"It Had to Be You" is a popular song written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first published in 1924.

The song was performed by Ruth Etting in the 1936 short film "Melody in May", by Priscilla Lane in the 1939 film "The Roaring Twenties", by Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film "It Had to Be You", in the 1944 film "Mr. Skeffington", and by Danny Thomas in the 1951 film "I'll See You in My Dreams" (based loosely upon the lives of Gus Kahn and his wife Grace LeBoy Kahn). It was danced to by Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald in the 1947 film "Living in a Big Way" (while sung by a mixed group), and was also performed by Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film "Casablanca", George Murphy in "Show Business" (1944), Betty Hutton in the 1945 film "Incendiary Blonde", and by Diane Keaton in the 1977 film "Annie Hall". It was also performed in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" by Megan Cavanagh.

As the "theme" of "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), it finished as #60 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

(Wikipedia)

Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry.

Original audio: [ Ссылка ]
(Performance by: Ferde Grofé, on an Ampico piano roll recording)
Original sheet music: [ Ссылка ] (I dunno about this, but the time I checked the link, the sheet music might not be there.)

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