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It Had to Be You 

"It Had to Be You" by Harry Nilsson

"It Had to Be You" was written in 1924. It was featured in the 1944 musical film Show Business. The music is by Isham Jones and the lyrics are by Gus Kahn.

"It Had to Be You" was first recorded by the duet of Billy Murray and Aileen Stanley in 1924.

Danny Thomas performed the song in the 1951 film I'll See You in My Dreams in which Thomas portrayed songwriter Gus Kahn.

Since then it's been recorded by a variety of performers including Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, John Travolta, Harry Connick Jr., Kenny Rogers, and Harry Nilsson.

#	Album Title
# 3	A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night {US CD Reissue}
# 3	A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night {Japanese CD Reissue}
# 3	A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night {UK CD Reissue}
# 3	As Time Goes By ... the complete Schmilsson in the night
# 6	Love Songs
# 11	Everybody's Talkin' {Australian CD}
A # 3	A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night {Australian}
A # 3	A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night {Best Buy LP Reissue}
A # 6	Harry And ...
Disc 3 # 7	Legendary
Disc 9 # 3	The RCA Albums Collection
Disc 2 # 3	Original Album Classics
Disc 2 # 4	One: The Best Of Nilsson

Title	Summary
It Had to Be You {Jam Session} 	... previously unreleased version of "It Had to Be You " ...
Adriano's Restaurant 	... to sing "Come Fly With Me ", "It Had to Be You ," and ...
High Hopes 	... to sing "Come Fly With Me ", "It Had to Be You ," and ...
Come Fly With Me 	... to sing "Come Fly With Me", "It Had to Be You ," and ...

Title
It Had To Be You {Alternate Version}
It Had to Be You {Jam Session}