I Must Have That Man Words by Dorothy Fields, music by Jimmy McHugh Vocal by Grace Hayes Orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret Recorded August 6, 1928 Victor 21571 American singer/actress Grace Hayes (1895-1989) was a popular chanteuse and vaudeville performer during the 1920s and 1930s. She started her film career in 1930 appearing opposite Paul Whiteman in The King of Jazz. She appeared occasionally in films after that through 1950. As a singer, some of her better known songs include "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" and "Sunny Side of the Street." In the 1940s, she established the star-studded San Fernando Valley hot-spot-- the Grace Hayes Lodge-- where she also performed. "I Must Have That Man" was written by the prolific song-writing team of Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields for the Broadway musical "Blackbirds of 1928." Blackbirds was the title of a series of musicals with all-black performers, produced and directed by Lew Leslie, a former vaudevillian. The shows were presented from the late 1920s through the 1930s. The most successful of Leslie's productions , Blackbirds of 1928, starred Adelaide Hall and featured Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, whose dancing was a hit with audiences and critics alike. Other famous songs included "Diga Diga Do" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby"