Harry Connick, Jr
Harry Connick Jr.
@Singers, Family and Childhood
Sep 11, 1967
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: September 11, 1967
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Singers, Jewish Singers, Millionaires, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Pianists, Conductors, Pop Singers, Jazz Singers
- City/State: Louisiana
- Spouses: Jill Goodacre
- Siblings: Suzanna
- Known as: Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr. born at
New Orleans
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Birth Place
On April 16, 1994, Connick married model Jill Goodacre, daughter of Glenna Goodacre. The song “Jill” from “Blue Light, Red Light” is about her. They have three daughters: Georgia Tatum, Sarah Kate and Charlotte.
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Personal Life
Harry Connick, Jr. was born Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. to Anita Levy, a lawyer, judge, and later, a Louisiana Supreme Court justice, and Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Sr., District Attorney of Orleans Parish.
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Childhood & Early Life:
He started learning the keyboard at three. At nine, he performed with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra, and later played a duet with Eubie Blake at the Royal Orleans Esplanade Lounge.
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Childhood & Early Life:
Connick attended Jesuit High School, Isidore Newman School, and Lakeview School. He enhanced his musical talent at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis and James Booker.
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Childhood & Early Life:
Connick studied at Hunter College, and the Manhattan School of Music. Columbia Records persuaded him to sign with them, and brought out “Harry Connick Junior”, an instrumental album, and “20”, featuring his vocals.
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Career
He provided the soundtrack to Rob Reiner’s 1989 romantic comedy, “When Harry Met Sally”. It included “It Had to Be You”, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”.
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Career
He wrote and arranged the songs for “Blue Light, Red Light”, his third consecutive multi-platinum album, released in October 1991. He starred in “Little Man Tate” directed by Jodie Foster.
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Career
His 1993 “When My Heart Finds Christmas” went multi-platinum, and was one of the bestselling Christmas albums in the US. He composed “A Wink and a Smile” to the “Sleepless in Seattle” soundtrack.
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Career
In 1994, he released “She”, an album of New Orleans funk that also went platinum. He also released the song, “(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name”, for the soundtrack of the movie, “The Mask”.
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Career
Connick’s “Promise Me You’ll Remember”, the Godfather III soundtrack, was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. “Swingin Out Live” got him an Emmy nomination for Best Performance.
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Major Works
2003 saw him release “Other Hours: Connick on Piano Volume 1”, his first instrumental album in fifteen years. He also released his second Christmas album, “Harry for the Holidays”, which was later certified platinum.
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Major Works
The album, “Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2”, also featuring Branford Marsalis on saxophone, was recorded in 2005. A music DVD, “A Duo Occasion”, was filmed at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival.
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Major Works