Harry Connick Junior

Harry Connick junior (2010)

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American musician and actor . His music style includes jazz , pop , funk and blues .

Life

He won his first Grammy for working on the soundtrack for Harry and Sally .

He made his actor debut in the film Memphis Belle in 1990. The film is about a bomber crew during the Second World War . He also played Justin Matisse in the film A Second Chance with Sandra Bullock and Daniel Connelly in PS Ich liebe dich .

Filmography (selection)

• 1990: Memphis Belle
• 1991: Little Man Tate (Little Man Tate)
• 1995: Copykill (Copycat)
• 1996: Independence Day
• 1997: Excess Baggage
• 1998: A Second Chance (Hope Floats)
• 1999: Wayward Son
• 1999: The Giant from Space , voice (The Iron Giant)
• 2000: Mein Hund Skip (My Dog Skip)
• 2000: The Simian Line
• 2001: Life Without Dick (Life Without Dick)
• 2002–2006: Will & Grace (TV series)
• 2003: Basic - Behind every lie a truth (Basic)
• 2004: Mickey
• 2005: The Happy Elf
• 2006: bug
• 2007: PS I Love You (PS, I Love You)
• 2008: Living Proof
• 2009: New in Town
• 2011: My Friend the Dolphin (Dolphin Tale)
• 2012: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• 2013: My Neighbor Santa Claus (Angels Sing)
• 2014: My friend the dolphin 2
• 2017: Kevin Can Wait

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1977	Dixieland Plus	-	-
1978	Eleven	-	-
1987	Harry Connick Jr.	-	US- gold US
1989	When Harry Met Sally	-	US42 × 2 Double platinum (122 weeks)US	Grammy ; Soundtrack
1990	We are in love	UK7th gold (46 weeks)UK	US22nd × 2 Double platinum (96 weeks)US	grammy
	Lofty's Roach Souffle	-	US94 (11 weeks) US	Harry Connick, Jr. Trio (Harry Connick Jr., Benjamin Wolfe , Shannon Powell )
1991	20th	UK- gold UK	US133 platinum (44 weeks)US	Re-release, recorded in 1987
	Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There)	UK16 (11 weeks) UK	US17th × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)US
1992	25th	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	US19th platinum (18 weeks)US
1993	Forever for Now	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	-
	When My Heart Finds Christmas	-	US13 × 3 Triple platinum (10 weeks)US	Christmas album
1994	She	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	US16 platinum (33 weeks)US
1996	Star Turtle	-	US38 gold (12 weeks)US
1997	To see you	-	US53 gold (15 weeks)US
1999	Come by me	-	US36 gold (13 weeks)US	with Mike Smith
2001	Songs I Heard	-	US88 (4 weeks) US	grammy
	30th	-	US94 (4 weeks) US	recorded in 1997
2002	Thou Shalt Not	-	-
2003	Harry for the Holidays	-	US12 platinum (12 weeks)US	Christmas album
2004	Only you	UK6th gold (7 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (23 weeks)US
2006	Harry On Broadway, Act I / The Pajama Game	-	US97 (2 weeks) US	with 2006 Broadway Cast Recording
2007	Oh, my nola	-	US11 (8 weeks) US
	My New Orleans	UK63 (1 week) UK	-
2008	What a night! A Christmas album	-	US20 (17 weeks) US	Christmas album
2009	Your songs	UK28 (5 weeks) UK	US8 (21 weeks) US
2011	In Concert On Broadway	-	US76 (2 weeks) US	Christmas album
	Music from 'The Happy Elf'	-	-	Christmas album
2012	Every Man Should Know	-	US33 (5 weeks) US
2015	That would be me	-	US47 (2 weeks) US
2019	True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US77 (1 week) US

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1990	Recipe for Love	UK86 (2 weeks) UK	-
1991	We are in love	UK62 (5 weeks) UK	-
	It had to be you	UK32 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Blue light red light	UK54 (3 weeks) UK	-
1994	(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name	UK83 (1 week) UK	US67 (20 weeks) US

Video albums

• 1990: Singin 'and Swingin' (US:gold)
• 1991: Swinging Out Live (US:platinum)
• 1993: The New York Big Band Concert (US:gold)
• 2004: Only You - In Concert (US:platinum)

Awards and nominations

• 1989 Grammy Winner : Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a Male, Harry and Sally ( en. When Harry Met Sally ... )
• 1990 Grammy : Winner : Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a Male, We Are in Love
• 1990 Grammy: Nomination: Best Instrumental Composition, "One Last Pitch (Take 2)" - Harry Connick, Jr. & Joe Livingston
• 1990 Grammy: Nomination: Best Instrumental Arrangement w / Vocals, "Recipe For Love" - ​​Harry Connick, Jr. & Mark Shaiman
• 1990 Oscar : Nomination: Best Song, "Promise Me You'll Remember", Artist: Harry Connick, Jr., Text: John Bettis, Music: Carmine Coppola
• 1991 Emmy : Nomination: Best Performance in a Variety Special, Swingin 'Out Live
• 1991 Golden Globe : Nomination: Best Original Song, "Promise Me You'll Remember", Artist: Harry Connick, Jr., Text: John Bettis, Music: Carmine Coppola
• 1992 Grammy: Nomination: Best Traditional Pop Performance, Blue Light, Red Light
• 1992 Grammy: Nomination: Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocals, "Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There)"
• 1999 Grammy: Nomination: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, Come by Me
• 2001 Grammy : Winner : Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Songs I Heard
• 2002 Tony : Nomination: Best Original Musical Score, Thou Shalt Not
• 2004 Emmy: Winner : Outstanding Music Direction, Harry Connick, Jr .: “Only You” In Concert
• 2004 Grammy: Nomination: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Only You
• 2006 Tony: Nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, The Pajama Game
• 2006 Grammy: Nomination: Best Musical Show Album, The Pajama Game (CD1)
• 2008 Grammy: Nomination: Best Instrumental Composition - "Ash Wednesday"
• 2008 Grammy: Nomination: Best Instrumental Arrangement - "Ash Wednesday"
• 2010 Grammy: Nomination: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - "Your Songs"

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK charts US charts
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US UK

Web links

Commons : Harry Connick, Jr.  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Harry Connick Jr. in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Review ´for Occasion at JazzEcho
• Official website ( English )