Harry Connick Jr.
NAME: Harry Connick Jr.
REAL NAME: Joseph Harry Fowler Connick
BIRTHDATE: September 11, 1967
BIRTHPLACE: New Orleans, Louisiana USA
BACKGROUND:
Harry Connick Jr studied piano at the age of three
First public performance at age five
Recorded his first album 11 with a local jazz band at age ten
Studied piano at New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts under Ellis Marsalis and James Booker
Moved to New York at age 18, studied at Hunter College and Manhattan School of Music
HIGHLIGHTS
1987 Harry Connick Jr, mainly instrumental album of standards
1988 20, second album, his vocals were added
1989 When Harry Met Sally, soundtrack which earned him
Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance
1990 Memphis Belle, screen debut
Lofty's Roach Souffle, a jazz trio album
We Are in Love, another album of standards , earned his second consecutive Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance
1991 Blue Light, Red Light, Harry Connick Jr wrote and arranged the songs
Little Man Tate, starred in the film directed by Jodie Foster
1992 25, a solo piano collection of standards
1993, When My Heart Finds Christmas, album of holiday songs
A Wink and a Smile, contributed to the soundtrack of Sleepless in Seattle
1994, She, an album of New Orleans funk
(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name, song for soundtrack of The Mask
1995 Copycat, film with Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver
1996 Star Turtle, second funk album
Independence Day, movie with Will Smith and Jeff Goldbum
1997 To See You, original love songs
Excess Baggage, film with Alicia Silverstone and Benicio del Toro
1998 Hope Floats, first leading role in a movie with Sandra Bullock
1999 Come By Me, album of big band music
The Iron Giant, an animated film
Wayward Son, movie with Pete Postlethwaite
2000 Thou Shalt Not, wrote the soundtrack for this Broadway musical
My Dog Skip, narrator of this film
The Simian Line, movie with Lynn Redgrave, and Cindy Crawford
2001 South Pacific, a television production with Glenn Close
Mickey, a movie with screenplay by John Grisham
Life Without Dick, film with Sarah Jessica Parker
Songs I Heard, big band reworkings of children's show themes, won a Grammy for best traditional pop album
30, Harry Connick on piano with guest appearances
2002 started guest appearances in TV sitcom Will & Grace
2003 Other Hours Connick on Piano Volume 1, an instrumental album
Basic, film with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson
Harry for the Holidays, second Christmas album
2004 Only You, a collection of 1950s and 1960s ballads
2005 Occasion: Connick on Piano, Vol. 2, full-length duo album with Branford Marsalis
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