1929 Red Nichols - It Had To Be You (Scrappy Lambert, vocal)

(Or, as Scrappy sings: “It haddabee you”). Arthur Schutt wrote the arrangement and also provided the piano flourishes on this extended variable-tempo ‘concert’ performance, issued on a 12-inch disc.
From 78rpm Brunswick (re-pressing) 20092 - It Had To Be You (Kahn-Jones) by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies, vocal by Scrappy Lambert, recorded in NYC June 7, 1929 .
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[@tadeodewiesent1482]

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[@spencersmith2798]

Superb.

[@erichuffstutler9734]

FYI, this is a late 1930s design label for the reissue. The scroll label would be for the shorter 1929 version.

[@the78prof72]

Not sure which 'shorter version' you mean, Eric. As noted in the description, this was transferred from the later (updated label) re-pressing of Brunswick 20092 (XE 29994), same track as recorded June 7, 1929, and originally released on scroll 20092.

[@Trombonology]

I godda tell you -- Scrappy's "hadda" is hard to take ... and it contrasts ludicrously with all other elements of this pretentious arrangement.

[@bryanrendleman2001]

I agree.
The rest of his vocals and enunciation are beautiful but I guessa the lyricist just hadda take away from a moving performance.

[@JCJasion]

The last time the title phrase comes in the performance, Scrappy gets it right.

[@Trombonology]

@@JCJasion Mother pin a rose on him.

[@billbrydon3725]

And what's crazy is that his diction is so solid for the rest of it.

[@georgedabrowski6900]

Yeah, but for dis song, sweet dame, it just hadda' be Scraps. 😁