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| Birth Name(s) : Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. |
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Full Harry Connick Jr. Biography
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967), is an American singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian.
He married model Jill Goodacre, originally from Texas, in 1994. They have three daughters: Georgia Tatom (born April 17, 1996), Sarah Kate (September 12, 1997), and Charlotte (born June 26, 2002). The family currently resides in Connecticut.
Connick is a founder of the Krewe of Orpheus, a music-based New Orleans krewe, taking its name from Orpheus of classical mythology. The Krewe of Orpheus parades on St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street in New Orleans on Lundi Gras (Fat Monday) — the day before Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and is the first krewe of its kind to be open to men and women of all races.
Connick attended Jesuit High School and Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. He moved to New York City to study at Hunter College and the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where a Columbia Records executive persuaded him to sign with that label. His first record for the label, Harry Connick Jr., was a mainly instrumental album of standards. He soon acquired a reputation in jazz because of extended stays at high-profile New York venues. His next album, 20, featured his vocals and added to this reputation.
In November 1992, Connick released 25, a solo piano collection of standards that again went platinum. He also re-released the album Eleven. Connick contributed "A Wink and a Smile" to the Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack, released in 1993. His multi-platinum album of holiday songs, When My Heart Finds Christmas, was the best-selling Christmas album in 1993.
In his third film Copycat, Connick played a killer. Released in 1995, Copycat also starred Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver. The following year, he released his second funk album, Star Turtle, which did not sell as well as previous albums, although it did reach No. 38 on the charts. However, he appeared in the most successful movie of 1996, Independence Day, with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.
Connick wrote the score for Susan Stroman's Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not, based on Émile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin, in 2000; it premiered in 2001. His music and lyrics garnerned a Tony Award nomination. He was also the narrator of the film My Dog Skip, released in that year.
In March 2001, Connick starred in a television production of South Pacific with Glenn Close, televised on the ABC network. He also starred in his twelfth movie, Mickey, featuring a screenplay by John Grisham that same year. In October 2001, he again released two albums: Songs I Heard, featuring big band reworkings of children's show themes, and 30, featuring Connick on piano with guest appearances by several other musical artists. Songs I Heard won Connick another Grammy for best traditional pop album and he toured performing songs from the album, holding matinees at which each parent had to be accompanied by a child.
On September 6, 2005, Connick was made honorary chair of Habitat for Humanity’s “Operation Home Delivery,” a long-term rebuilding plan for families victimized by Hurricane Katrina in the Big Easy and along the Gulf Coast.
Harry on Broadway, Act I
- Release Date: May 9, 2006
- Genre: Cast album
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #1 US Cast Album, #97 US
- RIAA certification: -
- Double disc: "The Pajama Game" cast recording (CD1)/ "Songs from Thou Shalt Not" with Kelli O'Hara and Harry Connick, Jr. (CD2)
Only You
- Release Date: February 3, 2004
- Genre: Pop, ballads
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #1 US Jazz, #5 US
- RIAA certification: Platinum (US)
Harry for the Holidays
- Release Date: October 28, 2003
- Genre: Christmas, Big band/Orchestra
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #1 US Jazz, #12 US
- RIAA certification: Platinum (US)
Thou Shalt Not
- Release Date: June 18, 2002
- Genre: Cast album
- Label: Papa's-June Music
- Chart Positions: -
- RIAA certification: -
- Original Broadway Cast Recording, Music & lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr. (who does not sing on this album)
To See You
- Release Date: November 11, 1997
- Genre: Ballads w/Orchestra
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #1 US Jazz, #53 US
- RIAA certification: Gold (US)
She
- Release Date: July 12, 1994
- Genre: Funk
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #16 US
- RIAA certification: Platinum (US)
- 1991 Grammy nomination:Best Instrumental Composition- "One Last Pitch (Take 2)" — Harry Connick, Jr. & Joe Livingston
20
- Release Date: November 1, 1988
- Genre: Solo piano
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #6 US Jazz, #133 US
- RIAA certification: Platinum (US)
Harry Connick Jr.
- Release Date: November 17, 1987
- Genre: Solo piano
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: -
- RIAA certification: Gold (US)
- Instrumental album (no vocals)
11
- Release Date: November 20, 1992 (Originally Released: 1979)
- Genre: Piano, dixieland
- Label: Sony
- Chart Positions: #14 US Jazz
- RIAA certification: -
Mickey
- Release Date: April 30, 2004
- Genre: Baseball movie
- Distributed by: Mickey Productions, Slugger Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Simian Line
- Release Date: February 21, 2006 (Originally Released: 2000)
- Genre: drama
- Distributed by: Gabriel Film Group
Little Man Tate
- Release Date: October 18, 1991
- Genre: drama
- Distributed by: Orion Pictures Corporation
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