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In July 2003, Connick released his first instrumental album in fifteen years, Other Hours Connick on Piano Volume 1.

It was released on Branford Marsalis's new label Marsalis Music and led to a short tour of nightclubs and small theaters.

Connick appeared in the film Basic.

In October 2003, he released his second Christmas album, Harry for the Holidays, which went gold and reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

He also had a television special on NBC featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Marc Anthony and Kim Burrell.

Only You, his seventeenth album for Columbia Records, was released in February 2004.

A collection of 1950s and 1960s ballads, Only You, went Top Ten on both sides of the Atlantic and was certified gold in the United States in March 2004.

The Only You tour with big band went on in America, Australia and a short trip to Asia.

Harry for the Holidays was certified platinum in November 2004.

A music DVD Harry Connick Jr. — " Only You " in Concert was released in March 2004, after it had first aired as a Great Performances special on PBS.

The special won him an Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction.

The DVD received a Gold & Platinum Music Video — Long Form awards from the RIAA in November 2005.