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[[Image:Tiefer Graben Vienna Sept. 2006 006.jpg|thumb|250px|Die ''Hohe Brücke'' in Vienna]]
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The '''Hohe Brücke''' ("High Bridge") is a bridge across the Tiefer Graben ("Deep Ditch") in [[Innere Stadt]], [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. It links the two parts of Wipplingerstraße, which used to be separated by a brook.
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = What a Night! <br>A Christmas Album
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Harry Connick, Jr.]]
| Cover = What a Night! A Christmas Album (Harry Connick, Jr.).jpg
| Released = {{flagicon|US}} [[November 4]], [[2008]]
| Recorded = 2008
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| Label = [[Sony Records|Sony]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
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| Last album = '''''[[Oh, My NOLA]]'''''<br />(2007)
| This album = '''''What a Night! A Christmas Album'''''<br />(2008)
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For a long time there has been a [[lottery]] next to the bridge, and many people in Vienna remember their old [[advertising]] slogan, ''Über die Hohe Brücke führt der Weg zum Glücke'' ("Across the High Bridge leads the path to luck").
'''''What a Night! A Christmas Album''''', by [[United States|American]] singer, pianist and bandleader [[Harry Connick, Jr.]], is scheduled for release in Winter 2008.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/What-Night-Christmas-Album-Connick/dp/B001EYGOHE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1221751584&sr=1-2 What a Night! A Christmas Album], [[Amazon.com]]</ref> It will be his third Christmas album, since 1993's ''[[When My Heart Finds Christmas]]'' and 2003's ''[[Harry for the Holidays]]''. Also this album consist of new recordings of Christmas classics, and new songs written by Connick.<ref>[http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SONCD37020 Harry Connick, Jr/What a Night! A Christmas Album], elusivedisc.com</ref>


The current bridge was designed by [[Josef Hackhofer]] and built in 1903-04.
The first public mentioning of recording the album, came in an interview in [[The Times-Picayune]] in June 2008.<ref>[http://blog.nola.com/davewalker/2008/06/harry_connick_blog_take_w_audi.html Harry Connick Jr.'s new Lifetime movie raises money for breast cancer research], [[The Times-Picayune]], [[June 22]], [[2008]]</ref>

The album was first called ''Christmas Day'', but the title was changed in September 2008, to ''What a Night! A Christmas Album''.

The track "Song for the Hopeful", is a duet with [[Kim Burrell]]. The song was written by Connick for the 2008 television film ''[[Living Proof (film)|Living Proof]]''.<ref>[http://music.barnesandnoble.com/What-a-Night-A-Christmas-Album/Harry-Connick-Jr/e/886973702048/?itm=5 What a Night! A Christmas Album], [[Barnes & Noble]]</ref> Burell is also featured on "Let There Be Peace On Earth".

Connick has three daughters with his wife [[Jill Goodacre]], and their middle daughter Sarah Kate, sings a duet with him on the track "[[Winter Wonderland]]".<ref name=earthtimes>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/harry-connick-jr-celebrates-the,567043.shtml Harry Connick, Jr. Celebrates the Holidays With Seasonal Favorites and New Songs on 'What A Night! - A Christmas Album'], The Earth Times, [[October 6]], [[2008]]</ref>

When the track list was first announced, the songs "Christmas Time is Here" and "Trinity", was part of the album. In early October, those two tracks were replaced with three new tracks: "[[Christmas Day (disambiguation)|Christmas Day]]", "[[Auld Lang Syne]]", and an instrumental version of "[[Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies]]".<ref name=earthtimes/>

Connick and his band is scheduled to begin A Holiday Celebration Tour in November 2008. One of their stops include the annual lighting of the [[Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree]].

