Edward Heyman

Edward Heyman studied at University of Michigan. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is music and lyrics. Works named in the authority record are Body and Soul, When I Fall in Love and For Sentimental Reasons. Distinctions recorded are Songwriters Hall of Fame.

• Name — Edward Heyman • Birth Name — Edward Heyman • Born — 14 March 1907 • Died — 16 October 1981 • Place of death — Jalisco, Mexico • Origin — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — * Lyricist • producer

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 including Victor Young ("When I Fall in Love"), Dana Suesse ("You Oughta Be in Pictures") and Johnny Green ("Body and Soul", "Out of Nowhere", "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Easy Come, Easy Go"). From 1935 to 1952, Heyman contributed songs to film scores including Sweet Surrender, That Girl from Paris, Curly Top, The Kissing Bandit, Delightfully Dangerous and Northwest Outpost. Arguably Heyman's biggest hit is his lyric to "Body and Soul", written in 1930, which was often recorded (notably in 1939 by Coleman Hawkins and by many others) and 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", "They Say", and "You're Mine, You!" Heyman was an ASCAP writer inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.