Peggy King was a singer who possessed a cute soprano voice with the character and subtle strength of
Debbie Reynolds. A concept LP,
Girl Meets Boy pairs
King with
Jerry Vale for a musical dissection of a love affair, beginning with
King's sweetly innocent "The Boy Next Door" and continuing through "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" and "Let's Fall in Love."
Felicia Sanders briefly catches the eyes of
Vale with "I Wanna Be Loved" and "Temptation," but
King of course wins the boy back and they celebrate with the closer, "Love Is Here to Stay." In similar company to
Mel Tormé's
Prelude to a Kiss and several other story-in-song LPs of the time,
Girl Meets Boy leans less on jazz (or even jazz interpretation) than the musical scores that were lighting up the charts during the mid-'50s. Still,
King carries the LP well, and
Percy Faith's orchestration is appropriately grand, sweeping along at the pace of a promenade.