Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (* 14. March 1907 in New York ; † 16th October 1981 in Jalisco , Mexico ) was an American songwriter and musical - librettist .
Life
Heyman studied at the University of Michigan and began writing musicals for college there. He then moved to New York, where he became a songwriter on Tin Pan Alley and wrote musical libretti for Broadway.
He has worked with Vincent Youmans , Victor Young , Dana Suesse , Morton Gould , Nacio Herb Brown , Johnny Green , Rudolf Friml , Sigmund Romberg , Arthur Schwartz , Ray Henderson , Oscar Levant , Al Sherman , Abner Silver , Carmen Lombardo , Sandor Harmati, among others , Harry Parr-Davies and Richard Myers (1901–1977).
His greatest successes included the lyrics to the jazz standard Body and Soul by Johnny Green, with which he also wrote Out of Nowhere (a standard of Gypsy Swing since Django Reinhardt ), I Cover the Waterfront and Easy Come Easy Goes . Further songs were Through the Years , For Sentimental Reasons (with Abner Silver, Al Sherman), Blame It on My Youth (with Oscar Levant), Love Letters (with Victor Young), Blue Star (with Victor Young), The Wonder of You , Boo-Hoo , Bluebird of Happiness (with Harmati), Hello My Lover Goodbye (with Johnny Green), I Wanna Be Loved (with Johnny Green), You Oughta Be in Pictures (with Dana Suesse), Drums in My Heart , You ´re Everywhere , Kinda Like You , Seal It With A Kiss , Carefree , When I Fall in Love (with Victor Young) and You're Mine, You! .
On Broadway , he wrote the lyrics for the musicals Here Goes the Bride , Through the Years , She Loves Me Not , Murder at the Vanities , Pardon Our French and Bluebird of Happiness . He processed his experiences in the military during World War II (with the Air Force) in At Your Service .
In Hollywood he contributed songs to the films That Girl from Paris (1936), Curly Top (1935 with Shirley Temple ), Kissing Bandit (1948 with Frank Sinatra ), Delightfully Dangerous (1945 with Jane Powell ) and Northwest Outpost (1947). For the song Love Letters from love letters , he received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Song in 1946 .
From 1954 to 1961 he produced for The Players , an English-speaking theater company in Mexico City. In addition, he renovated old houses with his partner Lou LaFrance and sold them.
In 1975 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame .
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| SURNAME | Heyman, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American songwriter and musical writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1981 |
| Place of death | Jalisco |