HELEN FORREST - IT HAD TO BE YOU

IT HAD TO BE YOU

HELEN FORREST & DICK HAYMES

SONGWRITER: ISHAM JONES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: IT HAD TO BE YOU

LABEL: DECCA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1944

Helen Forrest (April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music.

She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."

Dick: it had to be you, it had to be you

I wandered around and finally found the somebody who

Could make me be true, could make me feel blue

And even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you

Some others i’ve seen might never be mean

Might never be cross or try to be boss

But they wouldn’t do

For nobody else gave me a thrill

With all your faults, i love you still

It had to be you, wonderful you

It had to be you

Helen: It had to be you, it had to be you

I wandered around and finally found somebody who

Could make me be true, could make me beblue

And even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you

Some others i’ve seen might never be mean

Might never be cross or try to be boss

But they wouldn’t do

Dick: For nobody else gave me a thrill

With all your faults, i love you still

Helen: It had to be you, wonderful you

Both: It had to be you