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It Had to Be You

Music by Isham Jones

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.

    Release Date: 1924


Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Barbra Streisand : Music of the Stars : Solo : Songbook : 884088522674 : 1423497244 : 00001374

Barbra Streisand : Music of the Stars

20 gems of the great American songbook as song by the inimitable Ms. Streisand, including: But Beautiful - It Had to Be You - More Than You Know - Second Hand Rose - Smile - Some Day My Prince Will Come - Taking a Chance on Love - and more.

Songlist: Great Day, Smile, More Than You Know, The Best Things In Life Are Free, But Beautiful, It Had To Be You, Free Again (Non... C'est Rien), For All We Know, I've Got No Strings, Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now, My Buddy, My Honey's Loving Arms, My Man (Mon Homme), Second Hand Rose, Some Day My Prince Will Come, Taking A Chance On Love, They Didn't Believe Me, (I Stayed) Too Long At The Fair, What Now My Love, Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

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Voicing: Solo | Performed by Barbra Streisand | 40161b | Songbook | $14.95 | PVG


Billie Holiday : The Very Best of Billie Holiday : Solo : Songbook : 888680075965 : 1495028046 : 00147954

Billie Holiday : The Very Best of Billie Holiday

Two dozen songs are presented in this centennial edition saluting jazz musician and singer/songwriter Billie Holiday. It includes piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of: Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) - Crazy He Calls Me - Don't Explain - Easy Living - God Bless' the Child - Good Morning Heartache - I'll Be Seeing You - Lady Sings the Blues - Now or Never - Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) - Strange Fruit - Them There Eyes - and more.

Songlist: Easy Living, Now Or Never, Billie's Blues (I Love My Man), Body And Soul, Crazy She Calls Me, It Had To Be You, Don't Explain, Fine And Mellow, Stormy Blues, God Bless' The Child, Good Morning Heartache, I'll Be Seeing You, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Long Gone Blues, Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?), My Man (Mon Homme), Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time), Strange Fruit, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, Them There Eyes, What A Little Moonlight Can Do, Lady Sings The Blues, Somebody's On My Mind, Tell Me More And More And Then Some

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Voicing: Solo | Performed by Billie Holiday | 40105b | Songbook | $17.95 | PVG


Chuck Sher : The Standards Real Book - C : Solo : Songbook

Chuck Sher : The Standards Real Book - C

Features the best tunes of Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Ellington, etc., as well as some pop and jazz standards. There are lyrics on almost every tune, all the verses are included, and the chords are a consensus of how each song has been interpreted by the best jazz artists, almost always hipper than the original changes. Includes vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, black & white photos and introductory text. "Singers! All of you should line up and kiss Chuck Sher's feet! For doing these genius fake books for us - I mean, a world without them is inconceivable." - Mark Murphy

Songlist: After You, Again, Agua De Beber (Water To Drink), Ain't No Sunshine, Alice in Wonderland, All About Ronnie, All My Tomorrows, All Of You, All The Way, All Through The Night, Alone Together, Am I Blue?, And The Angels Sing, Anything Goes, As Time Goes By, As We Speak, At Last, At Long Last Love, Autumn Nocturne, Bag's Groove, Baltimore Oriole, A Beautiful Friendship, Begin the Beguine, Bess, You is My Woman, The Best is Yet to Come, Bewitched, Bidin' My Time, Blackberry Winter, Blue and Sentimental, Blue Gardenia, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 7086b | Songbook | $41.95


Chuck Sher : The Standards Real Book - Bb : Solo : Songbook

Chuck Sher : The Standards Real Book - Bb

Features the best tunes of Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Ellington, etc., as well as some pop and jazz standards. There are lyrics on almost every tune, all the verses are included, and the chords are a consensus of how each song has been interpreted by the best jazz artists, almost always hipper than the original changes. Includes vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, black & white photos and introductory text. "Singers! All of you should line up and kiss Chuck Sher's feet! For doing these genius fake books for us - I mean, a world without them is inconceivable." - Mark Murphy

Songlist: After You, Again, Agua De Beber (Water To Drink), Ain't No Sunshine, Alice In Wonderland, All About Ronnie, All My Tomorrows, All Of You, All The Way, All Through The Night, Alone Together, Am I Blue?, And The Angels Sing, Anything Goes, As Time Goes By, As We Speak, At Last, At Long Last Love, Autumn Nocturne, Bag's Groove, Baltimore Oriole, Beautiful Friendship, A, Begin the Beguine, Bess, You Is My Woman, Best Is Yet To Come, The, Bewitched, Bidin' My Time, Blackberry Winter, Blue And Sentimental, Blue Gardenia, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 7087b | Songbook | $41.95


