heart and soul larry clinton 3 versions charted in 1939 larry clinton eddy duchin and al donohue later charted as 11 in 1952 by the four aces also charted by larry maddox the cleftones and jan and dean heart and soul i fell in love with you heart and soul the way a fool would do madly because you held me tight and stole a kiss in the night heart and soul i begged to be adored lost control and tumbled overboard gladly that magic night we kissed there in the moon mist oh but your lips were thrilling much too thrilling never before were mine so strangely willing but now i see what one embrace can do look at me it s got me loving you madly that little kiss you stole held all my heart and soul from the reader s digest treasury of best loved songs br br during a brief period in the swing era the hollywood film brstudios produced a series of short subjects featuring dance brbands usually playing their established hits but only one br short a song is born effectively introduced a hit brthe band was larry clinton s with vocalist bea wain and the brsong was heart and soul carmichael and loesser s first brcollaboration carmichael was an established composer at the brtime but loesser later a creator of both words and music brwas still only a lyricist carmichael told the digest that brthe song kicked around the back rooms of paramount pictures brfor a month before it was assigned to any picture during that brperiod the best use the song got was for anthony quinn s brvoice practice this was before quinn became a star the brwriters were disappointed when their song was launched in a brminor production but the disappointment was short lived as brclinton s recording became a big seller br br