| Body and Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be) | |
| Cover: | File:Body and soul-that's the way it's got to be.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Soul Generation |
| Album: | Beyond Body and Soul |
| Released: | April 1972 |
| B-Side: | Mandingo Woman |
| Studio: | A & R Recording Studios |
| Genre: | R&B, Soul |
| Length: | 2:58 |
| Label: | Ebony Sounds Records |
| Producer: | Paul Kyser, Harvey Posner |
| Next Title: | Million Dollars |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"Body and Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be)" is the debut single by the American Soul/R&B vocal group, Soul Generation. The song was written by producer Paul Kyser and released in April 1972.[1] [2]
Soul Generation recorded the single at A & R Recording Studios in New York, and it was produced by Paul Kyser and Harvey Posner arranged by producer, Stan Vincent. The single became a Top 40 hit spending 11 weeks on Billboards R&B/Soul Chart and peaking at #27 in May 1972.[3] The single was released on Ebony Sound Records and distributed by Hilary Records, Inc. The B-side, "Mandingo Woman" was written by, Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown.
Cliff Perkins, Earl Davenport, Jeffrey Burgess, and Herman Hammonds.