It Could Happen to You (song)
It Could Happen to You is a composition by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke from 1944. The song was written for the film and music comedy And the Angels Sing and later developed into a jazz standard .
The 32-bar song, mostly in major , is written in the ABAB ' form and is usually interpreted at a moderate tempo.
The title became popular in 1944 through the version by Jo Stafford (on Capitol Records , which came to number 10 in the American charts). A recording by Bing Crosby from the same year made it to 18th place.
In 1956, accordionist Mat Mathews went into the studio to do a cover version with Art Farmer , Dave Amram and Herbie Mann . A jazz standard was It Could Happen to You by the received in the same year version of Miles Davis for his Prestige album Relaxin 'with the Miles Davis Quintet . In 1957 Sonny Rollins recorded an unaccompanied version.
The track was also sung by Chet Baker , Nat King Cole , The Four Freshmen and Dinah Washington ; In 1986 Carmen McRae recorded her version. Instrumental versions recorded among others Chick Corea , Jim Pepper , Joe Pass , André Previn and Bud Powell . The Standards Trio of Keith Jarrett played him in 1996 with his live performance in Tokyo ( Tokyo '96 ). Diana Krall recorded it in 2006 for her album From This Moment On . The song served Dexter Gordon as bebop head for his piece Fried Bananas .
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Schaal (Ed.): Jazz standards. The encyclopedia. 3rd, revised edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1414-3 .