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The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

August 12, 2017 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: It Had To Be You

The song of the day for Saturday, August 12, 2017 is “It Had To Be You.”

About This Song

Today’s song, “It Had To Be You,” was written in 1924 by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn. It is a popular standard with many fine recordings, including those by Paul Whiteman, Cliff Edwards and Frank Sinatra. It has also be used in several films, such as Casablanca and Annie Hall.

About This Version

Tony Bennett has recorded “It Had To Be You” several times. Today I’ve chosen his 1964 recording from When Lights Are Low, featuring the Ralph Sharon Trio, with Sharon on piano, Hal Gaylord on bass and Billy Exiner on drums.

It Had To Be You

Listen to It Had To Be You on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Song · 1964.


“It Had To Be You,” as well as When Lights Are You, is available from iTunes.

About Today

It’s Saturday again and I have a lovely video for you. It’s Tony Bennett singing today’s song, accompanied by Ralph Sharon, on television for a Muscular Dystrophy Association fund-raising program. My guess is that this was recorded sometime in the early 1980s.

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Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Billy Exiner, Gus Kahn, Hal Gaylord, Isham Jones, Ralph Sharon, Tony Bennett, When Lights Are Low

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