It Could Happen to You

~ Recording by Bud Powell

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6It Could Happen to You3:12Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud PowellBud PowellAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteBLP 5003
1.19It Could Happen to You (master take)3:16Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud PowellBud PowellAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCP32-5241
1.4It Could Happen to You3:15Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2Bud PowellAlbum
Blue NoteCDP 7 81504 2
2.4It Could Happen To You3:15Bud PowellThe Complete Blue Note and Roost RecordingsBud PowellAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 8 30083 2 2
1.15It Could Happen to You3:12Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud Powell, Volume One (RVG Edition)Bud PowellAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2001-03-07
Blue Note7243 5 32136 2 6
1.15It Could Happen to You3:17Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (RVG edition)Bud PowellAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-06-11
Blue Note7243 5 32136 2 6
1.19It Could Happen to You3:15Bud PowellComplete the Amazing Bud PowellBud PowellAlbum
  • JP2001-06-20
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)TOCJ-66113, TOCJ-66114
19.15It Could Happen to You3:12Bud PowellBlue Note: Collectors EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • KR2010-03-01
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)EKJ25D0290
1.20It Could Happen to You3:13Bud PowellThe Amazing Bud Powell (UHQCD Everything Jazz)Bud PowellAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2025-11-11
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)UCCU-46144

Relationships

recording engineer:Doug Hawkins (sound engineer)
producer:Alfred Lion
piano:Bud Powell (on 1951-05-01)
recorded at:WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-05-01)
recording of:It Could Happen to You (on 1951-05-01: instrumental)

Related works

It Could Happen to You

lyricist:Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:Chappell & Co.
Sony/ATV Harmony
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
sub-publisher:Gehrmans Musikförlag
Sony/ATV Harmony UK
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
later parody versions:It Could Happen to You (Sinatra parody)
is the basis for:Fried Bananas (jazz interpretation of "It Could Happen to You")