It Had to Be You (song)

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"It Had to Be You"
Sheet music cover, 1924
Song by Isham Jones Orchestra
B-side"After the Storm"
PublishedMay 9, 1924 (1924-05-09) by Jerome H. Remick & Co.[1]
ReleasedJuly 1924 (1924-07)[2]
RecordedApril 24, 1924 (1924-04-24)[3]
StudioBrunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City[4]
GenreAmerican Dance Music
LabelBrunswick 2614
Composer(s)Isham Jones
Lyricist(s)Gus Kahn
Isham Jones Orchestra singles chronology
"Spain"
(1924)
"It Had to Be You"
(1924)
"Some Other Day, Some Other Girl"
(1924)

"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 (1924-05-09) by Jerome H. Remick & Co. of New York. The Isham Jones Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of it on April 24, 1924 (1924-04-24) at Brunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City,[4] and it was released in July.[6]

A version with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and vocal by Marion Harris (who had signed with Brunswick in 1922) and Phil Ohman on piano was recorded for Brunswick in March 1924.[7][8]

Appearances in film and television

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Brunswick 2614 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  3. ^ "Isham Jones and his Orchestra – The Syncopated Times". syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ ASCAP ACE Database Archived 2003-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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