Chuck Sher : The Standards Real Book - Eb : Solo : Songbook

Chuck Sher : The Standards Real Book - Eb

Features the best tunes of Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Ellington, etc., as well as some pop and jazz standards. There are lyrics on almost every tune, all the verses are included, and the chords are a consensus of how each song has been interpreted by the best jazz artists, almost always hipper than the original changes. Includes vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, black & white photos and introductory text. "Singers! All of you should line up and kiss Chuck Sher's feet! For doing these genius fake books for us - I mean, a world without them is inconceivable." - Mark Murphy

Songlist: After You, Again, Agua De Beber (Water To Drink), Ain't No Sunshine, Alice in Wonderland, All About Ronnie, All My Tomorrows, All Of You, All The Way, All Through The Night, Alone Together, Am I Blue?, And The Angels Sing, Anything Goes, As Time Goes By, As We Speak, At Last, At Long Last Love, Autumn Nocturne, Bag's Groove, Baltimore Oriole, A Beautiful Friendship, Begin the Beguine, Bess, You is My Woman, The Best is Yet to Come, Bewitched, Bidin' My Time, Blackberry Winter, Blue and Sentimental, Blue Gardenia, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 7088b | Songbook | $41.95


Tony Bennett : Tony Bennett Sheet Music Anthology : Solo : Songbook : 888680915025 : 1540046044 : 00289023

Tony Bennett : Tony Bennett Sheet Music Anthology

100 songs from Bennett's remarkable and lengthy career which started in the early 1950s and is still going strong today! Our songbook features his very best arranged for piano/vocal/guitar, including: As Time Goes By - Because of You - Bein' Green - Body and Soul - Cheek to Cheek - Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - The Good Life - I Left My Heart in San Francisco - I Wanna Be Around - It Had to Be You - Just in Time - The Lady Is a Tramp - Moonlight in Vermont - New York State of Mind - Over the Rainbow - Put on a Happy Face - Rags to Riches - Smile - Stella by Starlight - Tender Is the Night - and more.

Songlist: Anything Goes, Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive, Rags To Riches, Dancing In The Dark, Once Upon A Time, Smile, I'm A Fool To Want You, All My Tomorrows, All The Things You Are, Because Of You, The Good Life, I'll Be Around, Alright, Okay, You Win, Firefly, Are You Havin' Any Fun?, New York, New York, As Time Goes By, Sweet Lorraine, Tender Is The Night, Some Other Time, Bein' Green, The Best Is Yet To Come, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, Blue Moon, Blue Velvet, For Once In My Life, Body And Soul, The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Emily, Look For The Silver Lining, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 70727b | Songbook | $29.95 | PVG


Various : Wedding Songs of Love & Friendship - 2nd Edition : Solo : Songbook : 888680638757 : 1495072444 : 00193686

Various : Wedding Songs of Love & Friendship - 2nd Edition

Over 40 fantastic love songs appropriate for wedding receptions.

Songlist: You And Me, Beautiful In My Eyes, At Last, All I Want Is You, Once In A Lifetime, All Of Me, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Because You Loved Me, Come Away With Me, And I Love Her, Annie's Song, Lovesong, This I Promise You, As Time Goes By, The Man You Love, First Day Of My Life, Chasing Cars, Can't Help Falling In Love, I Won't Give Up, It Had To Be You, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Unforgettable, A Thousand Years, Turning Page, I Only Have Eyes For You, For You, For Me For Evermore, How Long Will I Love You, Who I Am With You, Thinking Out Loud, Stand By You, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 4454b | Songbook | $17.95 | PVG


Various Arrangers : The Great American Songbook - Jazz : Solo : Songbook : 884088862497 : 1476875502 : 00110387

Various Arrangers : The Great American Songbook - Jazz

A great resource of 100 classics of American songwriting arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames.

