Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Edward Heyman

 
Artist: Edward Heyman
Home > Library > Entertainment & Arts > Pop Artists

Similar Artists:

Frank Eyton

Formal Connection With:

Victor Young, Johnny Green, Nacio Herb Brown, Vincent Youmans, Oscar Levant, Dana Suesse, Morton Gould, James Van Heusen, Ray Henderson, Sigmund Romberg
  • Born: March 14, 1907, New York, NY
  • Active: '30s, '40s
  • Genres: Vocal Music
  • Instrument: Lyricist, Songwriter, Score

Biography

Lyricist Edward Heyman is most remembered for his song hits of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Chicago on March 14, 1907, Heyman grew up there as well. He went on to study at the University of Michigan and wrote for musicals while he was there. Heyman's first big hit came in 1930, with "Body and Soul," a song he co-wrote with two other lyricists and composer Johnny Green. Heyman penned songs for stage and film; wrote for New York's Radio City Music Hall; and, during his WWII military service, wrote the production At Your Service. From the mid-'50s through 1961, he produced shows for an English-speaking theater group in Mexico City called the Players. Over the years, Heyman collaborated with composers, including Green, Vincent Youmans, Victor Young, Nacio Herb Brown, Morton Gould, and many more. Some of his best-loved songs include: "Out of Nowhere" (1931), "Rain, Rain, Go Away" (1932), "I Cover the Waterfront," "I Wanna Be Loved" (1933), "Blame It on My Youth," "Easy Come, Easy Go" (1934), "They Say" (1938), "Strange Love" (1946), and "When I Fall in Love" (1952). ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide
Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

Wikipedia: Edward Heyman
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
Edward Heyman
Birth name Edward Heyman
Born March 14, 1907(1907-03-14)
Origin New York City, U.S.
Died October 16, 1981 (aged 74)
Jalisco, Mexico
Occupations Musician, lyricist

Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907 – October 16, 1981) was an American musician and lyricist, best known for his compositions "Body and Soul", "When I Fall in Love", and "For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed many songs for films.

Biography

Heyman studied at the University of Michigan where he had an early start on his career writing college musicals. After graduating from college Heyman moved back to New York City where he started working with a number of experienced musicians like Victor Young ("When I Fall in Love"), Dana Suesse ("You Ought to Be in Pictures") and Johnny Green ("Body and Soul", "Out of Nowhere", "I Cover the Waterfront", and "Easy Come, Easy Go").

From 1939 to 1954, Heyman contributed songs to film scores including That Girl From Paris, Curly Top, Kissing Bandit, Delightfully Dangerous and Northwest Outpost.

Arguably Heyman's biggest hit is his composition "Body and Soul", written in 1930, often recorded (in 1939 by Coleman Hawkins and since by many others), which frequently crops up in films, most recently in 2002's Catch Me If You Can. Heyman also wrote "Through the Years", "For Sentimental Reasons", "Blame It on My Youth" (with Oscar Levant), "Love Letters", "Blue Star" (theme of the television Series Medic), "The Wonder of You", "Boo-Hoo", "Bluebird of Happiness", and "You're Mine, You".

"Out of Nowhere" by Johnny Greene and Edward Heyman became a standard piece of gypsy swing, a musical style established by Django Reinhardt in the 1930's. Gypsy swing remains popular to this day, for additional information see Django Reinhardt and Rosenberg Trio.

Heyman's other collaborators include Morton Gould, Nacio Herb Brown, Rudolf Friml, Al Sherman, Abner Silver,Vincent Youmans, John Jacob Loeb and Carmen Lombardo, Sandor Harmati and Harry Parr Davies, Oscar Levant, Sigmund Romberg, Arthur Schwartz and Ray Henderson.

Heyman was an ASCAP writer inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.

See also

Songs with lyrics by Edward Heyman

External links

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2 This article about a U.S. songwriter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Artist. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Edward Heyman".  Read more