turn to toast
She got a lot of what they call the most
She mesmerizes every mother's son
If she's smiling, beefsteak become well done
She make grandpa feel like twenty-one
The girl being sung about is Jayne Mansfield, well-known for being well-endowed. In fact, to include her complete figure in the frame, they had to film the whole movie in CinemaScope.
That's a lotta girl...but she can't help it.
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