Songlist: Love You Madly, Dancing In The Dark, All Alone, All Blues, All Or Nothing At All, The Lamp Is Low, Almost Like Being In Love, Alone Together, Along Came Betty, Lucky To Be Me, And The Angels Sing, Angel Eyes, As Time Goes By, Sweet Lorraine, Summertime, Star Eyes, Django, There Is No Greater Love, Bernie's Tune, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce), Blue Moon, Bluesette, Emily, If I Had You, But Not For Me, Allen's Alley, Reunion Blues, Can't We Be Friends, Just Friends, and more

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Voicing: Solo | 2559b | Songbook | $27.95 | PVG


Vocal Complete : Male Voice Jazz Standards : Solo : Songbook & Online Audio : 038081417004  : 00-37295

Vocal Complete : Male Voice Jazz Standards

Sing 16 of the world's most beloved jazz standards in the style of legendary vocalists like Michael Buble, Ray Charles, Nat "King" Cole, Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby Darin, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, and, more! This deluxe package (songbook plus two enhanced CDs) provides everything you need to arrive at auditions and performances completely prepared, whether your accompaniment will be live or pre-recorded. If a pianist is present, hand them the complete piano/vocal sheet music. (Chord fingering grids are also provided for optional guitar accompaniment.) If recorded accompaniment is required, the fully-orchestrated audio tracks will lend a professional touch to your performance. Vocal demonstration tracks are also included for each song. With Vocal Complete, the sheet music matches the original key and form of the backing tracks, so if you practice singing with one, you won't encounter unexpected variations with the other. Upload the tracks to your portable music player for practice, performances, auditions, parties, or even singing for fun in the car! There are two versions of every song on the CDs: a full-performance track with sound-alike vocals for listening and learning, and a professional-quality backing track for singing along. When the CDs are played on a Mac or Windows-based computer, the TNT (Tone 'N' Tempo) Changer lets you customize the key and tempo of each track to suit your voice and style. (The key changer modifies audio playback via computer only. The sheet music remains in its original key.)

Songlist: As Time Goes By, Cry Me a River, It Had to Be You, I've Got You Under My Skin, Mack the Knife, Misty, Moondance, My Funny Valentine, Theme from New York, New York, Night and Day, Stardust, Summer Wind, That's All, They Can't Take That Away from Me, What a Wonderful World, You Don't Know Me

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Voicing: Solo | 5697b | Songbook & Online Audio | $21.95 | Voice and Piano


Beachfront Property : Beachfront Property : 1 CD : CR 1848

Beachfront Property : Beachfront Property

This nine-member ensemble has selected fourteen wonderful songs for their debut CD (about half are accompanied) featuring arrangements from Joe Finetti,Phil Mattson, Michele Weir and Gene Puerling. The first track, "The Flintstones Theme," complete with Fred's "Wilma" holler, wins over the listener immediately; "Blackbird," sung a cappella, is rendered as a sort of jazz hymn, fleshing out the progression with counterpoint and extending the phrases. "Embraceable You" becomes three dimensional, it's so depthful. "You Go To My Head" has become something of a signature tune for Beachfront: the richness and texture of the Singers Unlimited, without encumbering the essence of the song with unnecessary ornamentation. Terrific.

Songlist: The Flintstones' Theme, Blackbird, Hurry On Down, Embraceable You, Born To Be Blue, You Go To My Head, Ring-A-Ding-Ding, It Had To Be You, You Made Me Love You, The Summer Knows, My Kind Of Girl, Sophisticated Lady, I Remember You, Wave

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4701c | 1 CD | $14.98 | Primarily a cappella


Deep River Boys : The Early Years 1937-50 : 1 CD : ACBT4372.2

Deep River Boys : The Early Years 1937-50

Acrobat has a highly interesting catalogue of gospel, doowop and vocal group recordings, which already includes a Deep River Boys collection from their later era during the 1950s when they recorded for EMI in the UK. This is an expanded version of an album, now no longer available, which was released in 2000.

Songlist: Carmena Waltz Song, Who'll Jine de Union, I Am Seeking for a City, I Am Bound for Sweet Canaan Land, I Got a Home in Dat Rock, In Dat Great Getting' Up Morning, You Talk Too Much, A Zoot Suit, Cousin Jedidiah, A Little Jive Is Good for You, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Get on Board Little Children, We Are Walking in the Light, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Oh Freedom, Castle on the River Nile, I'm Trampin', Go Down Moses, Honey, Honey Honey, My Guys Come Back, This Chick's Too Young to Fry, Charge It to Daddy, Get Up Them Stairs Mademoiselle, It Had to Be You, What Did He Say, Purgatory, Two Blocks Down Turn to the Left, Ain't Misbehavin', That's What You Need to Suceed, and more

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4025c | 1 CD | $16.95


Four Lads : Swing Along / Everything Goes!!! : 1 CD : 6866

Four Lads : Swing Along / Everything Goes!!!

