Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (It Had to Be You)

It Had to Be You (1924)

Origin and Chart Information

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on Songs for the full list).

The top 100 are fully documented:

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella By Starlight”

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Written by the Same Composer or Team...

This section shows the jazz standards written by the same writing team. Click on a name to see all of a writer's jazz standards.

Isham Jones and Gus Kahn
Year	Rank	Title
1922	359	“On the Alamo”
1924	361	“It Had to Be You”
1924	473	“I’ll See You in My Dreams”
1924	737	“The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)”

Additional information on “It Had to Be You” may be found in:

1 page including the following types of information: lyric analysis.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: film productions and history.

5 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history and performers.

1 paragraph including the following types of information: film productions, history, lyric analysis, music analysis and performers.

1 page including the following types of information: history, performers, style discussion and song writer discussion.

Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.