HEART AND SOUL

Larry Clinton

(words by Frank Loesser, music by Hoagy Carmichael)



3 versions charted in 1939: Larry Clinton (# 1); Eddy Duchin (# 12); and Al

Donohue (# 16)

Later charted as # 11 in 1952 by The Four Aces

Also charted by Larry Maddox (1956, #57); The Cleftones (1961, #18); and

Jan and Dean (1961, # 25)



Heart and soul, I fell in love with you

Heart and soul, the way a fool would do, madly

Because you held me tight

And stole a kiss in the night



Heart and soul, I begged to be adored

Lost control, and tumbled overboard, gladly

That magic night we kissed

There in the moon mist



Oh! but your lips were thrilling, much too thrilling

Never before were mine so strangely willing



But now I see, what one embrace can do

Look at me, it's got me loving you madly

That little kiss you stole

Held all my heart and soul



From the Reader's Digest "Treasury of Best Loved Songs":

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BR"During a brief period in the Swing Era, the Hollywood film

BRstudios produced a series of "short subjects" featuring dance

BRbands, usually playing their established hits. But only one

BR"short", A Song Is Born (1938), effectively introduced a hit.

BRThe band was Larry Clinton's, with vocalist Bea Wain and the

BRsong was "Heart and Soul", Carmichael and Loesser's first

BRcollaboration. Carmichael was an established composer at the

BRtime, but Loesser - later a creator of both words and music -

BRwas still only a lyricist. Carmichael told the Digest that

BRthe song kicked around the back rooms of Paramount Pictures

BRfor a month before it was assigned to any picture. During that

BRperiod "the best use the song got was for Anthony Quinn's

BRvoice practice". This was before Quinn became a star. The

BRwriters were disappointed when their song was launched in a

BRminor production, but the disappointment was short-lived as

BRClinton's recording became a big seller."

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