Canadians Bernie Toorish, lead tenor; Brank Busseri, baritone; Jimmie Arnold, second tenor and Connie Codarini, bass; began singing together as, in fact, lads, at St. Michael's Cathedral Choir School in Toronto. They polished their harmonies at night, and obtained a try-out engagement at the Ruban Bleu in New York. It stretched into 30 solid weeks, and the Lads were on their way to being voted America's favorite vocal group. This is 2 LPs (originally released in 1959-60) on one CD, both orchestrally accompanied, all contagiously jazzy and exuberant as the lads demonstrate their versatility with ballads, old-time favorites, racing rhythm numbers and popular standards. This is night club entertainment at its finest!

Songlist: The Old Oaken Bucket, Alouette Means "Skylark", Comin' Through The Rye, Grandfather's Clock, Love's Old Sweet Song, Swanee River, Mexicali Rose, Just How Much I Love You, When I Grow To Old To Dream, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland, All of You, It's All Right With Me, It Had To Be You, The Party's Over, Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Postive, Honeysuckle Rose, Some Of These Days, Anything Goes, You're Nobody 'till Somebody Loves You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You, Nobody, Ace In The Hole

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4459c | 1 CD | $14.98 | Accompanied


King's Singers : Circle Of Life : 1 CD : 74321389262-7 : 74321389262

King's Singers : Circle Of Life

With the subtitle of "close-harmony arrangements of timeless songs from famous movies," "Circle Of Life" contains orchestrated versions of well-known themes, such as "Wind Beneath My Wings," "Everything I Do, I Do For You" and "I Will Always Love You." Recorded in Holland in 1996 (with the exception of "Kokomo," the Beach Boys song that appeared on "Spirit Voices"), and therefore available only on import, some of the arrangements are innocuous, while others, such as "Live And Let Die" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" are merely unlikely. An a cappella version of "The Rose," from the film of the same name, is the CD's winner by a landslide.

Songlist: Circle of Life, Kiss From a Rose, Kokomo, Wind Beneath My WIngs, It Had to Be You, Live and Let Die, The Time of My Life, I Heard IT Through the Grapevine, Everything I Do, I Do It for You, The Rose, I Will Always Love You, Groovy Kind of Love

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Performed by King's Singers | 6126c | 1 CD | $9.95 | Primarily a cappella


Mike Sammes Singers : It Had To Be You : 2 CDs : 925

Mike Sammes Singers : It Had To Be You

Rivals only to the, perhaps more famous, but not necessarily more talented Cliff Adams Singers they were the group most likely to get the call when Pop aristocracy went into the studio. Adored by millions of listeners all over the world The Mike Sammes Singers kept their other more "hip" credentials fairly well hidden. Yes, incredibly it is them you can hear on "I Am The Walrus" and yes it certainly is them you can hear behind Ringo as they back him on one of The Beatles most beautiful songs, the John Lennon penned "Goodnight", the last track on the stunning White Album.

Songlist: I've Heard That Song Before, Last of the Summer Wine, You are My Heart's Delight, I'm Comin' Home, Remember, The Mayfair Ladies' Quartet, I've Told Ev'ry Little Star, Humming Bird, As Time Goes By, We'll Meet Again, It Had to Be You, All the Things You Are, You and I, All Alone, If You Were the Only Girl in the World, Laughter in the Rain, What'll I Do?, So in Love with You, Once in a While, Strollin', Ta-Ra

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7663c | 2 CDs | $18.95 | Accompanied


The Norman Luboff Choir : Ticket To The Movies : 1 CD : Norman Luboff : TGN1059.2

