TONY BENNETT - BODY AND SOUL

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BODY AND SOUL
TONY BENNETT
SONGWRITERS: JHONNY GREEN, EDWARD HEYMAN, ROBERT SOUR & FRANK EYTON
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: MTV UNPLUGGED
LABEL: COLUMBIA
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1994

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. He is also a painter, having created works under the name Anthony Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York.
Born and raised in Astoria to an Italian-American family, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as a U.S. Army infantryman in the European Theater. Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. He then refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life experienced an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era.
Bennett staged a comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his reach to the MTV Generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2010s. He has won 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in 2001) and two Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million records worldwide.
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?
Looks like the ending
Unless I could have
One more chance to prove
Dear
My life's a wreck
You're making
You know that I'm yours
For just the taking

I'd gladly surrender
Myself to You
Body and soul

Are you pretending?
Looks like the ending
Unless I could have
One more chance to prove
Dear
My life's a wreck
You're making
You know that I'm yours
For just the taking

I'd gladly surrender
Myself to You
Body and soul

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