High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Heart and Soul" is a
popular song, with music by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Frank
Loesser, published in 1938. The original 1938 version was performed by
Larry Clinton & his Orchestra featuring Bea Wain. The tune (or at
least the A section, which features just four repeated chords I-vi-IV-V)
is very easy to play on a piano and commonly played by two people side
by side (example). Because of the repetition of the chords, many people
are able to play at least one of the parts, whether they are actually
piano teachers and students or are only able to play a song or two. In
this respect, it can be compared to "Chopsticks" . The song's chord
progression became very common in doo-wop hits and is also known as the
'50s progression.
