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{{Infobox single
| Name = Heart and Soul
| Cover = Heart_and_Soul_1961_Cleftones_single.jpg
| Artist = ]
| B-side = "How do you feel?" by members of the Cleftones
| Released = {{Start date|1961|04|17}}
| Format = ]
| Recorded = 1959, ]
| Genre = ] ]
| Length = {{Duration|m=1|s=52}}
| Label = ] (1064)
| Writer = ], ] and ]
| Producer = ]
| Published = ]
| Language = English
| Composer = ]
| Certification = Silver (])
| Last single = "Shadows on the Very Last Row/She's Gone"<br/> (November 1960)
| This single = "Heart and Soul"<br/> (April 1961)
| Next single = "For Sentimental Reasons/Deed I Do"<br/> (September 1961)
| Misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6OH7Ay1tvXs|"Heart and Soul (1961 Song)"}}}}
}}


{{R from alternative disambiguation}}
"'''Heart and Soul'''" by American ] ] ] is a 1961 ] rearrangement of the 1938 romantic-pop ] ]. After being released on April 17, 1961, "Heart and Soul" reached No. 18 on the ] popular ] in July of that year, making the song The Cleftones' most successful work. About ten years later, the Cleftones' 1961 version of Heart and Soul appeared in the 1973 American comedy-drama film, ''].''

==History==
] were a ] ] formed in 1955 as The Silvertones at ] in ].<ref name= "Golden">{{Citation |at=sec. Pasco, p. 3 |work= ] |publication-date= April 4, 2008|title=Golden Oldies Take Stage At Chasco Fiesta |author= |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= http://www2.tbo.com/news/pasco/2008/apr/04/pa-golden-oldies-take-stage-at-chasco-fiesta-ar-132559}}</ref> Four years later in 1959, the group included Herbie Cox (lead singer), Charlie McGhee (James) (first tenor), Warren Corbin (bass guitar), Gene Pearson (baritone), and Pat Spann (vocals), the first and only female to sing with the group.<ref name= "Golden"/> By adding a female voice, the band moved away from conventional group-orientated 1950s doo-wop harmonies towards a sound where lead vocals came to dominate.<ref name="Erlewine">{{Citation |page=141 |title=All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul|editor=Vladimir Bogdanov |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |publisher= ] |publication-date=2003 |isbn=0879307447| pages=899 |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=o552g5xRRiwC&pg=PA144&dq=%22Heart+and+Soul%22+Cleftones&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oh8NUaa9O-HL2QWzjoGoCQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Heart%20and%20Soul%22%20Cleftones&f=false}}</ref> The groups manager ] additionally convinced the group that their future resided in re-recording existing songs that already had an established popularity.<ref name="Warner">{{Citation |page=119 |title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today |author=Jay Warner |publisher= ] |publication-date=2006 |isbn=0634099787| pages= 585|accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mTM_9JTeoMIC&pg=PA119&dq=%22Heart+and+Soul%22+Cleftones&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oh8NUaa9O-HL2QWzjoGoCQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Heart%20and%20Soul%22%20Cleftones&f=false}}</ref> By this time, Charles James had become more proficient on the guitar, and the group and Goldner used that to develop an arrangement for the 1938 romantic-pop ] "]," which had been a number one hit for ] and American ] ].<ref>{{Citation |page=71 |title=Setting the Record Straight: The Music and Careers of Recording Artists from the 1950s and Early 1960s ... In Their Own Words|volume = 2 |author=Anthony M. Musso |publisher= ] |publication-date=2008 |isbn=1438952929| pages=336 |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= http://www.google.com/search?q=Charles+James+guitar+%22heart+and+soul%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1#hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=bks&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22Charlie+was+very+instrumental+in+the+arrangement+because+he+was+playing+the+guitar%22&oq=%22Charlie+was+very+instrumental+in+the+arrangement+because+he+was+playing+the+guitar%22&gs_l=serp.3...53733.54332.3.54464.3.3.0.0.0.0.127.297.2j1.3.0...0.0...1c.1.2.serp.V3E1FNsZWRI&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.b2I&fp=5b7f70d15b95279e&biw=1920&bih=883}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |page=139|title=The Rolling stone album guide: completely new reviews : every essential album, every essential artist |author= Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren|edition=3|publisher= ] |publication-date=1992 |isbn=0679737294| pages= 838|accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22a+song+that+dates+back+to+1931+when+it+was+a+Number+One+hit%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&ei=qUgNUZi1OorXyAGM4YDwDA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.b2I&fp=5b7f70d15b95279e&biw=1920&bih=883 }}</ref>

