It Could Happen to You (song)

"It Could Happen to You" is a popular standard with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was written in 1943 and was introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the Paramount musical comedy film And the Angels Sing (1944).[1]

A recording by Jo Stafford made on December 13, 1943, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 158.[2] It reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on September 21, 1944, at number 10, its only week on the chart.[3] Bing Crosby's recording for Decca Records, made on December 29, 1943,[4] had two weeks in the Billboard charts in September 1944, with a peak position of number 18.[5]

The Dexter Gordon composition "Fried Bananas" is based on the chord progression of "It Could Happen to You".

  1. ^ It Could Happen to You" at jazzstandards.com. Accessed September 20, 2007.
  2. ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
  4. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 109.