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| Genre = [[Pop music]]
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| Writer = [[Gus Kahn]]
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| Composer = [[Isham Jones]]
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*[[Tony Bennett]] recorded the song on his live album ''[[MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett|MTV Unplugged]]'' in 1994; in 2011 he recorded it again as a duet with [[country music]] singer [[Carrie Underwood]] for his album, ''[[Duets II (Tony Bennett album)|Duets II]]''.
*[[Tony Bennett]] recorded the song on his live album ''[[MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett|MTV Unplugged]]'' in 1994; in 2011 he recorded it again as a duet with [[country music]] singer [[Carrie Underwood]] for his album, ''[[Duets II (Tony Bennett album)|Duets II]]''.


==References==
== References ==
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<ref name="Givan 2010">
{{cite book
| last = Givan
| first = Benjamin Marx
| title = The Music of Django Reinhardt
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QD1eWg9XT6sC&pg=PA229&dq=%22It+Had+to+Be+You%22+%22Isham+Jones%22+%22Gus+Kahn%22+1924&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KeEdUdPpBaip4ASYh4DYBg&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ
| accessdate = February 15, 2013
| edition = illustrated
| year = 2010
| publisher = [[University of Michigan Press]]
| location = Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| isbn = 9780472034086
| oclc = 437054201
| page = 229
}}
</ref>

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=== Bibliography ===
=== Bibliography ===

Revision as of 07:46, 15 February 2013

"It Had to Be You"
Song

"It Had to Be You" is a popular song written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.[2] It was first published in 1924.

Appearance in film

The song was performed by Priscilla Lane in the 1939 film The Roaring Twenties and by Danny Thomas in the 1951 film I'll See You in My Dreams. The latter film was based loosely upon the lives of Gus Kahn and his wife Grace LeBoy Kahn. It was also performed by Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca, Betty Hutton in the 1945 film Incendiary Blonde, and by Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall. It was also performed in the film A League of Their Own by Megan Cavanagh. Also in the "theme" of When Harry Met Sally.

Notable recordings

References

  1. ^ a b Givan, Benjamin Marx (2010). The Music of Django Reinhardt (illustrated ed.). Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: University of Michigan Press. p. 229. ISBN 9780472034086. OCLC 437054201. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  2. ^ ASCAP ACE Database [dead link]
  3. ^ http://barbra-archives.com/record/albums/second_streisand_album.html

Bibliography

  • Who Wrote that Song? Dick Jacobs and Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993
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