It Had to Be You (song)
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| "It Had to Be You" | ||||
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| Song by Isham Jones and his Orchestra | ||||
| B-side | "After the Storm" | |||
| Published | 1924 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. | |||
| Released | July 1924[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 24, 1924[2] | |||
| Studio | Brunswick Records, New York City[3] | |||
| Genre | American Dance Music | |||
| Label | Brunswick 2614 | |||
| Composer(s) | Isham Jones | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Gus Kahn | |||
| Isham Jones and his Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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"It Had to Be You" is a popular song written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.[4] It was first published in 1924. It is now in the public domain.[5]
Appearances in film and television[]
- The song was performed by Ruth Etting in the 1936 short film Melody in May
- By Edward G. Robinson and with Seymour on piano in the 1938 film A Slight Case of Murder
- By Priscilla Lane in the 1939 film The Roaring Twenties
- By Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca
- In the 1944 film Mr. Skeffington, by Danny Thomas
- George Murphy in Show Business (1944)
- Betty Hutton in the 1945 film Incendiary Blonde
- By Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film It Had to Be You
- Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald danced to it in the 1947 film Living in a Big Way (while it was being sung by a mixed group)
- In the 1951 film I'll See You in My Dreams (based loosely upon the lives of Gus Kahn and his wife Grace LeBoy Kahn)
- Joanne Dru sang a portion of it in 1955's Hell on Frisco Bay.
- Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall
- Sung by Andrea Marcovicci (and Danny Devito) in the 1982 episode of TV series Taxi, "Louie's Revenge"
- Peter Riegert and Amy Irving dance to the song in Crossing Delancey (1988).
- As the "theme" of When Harry Met Sally (1989), it finished as #60 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
- In the 1992 film A League of Their Own by Megan Cavanagh.
- Tina Louise, as Ginger Grant, sang it to Gilligan in the second season Gilligan's Island episode, "Forward March".
- In the Doctor Who episode The Empty Child, aired 2005.
References[]
- ^ "Brunswick 2614 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Isham Jones and his Orchestra – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix Ch115-Ch117. It had to be you / Isham Jones Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ ASCAP ACE Database Archived 2003-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Brunswick matrix 12760-12762. It had to be you / Marion Harris ; Phil Ohman - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
Bibliography[]
- Who Wrote that Song? Dick Jacobs and Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993
Categories:
- 1924 songs
- Pop standards
- Songs with music by Isham Jones
- Songs with lyrics by Gus Kahn
- Barbra Streisand songs
- Liza Minnelli songs
- Andy Williams songs