It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook

2002 studio album by Rod Stewart
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It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook

Summary

It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's genre is jazz[4].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was produced by Phil Ramone[5].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was performed by Rod Stewart[6].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's record label is recorded as J Records[7].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook is part of Rod Stewart's albums in chronological order[9].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's review score is recorded as 2.5[13].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's review score is recorded as 42[14].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was published on October 22, 2002[15].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as You Go to My Head[16].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as They Can't Take That Away from Me[17].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as The Way You Look Tonight[18].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as It Had to Be You[19].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as That Old Feeling[20].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as These Foolish Things[21].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as The Very Thought of You[22].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as Moonglow[23].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as I'll Be Seeing You[24].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as Every Time We Say Goodbye[25].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as The Nearness of You[26].
  • It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook's tracklist is recorded as For All We Know[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 2002-10-21[29]

  • Genre(s): easy listening, jazz, pop, pop rock, traditional pop[30]

  • Community tags: adult contemporary, album rock, contemporary pop/rock, easy listening, easy listening soundtracks and musicals, jazz, pop, pop rock, pop/rock, traditional pop, vocal[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4a28692f-37ab-39e8-97aa-a3f352f32010[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was Rod Stewart[6]. It was produced by Phil Ramone[5].

Publication

It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook was released on October 22, 2002[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is jazz[4]. It is part of Rod Stewart's albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[11] and music streaming[12].

Reception

Reviews include 2.5[13] and 42[14].

Why It Matters

It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Metacritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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