It Had to Be You
~ from the 1944 Hollywood
musical "Show Business"
Music by
Isham Jones and lyrics by
Gus Kahn , 1924, 1944
Arranged by Joe Lipman
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
Recorded at RCA Victor
Studio A , 155 E. 24th Street, New York City
Recording Time
2:34
Recorded
February
19th, 1958 ~ Matrix No. J2PB-1599 Take 8
SESSION MUSICIANS
February 19, 1958
A&R Joe Reisman and Ed Welker
Orchestra
Leader: Mitchell Ayres
Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross
Sax ~ Harry Terrill
Sax ~ Thomas Parshley
Sax ~ Wolffe Taninbaum
Sax ~ Philip Zolkind
Sax ~ Stanley Webb
Trumpet ~ Malven Soloman
Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow
Trumpet ~ Louis Oles
Trumpet ~ Nick Travis
Trombone ~ Robert Alexander
Trombone ~ Frank Rehak
Trombone ~ John D'agostino
Piano ~ Henry Rowland
Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola
Guitar ~ Danny Perri
Drums ~ Osie Johnson
Drums ~ Philip Kraus
Bass ~ Robert Haggart
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Arranged by Joe Lipman
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
Recorded
February 12 ~ 20 & March 5 ~ 12, 1958
Produced
by Joe Reisman
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Notes: ~ listed on the album as
being from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Show
Business"
this song was interpolated in numerous
motion pictures: "Incendiary Blonde" starring
Betty Hutton in 1944;
"Living in a Big Way" in
1946; in the Gus Kahn story, "I'll See You In My
Dreams" in 1951, sung by Danny Thomas.
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