If I Had You is a 1928 jazz standard written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Ted Shapiro, sometimes credited as Irving King. The first recording was by The Piccadilly Players under Al Starita in September 1928, and it soon became a hit in 1929 through Rudy Vallée and Al Bowlly. The tune is a Bb major fox trot in a 32-bar A1-A2-B-A2 form, with lyrics that describe all the things the singer could do if he had you. It has become a classic with many notable covers, including Frank Sinatra on A Swingin’ Affair (1957), Connie Francis on Who’s Sorry Now? (1958), and Dean Martin on The Dean Martin Show (1966) and the 1974 album Once in a While. Willie Nelson has recorded it as a duet with Diana Krall, and it has appeared in films such as The Clock (1945) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).
