Body And Soul-Connie Evingson

Piece Description

One of the things we all do when considering the history of our favorite songs, is to identify the song in question with that one individual who made the song successful. With most songs, it’s easy to make such an identification. But Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton & Johnny Green’s Classic “Body & Soul” is a song that belongs to everyone, including: 1930s torch singer Libby Holman, who introduced it to American Audiences in the 1930 review “Three’s A Crowd”, Leo Reisman & his Orchestra who made the first record; Paul Whiteman, Ruth Etting, Helen Morgan, Ozzie Nelson, & Louis Armstrong, whose early 30s records were also successful, and later, tenor sax legend Coleman Hawkins, with his classically sensuous 1940 instrumental. It’s been performed by hundreds more since; perhaps because it’s pleadingly stated theme of total commitment, in the face of utter heartbreak, is so universal.  Here’s Minnesota’s Voice Connie Evingson…