It Had to Be You (Isham Jones)

Isham Jones Orchestra · 1924 · Composer's version, Brunswick 2614

Context

Isham Jones recorded his own composition, with lyrics by Gus Kahn, on April 24, 1924 in Chicago for Brunswick (2614), with the label "For dancing". His version stayed at the top of the sales charts for five weeks. Jones, based in Chicago from 1915 to 1932, recorded most of his 1920s hits for Brunswick.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras. Among the origins and influences of Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras: Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Dixieland (ODJB, 1917), Third stream.

Sources

• adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Isham Jones

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