The Norman Luboff Choir : Ticket To The Movies

Here are 19 songs, all from the movies, all arranged and conducted by Norman Luboff, A true musical eclectic, Luboff was driven to render every piece with a painstaking exactitude and an arrangement that immediately defined it as a Luboff performance. His choir toured annually from from 1963 until Luboff's death in 1987, and recorded more than 75 albums. This perfectionism is clear on every cut of every Luboff album, of which four, from 1961-65, are represented here. "All the Things You Are," "It Had to Be You," "As Time Goes By" (which Sam played again in "Casablanca," but actually was from the 1931 musical "Everybody's Welcome"), the title tunes from "My Foolish Heart," "Days of Wine and Roses," "High Noon," "On Green Dolphin Street," "An Affair to Remember," "Ruby" (from "Ruby Gentry") and "Laura," the lovely "Unchained Melody," "I'll Get By," "The Song from Moulin Rouge" ("Where is Your Heart"), and Irving Berlin's wonderful "Remember." Luboff is an American master, and his choir is one of the most powerful vocal groups of all time. Sure, all songs are gently accompanied, but the focus is on the smooth-as-maple syrup harmonies. These songs unabashedly tug at our heartstrings and push every romantic and sentimental button, and all we can say is, "highly recommended!"

Songlist: All the Things You Are, My Foolish Heart, High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me), An Affair to Remember, Darling My Darling, As Time Goes By, Days of Wine and Roses, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo, Younger than Springtime, It's Magic, On Green Dolphin Street, It Had To Be You, Ruby, Stella By Starlight, I'll See You Again, Unchained Melody, Laura, I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You), The Song from "Moulin Rouge" (Where Is Your Heart?), Remember

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6869c | 1 CD | $15.98 | Some a cappella


Tuxedo Junction : Tuxedo Junction : 1 CD

Tuxedo Junction : Tuxedo Junction    Out of Print

Even if you don't give a fig about barbershop, you'll find yourself appreciating the warm and heartfelt performance of this foursome from Austin, Texas. Yes, it's four part harmony in the barbershop style, for certain, but their tastes are as sprawling as the great state they call home. Standards are the majority, with special kudos for a standout arrangement of "When I Fall In Love"; the luscious harmonic motion of the coda is pure honey. Other pleasures are "Peg O' My Heart," "It Had To Be You" and their namesake, "Tuxedo Junction," as well as the doo wop favorite, "Silhouettes," Larry Gatlin's "Alleluia," the Beach Boys' "In My Room" and our nomination for the most sylvan of melodies, "Lullaby."

Songlist: Tuxedo Junction, Java Jive, It Had To Be You, When I Fall In Love, Jeepers Creepers / Them There Eyes Medley, I Can Dream, Can't I?, Peg O' My Heart, Birth Of The Blues, Midnight Blues, Lida Rose / will I Ever Tell You?, In My Room, Silhouettes, Alleluia, Lullaby

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5448c | 1 CD | $14.98 | A Cappella


Individual Folios

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It Had To Be You : SSAA : Barbershop Harmony Society : Isham Jones : 1 CD : 214806

Barbershop Harmony Society : It Had To Be You

Arranger: Barbershop Harmony Society | Composer: Isham Jones

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Voicing: SSAA | Sheet Music | $4.00 | A Cappella |
214806


It Had to Be You : SATB : Steve Zegree : Isham Jones : Sheet Music : 00-WBCH93386 : 029156098242

Steve Zegree : It Had to Be You

This romantic classic from the 1944 Hollywood musical Show Business regained enormous popularity when Harry Connick, Jr. recorded it for the hit 1989 movie, When Harry Met Sally.

Arranger: Steve Zegree | Composer: Isham Jones

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.25 |
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| 00-WBCH93386 | Showtrax CD Available
Other Voicings: SAB


It Had to Be You : SATB : Greg Gilpen : Isham Jones : Sheet Music : 00-46405 : 038081527840

Greg Gilpen : It Had to Be You

First published in 1924, this beautiful melody has been recorded by a wide variety of hit-makers including Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, and Carrie Underwood. Quickly-learned choral parts make this an easy feature for groups of all types.

Arranger: Greg Gilpen | Composer: Isham Jones

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.00 |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 00-46405
Other Voicings: SAB


It Had to Be You : SATB : Russell Robinson : Isham Jones : Sheet Music : 00-CHM02009 : 654979029861

Russell Robinson : It Had to Be You

This enduring song from the '20s comes to life once more in this exceptionally creative arrangement by Russell Robinson. Solo opportunities abound. Don't miss this one!

Arranger: Russell Robinson | Composer: Isham Jones

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.95 |
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| 00-CHM02009
Other Voicings: SAB

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