At that time, a local prominent ] set up a recording session in ] to record "Heart and Soul" and had arranged for singer Pat Spann's boyfriend ] to play drums and 15-year old/future ] winner Duane Hitchings to play keyboards on the song.<ref name="Wallstrom">{{Citation |work= RockUnited.com |publication-date=March 23, 2007 |title=Duane Hitchings, The Man Behind the Hits |author= Urban "Wally" Wallstrom |accessdate= January 18, 2013 |url= http://www.rockunited.com/hitchings.htm}}</ref> At the recording session, the group was presented with a rearrangement of Heart and Soul song that was somewhat more formal than they had practiced.<ref name= "Doo-Wop">{{Citation |at=sec. TGIF, p. 15 |work= ] |publication-date=August 3, 1990 |title='50s Doo-Wop Collection Offers Alternative To Rap |author= Terry Atkinson|accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= }}</ref> From that, the group imparted a variety of unexpected ]s to give the song a ] feel.<ref>{{Citation |at=sec. Entertainment, p. B4 |work= ] |publication-date= February 2, 2002|title=Playbill |author=John Laycock |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= }}</ref> At some point during the recording session, the drummer caught singer Pat in the closet with base guitar player Warren, which abruptly ended the recording session.<ref name="Wallstrom"/> As a result, the last track recorded at the session was used as the "Heart and Soul" record.<ref name="Wallstrom"/>

"Heart and Soul" sat undistributed until 1961.<ref name="Glover">{{Citation |page=3 |work= ] |publication-date=April 17, 1961 |issn=0006-2510|volume = 73 |issue=15 |title=Glover Named A.&R. Chief for Gee Label|quote=] was named artist and repertoire | pages=58 |accessdate= January 30, 2013 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-yAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22The+label%27s+first+release,+%22Heart+and+Soul%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-DwJUd-BPZHtqAGlgoGIBQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20label%27s%20first%20release%2C%20%22Heart%20and%20Soul%22%22&f=false}}</ref> In early April of that year, ] president ] reactivated ]-based American ] ] as a division of Roulette Records and made "Heart and Soul" the reactivated label's first release.<ref name="Glover"/> That same month, American news magazine ] review panel listed "The Cleftones; Heart and Soul (], ]) (1:52) Gee" as one of seventeen "Pick Hits" from all songs released in the week of April 17, 1961.<ref>{{Citation |page=38 |work= ] |publication-date=April 17, 1961 |issn=0006-2510|volume = 73 |issue=15 |title=Pick Hits| pages=58 |accessdate= January 30, 2013 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-yAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22Heart+and+Soul+(Famous,+ASCAP)+(1:52)+Gee%22&source=bl&ots=N-hPyhbQ8j&sig=crRkg1UULEpIQrNRy8upA-6D18U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pD0JUdWQI8O7qgH994DoBQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Heart%20and%20Soul%20(Famous%2C%20ASCAP)%20(1%3A52)%20Gee%22&f=false}}</ref> Under its "Spotlight Winners of the Week" column, Billboard identified the song as having the strongest sales potential of all records reviewed for the week, commenting about The Cleftones and "Heart and Soul," {{quote|text=This was a hit group a few seasons back and this rendition could bring them back into the action. It's the standard tune and it's done in rocking, teen-slanted fashion with a swinging beat. This could happen. Flip is "How Do You Feel" (Tyrol, BMI) (2:00)<ref>"How do you feel?", by members of the Cleftones, w & m Herbert Cox, Gene Pearson, pseud. of Joshua Leviston & James Kendis a.k.a. Charles James, , Date: 1961-03-31, where Adolph Tiedmann, through the estate of James Kendis a.k.a. Charles James is the copyright holder of "How do you feel?"</ref> Gee 1064."<ref>{{Citation |page=30 |work= ] |publication-date=April 17, 1961 |issn=0006-2510|volume = 73 |issue=15 |title=Spotlight Winners of the Week| pages=58 |accessdate= January 30, 2013 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-yAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=%22This+was+a+hit+group+a+few+seasons+back%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VD0JUfmfLseWqAGasoCABw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22This%20was%20a%20hit%20group%20a%20few%20seasons%20back%22&f=false}}</ref>}}