==Track listing==
#"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" ([[Edward Pola]], [[George Wyle]])
#"What A Night!" ([[Harry Connick, Jr.]])
#"[[Christmas Day (disambiguation)|Christmas Day]]" ([[Harry Connick, Jr.|Connick]])
#"[[Holly Jolly Christmas]]" ([[Johnny Marks]])
#"[[Please Come Home for Christmas]]" ([[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]], Gene Redd)
#"[[O Come All Ye Faithful]]" (traditional)
#"[[Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy]]" ([[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]])
#"Let There Be Peace On Earth" (Sy Miller, Jill Jackson) – feat. [[Kim Burrell]]
#"[[Winter Wonderland]]" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – feat. Sarah Kate Connick
#"[[It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas]]" ([[Meredith Willson]])
#"Santariffic" ([[Harry Connick, Jr.|Connick]]) – feat. [[Lucien Barbarin]]
#"[[Jingle Bells]]" ([[James Pierpont (musician)|James Lord Pierpont]])
#"Zat You Santa Claus" (Jack Fox)
#"[[We Three Kings]]" (Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr.)
#"Song for the Hopeful" ([[Harry Connick, Jr.|Connick]]) – feat. [[Kim Burrell]]
#"[[Auld Lang Syne]]" (traditional)


===Barnes & Noble Exclusive Version===
#<li value=17>"Christmas Time is Here"
#[[Deck the Halls]]
#[[O Christmas Tree]]
#Holiday interview with Harry
#Photo gallery
#(It Must Have Been) Ol’ Santa Claus
#[[I Pray on Christmas]]
#[[The Happy Elf (song)|The Happy Elf]]

==Tour==
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| last_tour = [[My New Orleans Tour]]<br><small>(2007-2008)</small>
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A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008, is a concert tour to support the album. The tour was confirmed by the official Harry Connick, Jr. website in September 2008.

So far, per September 26, the official website has announced a partial list, which contains 17 concert dates.

===Tour dates (incomplete)===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! width="170" rowspan="1"| Date
! width="140" rowspan="1"| City
! width="140" rowspan="1"| Country
! width="220" rowspan="1"| Venue
|-
|- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| colspan=5 align=center | '''North America'''
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
|-
|align="center"|[[November 18]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Louisville, KY]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[The Louisville Palace|Palace Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates">{{cite web|url=https://www.harryconnickjr.com/tours/|title=Harry Connick, Jr. – Tour Dates &amp; Info|accessdate=2008-10-26|work=A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008|publisher=harryconnickjr.com}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|[[November 19]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Cincinnati, OH]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Taft Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[November 20]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Columbus, OH]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Ohio Theatre (Columbus)|Ohio Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[November 21]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Charleston, WV]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Clay Center (West Virginia)|Clay Center]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[November 22]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Cleveland, OH]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[State Theater (Cleveland)|State Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[November 28]] [[2008]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[New York, NY]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[United States]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[New York City Center|City Center Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[November 29]] [[2008]]
|-
|align="center"|[[December 4]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Newark, NJ]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 5]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Atlantic City, NJ]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Borgata|Borgata Event Center]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 7]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[St. Louis, MO]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Fox Theatre (St. Louis)|Fox Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 9]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Minneapolis, MN]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Orpheum Theatre (Minneapolis)|Orpheum Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 10]] [[2008]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Chicago, IL]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[United States]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Chicago Theatre|Chicago Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 11]] [[2008]]
|-
|align="center"|[[December 12]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Milwaukee, WI]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Riverside Theater]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 14]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Nashville, TN]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Ryman Auditorium]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 16]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Atlanta, GA]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|[[Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 17]] [[2008]]
|align="center"|[[Durham, NC]]
|align="center"|[[United States]]
|align="center"|Durham Performing Arts Center<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 19]] [[2008]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Boston, MA]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[United States]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Colonial Theatre]]<ref name="concertdates" />
|-
|align="center"|[[December 20]] [[2008]]
|}


==References==
==References==
* [http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.h/h029896.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en AEIOU | Hohe Brücke]
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==External links==
*[http://www.harryconnickjr.com/ Harry Connick, Jr.'s official website]
*[http://www.hconnickjr.com/ Harry Connick, Jr.'s official Sony BMG Music page]



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Die Hohe Brücke in Vienna

The Hohe Brücke ("High Bridge") is a bridge across the Tiefer Graben ("Deep Ditch") in Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria. It links the two parts of Wipplingerstraße, which used to be separated by a brook.

For a long time there has been a lottery next to the bridge, and many people in Vienna remember their old advertising slogan, Über die Hohe Brücke führt der Weg zum Glücke ("Across the High Bridge leads the path to luck").

The current bridge was designed by Josef Hackhofer and built in 1903-04.

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