It Had to Be You (song)
"It Had to Be You" is a popular song composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.[5] It was published on May 9, 1924 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. of New York. Isham Jones Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of it on April 24, 1924 at Brunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City,[4] and it was released in July. By early August, it was the number 1 record in the United States, where it remained for five weeks, finishing as the number 4 single of the year 1924. It is now in the public domain.[6]
| "It Had to Be You" | ||||
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| Song by Isham Jones Orchestra | ||||
| B-side | "After the Storm" | |||
| Published | May 9, 1924 by Jerome H. Remick & Co.[1] | |||
| Released | July 1924[2] | |||
| Recorded | April 24, 1924[3] | |||
| Studio | Brunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City[4] | |||
| Genre | American Dance Music | |||
| Label | Brunswick 2614 | |||
| Composer(s) | Isham Jones | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Gus Kahn | |||
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A version with lyrics by Gus Kahn, vocal by Marion Harris (she'd signed with Brunswick in 1922) and Phil Ohman, piano was recorded at Brunswick in March 1924.[7][8]
Appearances in film and television
- By Ruth Etting in the 1936 short film Melody in May
- By Edward G. Robinson and Harry Seymour 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
- By Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest Featured in R.K.O. Picture Show Business with Victor Young Orchestra
- In the 1944 film Mr. Skeffington, by Danny Thomas
- By George Murphy in Show Business (1944)
- Betty Hutton in the 1945 film Incendiary Blonde
- Faye Emerson in the 1945 film Danger Signal
- 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.
- Ray Charles on The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).
- Tina Louise, as Ginger Grant, sang it to Gilligan in the second season Gilligan's Island episode, "Forward March" (1966).
- Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall
- Sung by Andrea Marcovicci (and Danny Devito) in the 1982 episode of the TV series Taxi, "Louie's Revenge"
- Peter Riegert and Amy Irving dance to the song in Crossing Delancey (1988).
- Featured in season 4 episode 7 of The Golden Girls, "Sophia's Wedding (Part 2) (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
- In the Doctor Who episode "The Empty Child", aired 2005
- By Greg Davies and Helena Bonham Carter in the first episode of The Cleaner, "The Widow" (2021)
References
- Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1924). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1924 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 19 Part 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- "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.
- "Brunswick matrix 12760-12762. It had to be you / Marion Harris ; Phil Ohman". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- "Marion Harris". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
Bibliography
- Who Wrote that Song? Dick Jacobs and Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993
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