He was a lyricist born in London, England, who was involved in working with Billy Mayerl and Noel Gay on theatrical productions in London’s West End.
With Billy Mayerl he wrote “Miss Up-to-Date” for Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail and the West End show Nippy among others. With Noel Gay he wrote the musical farce which ran for 363 performances, Bob’s Your Uncle. He also co-wrote the scores for the 1942 Let the People Sing and the 1947 film Body and Soul.
He was a co-writer with Desmond Carter for the sequence “Side by Side” from Over She Goes in 1938 and is probably best known as a co-writer of the popular 1930 jazz standard “Body and Soul”
The Manhattan Transfer Recordings
Body and Soul (Edward Heyman/Johnny Green/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton)
Sources:
- http://www.jazzstandards.com/biographies/frank_eyton.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Eyton
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264288/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_and_Soul_(1930_song)
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/frank-eyton-83874
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-eyton-mn0000160298
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/629475-Frank-Eyton?filter_anv=0&type=Credits