It Had to Be You (original studio master)

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4It Had to Be You3:53Frank SinatraTrilogyFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US1980-03-26
Reprise Records3FS 2300
1.4It Had to Be You3:53Frank SinatraTrilogy: Past Present FutureFrank SinatraAlbum
Reprise RecordsREP 64042
18.3It Had to Be You3:55Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-21
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)46013-2
2.21It Had to Be You3:56Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra (limited edition bonus disc version)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-46712-2
2.21It Had to Be You3:56Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra (Manufactured and Distributed by Warner Music Australia)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-46712-2
18.3It Had to Be You3:55Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-20
Reprise Records47045‐2
18.3It Had to Be You3:55Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records47045-2
1.24It Had to Be You3:57Frank SinatraRomanceFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-26
Reprise Records8122 73589-2
1.24It Had to Be You3:55Frank SinatraRomanceFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records8122 73589-2
1.24It Had to Be You3:55Frank SinatraA Fine Romance: The Love Songs of FrankFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-01-24
Reprise Records, Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom8122 73589-2
1.4It Had to Be You3:57Frank SinatraTrilogy: Past Present FutureFrank SinatraAlbum
Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America)LC 00699
1.21It Had to Be You3:53Frank SinatraBest of the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Reprise Records, Signature Sinatra5099967976522
1.4It Had to Be You3:57Frank SinatraTrilogy: Past Present FutureFrank SinatraAlbumWarner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)2300

Relationships

recorded in:Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1979-07-18)
cello:Douglas Davis (cellist) (on 1979-07-18)
Marie Fera (on 1979-07-18)
Raymond Kelley (cellist) (on 1979-07-18)
Mary Lane (cellist) (on 1979-07-18)
Frederick Seykora (on 1979-07-18)
Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller) (on 1979-07-18)
double bass:Peter Mercurio (on 1979-07-18)
Meyer "Mike" Rubin (US bassist 1930s - 1960s) (on 1979-07-18)
drums (drum set):Irv Cottler (on 1979-07-18)
electric bass guitar:Gene Cherico (on 1979-07-18)
French horn:Vincent DeRosa (on 1979-07-18)
Richard Perissi (on 1979-07-18)
Henry Sigismonti (on 1979-07-18)
guitar:Al Viola (on 1979-07-18)
harp:Verlye Mills (on 1979-07-18)
percussion:Larry Bunker (on 1979-07-18)
piano:Vincent Falcone, Jr. (on 1979-07-18)
trombone:Charles Loper (American trombonist) (on 1979-07-18)
Dick Nash (on 1979-07-18)
Lloyd Ulyate (on 1979-07-18)
trumpet:John Audino (on 1979-07-18)
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player) (on 1979-07-18)
Uan Rasey (on 1979-07-18)
Charles Turner (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1979-07-18)
tuba:Tommy Johnson (session tuba player) (on 1979-07-18)
viola:Pamela Goldsmith (American violist) (on 1979-07-18)
Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1979-07-18)
Janet Lakatos (on 1979-07-18)
Archie Levin (on 1979-07-18)
David Schwartz (violist) (on 1979-07-18)
Linn Subotnick (on 1979-07-18)
violin:Israel Baker (violinist) (on 1979-07-18)
Norman Carr (on 1979-07-18)
Glenn Dicterow (violinist) (on 1979-07-18)
Ronald Folsom (on 1979-07-18)
David Frisina (on 1979-07-18)
James Getzoff (American concertmaster and violinist) (on 1979-07-18)
Harris Goldman (on 1979-07-18)
Marvin Limonick (on 1979-07-18)
Mary Lundquist (on 1979-07-18)
Stanley Plummer (on 1979-07-18)
Nathan Ross (on 1979-07-18)
Sheldon Sanov (violinist) (on 1979-07-18)
Paul Shure (on 1979-07-18)
Marshall Sosson (on 1979-07-18)
Joseph Stepansky (on 1979-07-18)
Robert Sushel (on 1979-07-18)
David Turner (string player) (on 1979-07-18)
Dorothy Wade (Violinist) (on 1979-07-18)
woodwind:Gene Cipriano (on 1979-07-18)
Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player) (on 1979-07-18)
John Lowe (woodwind) (on 1979-07-18)
Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1979-07-18)
Wilbur Schwartz (on 1979-07-18)
vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1979-07-18)
orchestra:Billy May & His Orchestra (on 1979-07-18)
conductor:Billy May (on 1979-07-18)
arranger:Billy May (on 1979-07-18)
recorded at:Western Recorders (@ 6000 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1979-07-18)
recording of:It Had to Be You
It Had to Be You (on 1979-07-18: cover)

It Had to Be You

lyricist:Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:Bantam Music Publishing Co.
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Gilbert Keyes Music Company
The Songwriters Guild
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)