It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Sung by Andrea Marcovicci (and Danny Devito) in the 1982 episode of the TV series Taxi, 'Louie's Revenge'.

Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall.

Tina Louise, as Ginger Grant, sang it to Gilligan in the second season Gilligan's Island episode, 'Forward March' (1966).

Ray Charles on The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).

Joanne Dru sang a portion of it in 1955's Hell on Frisco Bay.

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).

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).

By Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film It Had to Be You.

Betty Hutton in the 1945 film Incendiary Blonde.

By George Murphy in Show Business (1944).

By Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca.

By Priscilla Lane in the 1939 film The Roaring Twenties.

Robinson and Harry Seymour with Seymour on piano in the 1938 film A Slight Case of Murder

By Ruth Etting in the 1936 short film Melody in May.

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.Ī 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. Isham Jones Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of it on April 24, 1924 ( ) at Brunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City, and it was released in July. It was published on May 9, 1924 ( ) by Jerome H. ' It Had to Be You' is a popular song composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips