It Had to Be You
Context
Sung version of the standard that opens the soundtrack of the film When Harry Met Sally... (1989), on which Harry Connick Jr. provides the vocals, piano, and arrangements. The album, number one on Billboard's jazz chart and certified double platinum, earned him his first Grammy (Best Male Jazz Vocal Performance).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Neoclassicism, Young Lions, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Neoclassicism, Young Lions: Hard bop, Modal.