Crooner Week: Harry Connick, Jr. - Did You Know?
by 
Lara on January 22nd, 2008
Opening Harry Connick, Jr. Crooner Week with a list of facts about the Southern crooner…
- Harry’s birthday is on 9/11 (1967). His birth name is Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. and he was born in New Orleans, LA.
- He’s been nicknamed “Vice-Chairman of The Board”. As you may know, Frank Sinatra is “Chairman of The Board”. What an HONOR to be equated! Apparently, Sinatra had nothing but praise for Connick, and referred to him simply as The Kid.
- Gave up smoking at the insistence of fellow crooner, Mel Tormé.
- He’s earned several multi-platinum and gold albums, Grammy, Tony and Emmy awards, Cable Ace, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. He’s got two Grammy nominations in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, winners to be announced February 10th, 2008.
- His film acting debut was as B-17 tail-gunner Clay Busby in Memphis Belle (1990). He played mass-murderer Daryll Lee Cullum in the Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter film Copycat (1995) and Captain Jimmy Wilder (”Let’s kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!”) in Independence Day (1996). He also plays Daniel Connolly in the current in-theaters flick, P.S. I Love You
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