Approximately two months later on July 3, 1961, "Heart and Soul" reached No. 18 on the ] popular ],<ref>{{Citation |page=18 |work= ] |publication-date=July 3, 1961 |issn=0006-2510|volume = 73 |issue=26 |title=The Nation's Top Tunes Honor Roll of Hits for the Week Ending July 9, 1961 | pages=42 |accessdate= January 30, 2013 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ESMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=%22Heart+and+Soul%22+%22Branch+Manager%22+billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qEUNUe-oD87q2wWZvIAo&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Heart%20and%20Soul%22%20%22Branch%20Manager%22%20billboard&f=false}}</ref> and No. 10 on the more specific, Billboard Hot 100 rhythm and blues chart.<ref name="Golden"/><ref name="Warner"/><ref>{{Citation |at=sec. Pasco Times, p. 5 |work= ] |publication-date=September 28, 2001 |title=Doo-wop tour to rock New Port Richey |author=Barbara L. Fredricksen |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/092801/Pasco/Doo_wop_tour_to_rock_.shtml}}</ref> The song eventually sold approximately 350,000 copies for Gee/Roulette.<ref>{{Citation |work=New York City's C & C: The Cadillacs and The Cleftones |publication-date= 2013|issue=19|title=Heart And Soul - The Story of The Cleftones|part=two|publisher =DooWop Nation|accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/cleftonestoo.html}}</ref> However, the ] of the mid-1960s began to dominate popular music in the ] and the doo-wop Cleftones broke up in 1964, with "Heart and Soul" being their greatest success.<ref name="Erlewine"/> Almost a decade later, the Cleftones' 1961 version of Heart and Soul appeared in the 1973 American comedy-drama film, ''].''<ref>{{Citation |at=sec. News, p. B1 |work= ] |publication-date= March 25, 2004|title=Duo wants folks in WMass to bop to doo wop |author=Tom Shea |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= }}</ref>

Music critic Terry Atkinson of the ] observed in 1990 that "Heart and Soul" is the song for which the Cleftones are best remembered.<ref name= "Doo-Wop"/> In 1999, American ] ] listed The Cleftones' "Heart and Soul" as No. 913 in his book, ''The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.''<ref>{{Citation |page=579 |title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made |author=] |publisher= ] |publication-date=1999 |isbn=030680901X| pages= 717|accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC&pg=PA579&dq=%22Heart+and+Soul%22+Cleftones&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MzgNUa7KJsex2QWsyoDIDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Heart%20and%20Soul%22%20Cleftones&f=false }}</ref> About thirteen years later in 2012, American author and essayist Ray Schuck noted that the lyrics -- "Well, I know that you're in love with him, 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym/You both kicked off your shoes - man, I dig those rhythm and blues."—from the 1972 song "] by American ] singer-songwriter ] could be a vaguely disguised reference to the Cleftones' 1961 rhythm and blues song, "Heart and Soul."<ref name="Believe">{{Citation |page=56 |title= Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?: Essays on Don Mclean's American Pie|author=Raymond I. Schuck |publisher= ] |publication-date=2012 |isbn=1476600368| pages=209 |accessdate= February 2, 2013 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=ri4TR522ONQC&pg=PA56&dq=%22Heart+and+Soul%22+Cleftones&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WUkNUZ2eEOjB2QW9-YD4Aw&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBjgo#v=onepage&q=%22Heart%20and%20Soul%22%20Cleftones&f=false}}</ref> In his essay, Schuck argued that such as reference would "] nicely into the verses comprising the remainder of this ], albeit with a disappointing outcome."<ref name="Believe"/>

==See also==
* ]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Citation |work=New York City's C & C: The Cadillacs and The Cleftones |publication-date= 2013|issue=19|title=Heart And Soul - The Story of The Cleftones|part=two|publisher =DooWop Nation |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/cleftonestoo.html}}

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