IT Had To Be You (song) - Notable Recordings

Notable Recordings

• Sam Lanin and his Orchestra on Okeh 40084, recorded March 20, 1924
• Ambassadors on Vocalion 14792 (matrix 12951), recorded March 24, 1924
• Marion Harris on Brunswick 2610 (matrix 12760-62), recorded March 28, 1924
• Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra on Victor 19339 (matrix 29779), recorded April 8, 1924
• Cliff Edwards on Pathé Actuelle 032047 (matrix 105278), recorded on April 15, 1924
• The California Ramblers on Columbia 127-D (matrix 81700-2), recorded on April 18, 1924
• Isham Jones and his Orchestra on Brunswick 2614, recorded on April 24, 1924
• Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray with Prince's Orchestra on Victor 19373 (matrix 30247-3), recorded on June 5, 1924
• Chappie d'Amato with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra on HMV B-1887 (matrix Bb 4978-2), recorded on August 19, 1924
• Dorothy Lamour with orchestra conducted by Lou Bring on Bluebird B 10758 (matrix 042385-2), recorded on January 19, 1940
• Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and his Orchestra on Capitol 155, recorded on March 11, 1944
• Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Victor Young and his Orchestra on Decca 23349 (matrix L-3446), recorded on June 28, 1944. This version first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on September 14, 1944, and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 4. This recording was paired on a single with "Together," a number 3 hit, producing a two-sided hit.
• Julie Dawn with Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans on English Columbia FB 3060 (matrix CA 19595-1), recorded on October 4, 1944
• Mildred Bailey, 1944
• Buddy Clark with Dick Jones and his Orchestra on Columbia 38040 (matrix CO 38382), recorded on November 12, 1947
• Doris Day with Paul Weston and his Orchestra on Columbia 39625 (matrix RHCO 10029-1A), recorded on November 9, 1951
• Petula Clark with The Steve Race Quartet featuring Steve Race (piano) and Roy Plummer (guitar) on Polygon P1043 (matrix PL. 42) in 1951
• Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra on RCA Victor 20-3858 (in USA) and on His Master's Voice X 7810
• Ray Charles recorded it in 1959 for his album The Genius of Ray Charles
• Barbra Streisand for the album The Third Album (1963) - although it was originally recorded for "The Second Barbra Streisand Album" (1963)
• Harry Nilsson on the album A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (RCA Victor), released in 1973
• John Travolta covered the song on his self titled 1976 album John Travolta
• Diane Keaton, playing the character Annie Hall in the Oscar-winning Woody Allen film of the same name, released 1977
• Frank Sinatra with Billy May and his Orchestra on the Reprise album Trilogy (matrix XCA-9297), recorded on July 18, 1979
• Harry Connick, Jr. on Columbia on the soundtrack for When Harry Met Sally..., recorded on June 6, 12 and 19, 1989
• Don McLean, on his live album For the Memories Vols I & II, released 1989
• Kenny G. on the album I'm in the Mood for Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time, in 2006
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
• Billie Holiday
• Elliott Yamin on American Idol season 5
• Yoyo Mung in The W Files a Hong Kong TV series about Wesley, a private detective and his girlfriend So
• Liza Minnelli, on her 1996 album Gently
• Ginger Grant in Gilligan's Island episode "Forward March", to Gilligan
• Tony Bennett recorded the song on his live album MTV Unplugged in 1994; in 2011 he recorded it again as a duet with country music singer Carrie Underwood for his album, Duets II.