Connick, Jr., was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

His father, Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Sr., was the district attorney of Orleans Parish from 1973 – 2003.

Connick, Jr .' s mother, who died from ovarian cancer, was Jewish ( her parents had immigrated from Minsk, Russia the capital of Belarus and Vienna, Austria ).

When Connick, Jr., was nine years old, he performed the Piano Concerto No. 3 Opus 37 of Beethoven with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra ( now the Louisiana Philharmonic ), and later played a duet with Eubie Blake at the Royal Orleans Esplanade Lounge in New Orleans.

The clip was also shown in a Bravo special, called Worlds of Harry Connick, Jr. in 1999.

His first record for the label, Harry Connick Jr., was a mainly instrumental album of standards.

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.

Another album from Marsalis Music was recorded in 2005, Occasion: Connick on Piano, Volume 2, a duo album with Harry Connick, Jr. on piano together with Branford Marsalis on saxophone.

A third album in the Connick on Piano series, Chanson du Vieux Carré was released in 2007, and Connick received two Grammy nominations for the track " Ash Wednesday ", for the Grammy awards in 2008.

Connick did the arrangements for, wrote a couple of songs, and sang a duet on Kelli O ' Hara's album that was released in May 2008.

The film New in Town starring Connick and Renée Zellweger, began filming in January 2008, and was released in January 2009.

Connick, Jr. was also thrilled to learn he'd be playing an executive assistant district attorney on Law & Order: SVU, because the role gives him the chance to act like his father, who was district attorney of New Orleans, LA for 30 years.

He even mentions his father was excited that he get the role of EADA Haden and Connick, Jr. mentions his father was the district attorney in New Orleans, and as he played Haden, he has something else to share with his father ; he also mentions his mother was a judge and his father wanted him in more courtroom scenes on the show.

On September 6, 2005, Connick was made honorary chair of Habitat for Humanity's Operation Home Delivery, a long-term rebuilding plan for families victimized by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast.

The When Harry Met Sally ... soundtrack album features American singer and pianist Harry Connick, Jr .. Bobby Colomby, the drummer for Blood, Sweat & Tears, was a friend of Reiner's and recommended Harry Connick, Jr., giving the director a tape of the musician's music.

It was released on DVD for the first time on January 9, 2001, and included an audio commentary by Reiner, a 35-minute " Making Of " documentary featuring interviews with Reiner, Ephron, Crystal, and Ryan, seven deleted scenes, and a music video for " It Had To Be You " by Harry Connick, Jr. A Collector's Edition DVD was released on January 15, 2008, including a new audio commentary with Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal, eight deleted scenes, all new featurettes ( It All Started Like This, Stories Of Love, When Rob Met Billy, Billy On Harry, I Love New York, What Harry Meeting Sally Meant, So Can Men And Women Really Be Friends?

American performer Harry Connick, Jr. was one of the guest judges and objected to the act, stating that he believed it was offensive to African-Americans, and gave the troupe a score of zero.

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.

In October 2001, he again released two albums: Songs I Heard, featuring big band re-workings of children's show themes, and 30, featuring Connick on piano with guest appearances by several other musical artists.

Songs I Heard won Connick another Grammy for best traditional pop album and he toured performing songs from the album, holding matinees at which each parent had to be accompanied by a child.

Bug, a film directed by William Friedkin, is a psychological thriller filmed in 2005, starring Connick, Ashley Judd, and Michael Shannon.

The soundtrack consists of standards performed by Harry Connick, Jr., with a big band and orchestra arranged by Marc Shaiman.

The soundtrack consists of standards performed by Harry Connick, Jr., with a big band and orchestra arranged by Marc Shaiman.

Arrangements and orchestrations on " It Had to Be You ", " Where or When ", " I Could Write a Book ", and " But Not for Me " are by Connick and Shaiman.

The music in the film is performed by various artists, such as Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, and Harry Connick, Jr ..

* Part of the film Bug ( 2007 ) directed by William Friedkin, starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon and Harry Connick, Jr., was filmed in Olancha.

Versions have been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra ( Recorded in New York City on February 1, 1947 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-2016B and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 5968 ), Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Jan Garber, Fumio Nanri, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Connie Francis, Jean Sablon, Keely Smith, Terumasa Hino, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Olavi Virta, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Earl Grant, Willie Nelson, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, George Benson, Mina, Ken Hirai, Los Hombres Calientes and many others.

The perjury charge was eventually dropped by Garrison's successor Harry Connick, Sr.

#" A Wink and a Smile " by Harry Connick, Jr. – 4: 08

Among the distinctions of the Cathedral of Hope are the representation of distinctly Reformed themes in statuary created by John Angel ( sculptor ) and Charles Connick designed stained glass.

In the same year, Garrison was defeated for reelection as district attorney by Harry Connick, Sr. On April 15, 1978, Garrison won a special election over a Republican candidate, Thomas F. Jordan, for a state Circuit Court of Appeals judgeship, a position that he held until his death.

Einstürzende Neubauten can be recognized by their Prince-esque logo, which has been subliminally fused into several mainstream American movies ( such as a tattoo in the movie Bug, directed by William Friedkin, starring Harry Connick Jr .) Their sound resembles primitive banging of pots and pans and screaming rants in German about the Russian " famine.

Dolphin Tale, directed by Charles Martin Smith, starring Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, and Kris Kristofferson, is based on the real-life story of the dolphin Winter, who was rescued from a crab trap in December 2005 and lost her tail, but has learned to swim with a prosthetic one.

In November 1992 Connick released 25, a solo piano collection of standards that again went platinum.

She directed one of Harry Connick, Jr .' s live performance videos ( The New York Big Band Concert ) in 1992, and she appears in several of his music videos.

* Eleven ( Harry Connick, Jr. album ), 1992

For his 1997 release To See You, Connick recorded original love songs, touring the United States and Europe with a full symphony orchestra backing him and his piano in each city.

In March 2001, Connick starred in a television production of South Pacific with Glenn Close, televised on the ABC network.

An animated holiday special, The Happy Elf, aired on NBC in December 2005, with Connick as the composer, the narrator, and one of the executive producers.

On January 6, 2012, NBC president Robert Greenblatt announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that Harry Connick, Jr. had been cast in a four-episode arc of NBC's long-running legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as new Executive ADA, David Haden, a dedicated, straight-shooting prosecutor who is assigned a case with Detective Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ).

Reviews for Connick and his first SVU episode were fairly positive, TV Guide " cheered " Harry Connick Jr. for " getting in tune " with Law & Order: SVU.

SVU show runner / executive producer Warren Leight has said to TV Guide ; it's possible Connick, Jr. will be with the show after his initial four-episode arc.

Habitat for Humanity and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Connick and Branford Marsalis announced December 6, 2005, plans for a Musicians ' Village in New Orleans.

The show and the group later apologized to Connick, with the troupe leader of Indian descent stating that the skit was not intended to be offensive or racist.

He was co-starring as Hines in a revival of The Pajama Game with Harry Connick, Jr. at the American Airlines Theatre in the first half of 2006.

In 2011, he co-starred with Harry Connick, Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble in Dolphin Tale.