Cafe Songbook Reading Room"Body and Soul"Critics Corner || Lyrics Lounge | |
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"Body and Soul" was added to the score of Three's a Crowd in its Philadelphia preview before the show opened in New York, October 15, 1930. Other songs from this show currently included in the Cafe SongbookCatalog of The Great American Songbook: 1. Something To Remember You By
| According to jazz critic Will Friedwald, "Body and Soul" was written when, in 1930, Johnny Green and Edward Heyman recieved a call from Gertrude Lawrence who needed some new material for her 1930 New York act. Friedwald's essay on "Body and Soul" in his book Stardust Melodies tells the complete story of the song's origins (Will Friedwald, Stardust Melodies: A Biography of 12 of America's Most Popular Songs, pp. 147 ff. paper-bound Ed.). The remainder of this section is in preparation. |
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| Jazz critic Phil Johnson after describing the scene in the 1986 film 'Round Midnight, in which Dexter Gordon plays "Body and Soul," comments on the iconic status of the song:
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Notes: "Body and Soul" was added to the score of the Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz revue "Three's a Crowd" (even though it was not written by them), which opened in New York on October 15, 1930, where it was sung by Libby Holman. Her recording was one of six to reach the American charts in 1930, along with those of Paul Whiteman, Ruth Etting, Annette Hanshaw, Helen Morgan and Ozzie Nelson. Because the song was written for British singer Gertrude Lawrence, albeit for her to perform in New York, it quickly made it back to London where it also achieved success. Video plays same track as on albums at Amazon and iTunes links above.(Please complete or pause one | ||
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