BODY & SOUL

This is a tremendous jazz classic written circa 1930.

lyrics by Edward Heyman,  Robert Sour and Frank Eyton; and music by Johnny Green. ...

Body and Soul was written in London for Gertrude Lawrence and was first recorded by Jack Hylton and his orchestra.^[1] Rising quickly to popularity, Libby Holman introduced it in the U.S. in the 1930 Broadway revue Three's a Crowd and it was used as the theme to the 1947 film, Body and Soul.^[1] Like many pop songs of the time, it became a jazz standard, with hundreds of versions performed and recorded by dozens of artists. Recently the late Amy Winehouse dueted this song with the legendary Tony Bennett,giving a very different flavour. This is my take on the number,shadowing the relaxed style Tony expresses so well.

BODY & SOUL

lyrics:

My heart is sad and lonely
For you I sigh, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul

I spend my days in longing
And wondering why it's me you're wronging
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul

I can't believe it
It's hard to conceive it
That you'd turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless I could have one more chance to prove, dear

My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul

Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless I could have one more chance to prove, dear

My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for the very taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul