Composer
Harry Connick, Jr.
American musician and actor (born 1967)
b. 1967
27 works in the index
- Born
- 1967
- Birthplace
- New Orleans
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20 U.S. albums, and ten number-one U.S. jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in U.S. jazz chart history as of 2009.
Connick's best-selling album in the United States is his Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993). His highest-charting album is Only You (2004), which reached No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 6 in Britain. He has won three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards. He played Leo Markus, the husband of Grace Adler (played by Debra Messing) on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.
Connick began his acting career playing a tail gunner in the World War II film Memphis Belle (1990). He played a serial killer in Copycat (1995) before being cast as a fighter pilot in the blockbuster Independence Day (1996). Connick's first role as a leading man was in Hope Floats (1998) with Sandra Bullock. He also lent his voice to the animated cult classic The Iron Giant (1999). His first thriller film since Copycat was Basic (2003) with John Travolta. Additionally, he played a violent ex-husband in Bug (2006), and starred in two romantic comedies: P.S. I Love You (2007) with Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, and New in Town (2009) with Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger. In 2011, he appeared in the family film Dolphin Tale as Dr. Clay Haskett and in its 2014 sequel.
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Life and musical career
- Selected occupations
- actor; singer-songwriter; bandleader; composer; conductor; pianist; singer; voice actor; jazz musician; stage actor; television actor; film actor
- Education
- Hunter College; Jesuit High School; Manhattan School of Music; New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA); Boston University Tanglewood Institute; Grace King High School
- Genres
- jazz
- Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction; Theatre World Award; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Official website
- http://www.harryconnickjr.com
- Birth name
- Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr.
- Native languages
- English
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 59272782
- ISNI
- 0000000078394653
- GND ID
- 11932217X
- Library of Congress ID
- n91111521
- MusicBrainz ID
- fd23e684-270f-4507-9cb0-a0e0d7854d16
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Guitar, Voice
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Pop, Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 27
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 8 |
| Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 6 |
| Frosty the Snow Man | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 7 |
| I Wonder as I Wander | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 7 |
| Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 5 |
| The Christmas Waltz | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 5 |
| You Don't Know Me | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| But Not For Me | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 5 |
| The Happy Elf | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 3 |
| I'm Gonna Be The First One | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 4 |
| STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 4 |
| Silent Night | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 3 |
| It Had To Be You | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz, Rock, Pop | 5 |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 2 |
| Autumn In New York | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 2 |
| Mary's Little Boy Child | — | — | — | Piano | Jazz | 1 |
| I Could Write A Book | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Love Is Here To Stay | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Where Or When | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Winter Wonderland | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Nature Boy | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| This Christmas | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| I Come With Love | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Nothin' New For New Year | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Blue Christmas | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Silver Bells | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 59272782. Portrait: bg_nh2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.