It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
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"It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook" is a 2002 studio album by Rod Stewart featuring his interpretations of classic pop and jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4220096 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook Context triple: [Rod Stewart, notableAlbum, It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook]
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A.
Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook is a canon of influential early-20th-century American popular songs and jazz standards, primarily from Broadway and Hollywood, that have become enduring classics in vocal and instrumental performance.
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B.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book" is a landmark 1956 jazz album in which Ella Fitzgerald interprets the songs of composer Cole Porter, widely regarded as one of her finest and most influential recordings.
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Cheek to Cheek
"Cheek to Cheek" is a classic popular song from the 1935 film Top Hat, best known for being performed by Fred Astaire and becoming one of the most enduring standards of the Great American Songbook.
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Rodgers and Hart songbook
The Rodgers and Hart songbook is a collection of popular songs by the American songwriting duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, showcasing many of their best-known standards from Broadway and film.
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E.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book" is a landmark jazz album in which Ella Fitzgerald interprets the compositions of Duke Ellington, showcasing her vocal mastery and the richness of Ellington's music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook Target entity description: "It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook" is a 2002 studio album by Rod Stewart featuring his interpretations of classic pop and jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.
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A.
Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook is a canon of influential early-20th-century American popular songs and jazz standards, primarily from Broadway and Hollywood, that have become enduring classics in vocal and instrumental performance.
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B.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book" is a landmark 1956 jazz album in which Ella Fitzgerald interprets the songs of composer Cole Porter, widely regarded as one of her finest and most influential recordings.
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C.
Cheek to Cheek
"Cheek to Cheek" is a classic popular song from the 1935 film Top Hat, best known for being performed by Fred Astaire and becoming one of the most enduring standards of the Great American Songbook.
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D.
Rodgers and Hart songbook
The Rodgers and Hart songbook is a collection of popular songs by the American songwriting duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, showcasing many of their best-known standards from Broadway and film.
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E.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book" is a landmark jazz album in which Ella Fitzgerald interprets the compositions of Duke Ellington, showcasing her vocal mastery and the richness of Ellington's music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rod Stewart album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Rod Stewart ⓘ |
| basedOn | Great American Songbook compositions ⓘ |
| containsSong |
Every Time We Say Goodbye
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For All We Know ⓘ I’ll Be Seeing You ⓘ
surface form:
I'll Be Seeing You
It Had to Be You ⓘ Moonglow ⓘ That Old Feeling ⓘ That's All ⓘ The Nearness of You ⓘ The Very Thought of You ⓘ The Way You Look Tonight ⓘ "These Foolish Things" ⓘ
surface form:
These Foolish Things
They Can't Take That Away from Me ⓘ We'll Be Together Again ⓘ You Go to My Head ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distribution | RCA and J Records ⓘ |
| followedBy |
As Time Goes By
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surface form:
As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook 2
|
| follows | Human (Rod Stewart album) ⓘ |
| format |
CD
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digital download ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz standards
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traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt |
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You The Great American Songbook cover
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| hasInfluenceOn | subsequent Rod Stewart standards albums ⓘ |
| hasTitleTrack | It Had to Be You ⓘ |
| hasType | covers album ⓘ |
| hasVersion | deluxe edition with bonus tracks ⓘ |
| label | J Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| mainSubject | classic pop and jazz standards ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Great American Songbook Volume 1
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| notableFor | reviving Rod Stewart's career in standards repertoire ⓘ |
| partOf | Rod Stewart discography ⓘ |
| performer | Rod Stewart ⓘ |
| producer |
Clive Davis
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Phil Ramone ⓘ Richard Perry ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 2002 ⓘ |
| recordingType | studio ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2002-10-22 ⓘ |
| series |
Great American Songbook
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surface form:
The Great American Songbook (Rod Stewart album series)
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| targetAudience | adult contemporary listeners ⓘ |
| theme |
Great American Songbook
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surface form:
Great American Songbook standards
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Subject: It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook Description of subject: "It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook" is a 2002 studio album by Rod Stewart featuring his interpretations of classic pop and jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
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marketedAs
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It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Great American Songbook Volume 1
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
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hasCoverArt
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It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You The Great American Songbook cover