It Had to Be You (album)

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It Had to Be You
Harry Connick Jr album, It Had to Be You.jpg
Compilation album by
Harry Connick Jr.
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1991 [1]
Genre Big Band
Label Sony/Columbia
Professional ratings
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It Had to Be You is a compilation album from Harry Connick Jr., released in Australia in 1991.

Contents

The album is a blend of original studio recordings from Connick's previous albums. The album has six tracks from When Harry Met Sally... (1989), four from We Are in Love (1990), one from Lofty's Roach Souffle (1990), and one from the soundtrack for The Godfather Part III (1990).

It Had to Be You peaked at number 4 on the Australian charts. [3]

Track listing

  1. "It Had to Be You" (Big Band & Vocals) (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn)
  2. "I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
  3. "But Not for Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
  4. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf)
  5. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
  6. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter)
  7. "Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme From The Godfather Part III)" (Coppola, John Bettis) – 5:10
  8. "We Are in Love" (Connick)
  9. "Forever, for Now" (Harry Connick Jr., Ramsey McLean)
  10. "Lofty's Roach Soufflé" (Connick) – 5:23
  11. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
  12. "Recipe for Love" (Connick)

Album chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4] 2× Platinum140,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [5] Gold7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ It Had to Be You – Harry Connick Jr Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine , chaos.com
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. 1 2 Harry Connick Jr. – It Had to Be You, australian-charts.com
  4. ↑ "Wild About Harry" (PDF). Billboard. November 5, 1994. p. 54. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Harry Connick Jr – It Had to Be You". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
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