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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