Harry Connick, Jr.

Harry Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is a singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian. His music encompasses jazz, some of it very much in the style of the crooners of the 1940s and early '50s, funk and blues. His father, Harry Connick, Sr., was district attorney of New Orleans for 27 years. He married model Jill Goodacre in 1994.

When Harry Met Sally—chart and movie success

With Connick's growing reputation, director Rob Reiner asked him to provide a soundtrack for his 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. The soundtrack consisted of several standards, including "It Had to Be You", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", and achieved double-platinum status in the United States. He won his first Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance for his work on the soundtrack.

Related Topics:
Rob Reiner - 1989 - Romantic comedy - Meg Ryan - Billy Crystal - Grammy

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Connick made his screen debut in Memphis Belle (1990), about a B-17 bomber crew in World War II. In that year, he began a two-year world tour. Not content with that, he released two albums in July 1990: the jazz trio album Lofty's Roach Souffle and another album of standards titled We Are in Love, which also went double platinum. We Are in Love earned him his second consecutive Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal.

Related Topics:
1990 - B-17

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Promise Me You'll Remember", his contribution to the Godfather III soundtrack, was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. In a year of recognition, he was also nominated for an Emmy for Best Performance in a Variety Special for his PBS special Swingin' Out Live, which was also released as a video. In October 1991, he released his third consecutive multi-platinum album, Red Light, Blue Light, on which he wrote and arranged the songs. In October 1991, he starred in Little Man Tate, directed by Jodie Foster, playing the friend of a child prodigy who goes to college.

Related Topics:
Godfather III - Academy Award - Golden Globe - 1991 - Emmy - PBS - Jodie Foster

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry Connick, Jr., was arrested in 1992 and charged with having a 9mm pistol in his possession at JFK International Airport. After spending a day in jail, he agreed to make a public-service television commercial warning against breaking gun laws. The court agreed to drop all charges if Connick stayed out of trouble for six months.

Related Topics:
1992 - JFK International Airport

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

In November 1992, Connick released 25, a solo piano collection of standards that again went platinum. He also re-released the album 11. Harry Connick, Jr., 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.

Related Topics:
Sleepless in Seattle - 1993

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~