Edward Heyman

Edward Heyman was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to "Body and Soul", "When I Fall in Love", and "For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed to a number of 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 including Victor Young, Dana Suesse and Johnny Green.
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 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", "Love Letters", "Blue Star", "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.