| Harry for the Holidays | |||||
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| Studio album by Harry Connick, Jr. | |||||
| Released | October 28, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, May 13-22, 2003 |
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| Genre | Christmas, Big Band/ Orchestra |
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| Length | 1 hour 8 min | ||||
| Label | Sony/Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Tracey Freeman | ||||
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Harry for the Holidays is American artist Harry Connick, Jr.'s second Christmas album, released in 2003. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The hour (symbol h) is a unit of Time. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI Minutes also known as protocols are the instant written record of a Meeting or hearing. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, Other Hours: Connick On Piano Volume 1 is a Jazz instrumental album by American artist Harry Connick Jr Only You is Harry Connick Jr 's 17th album from Columbia Records, released in February 2004 consisting of versions of songs from the 1920s to the 1960s The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, The album features Connick and his 16 piece Big Band and a full string section. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs Connick's album was the top selling Christmas album of 2003, and was certified platinum in November 2004.
A "Harry For The Holidays" television special, aired on NBC December 23, 2003. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city The TV special was released on DVD October 19, 2004. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. The special features Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Marc Anthony and Kim Burrell. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Joseph “Nathan” Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a two-time Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor of the stage and screen Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16 1968 is an American singer/songwriter/actor of Puerto Rican descent popular in Latin America for his Salsa music Kimberly Burrell Wiley is an American gospel singer from Houston TX.
Among Harry Connick, Jr. 's own compositions is a duet with country singer George Jones on "Nothing New for New Year. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931 in Saratoga Texas) is an award-winning American Country music singer known for his long list of " This was one of the highlights of the album for Connick: "George Jones is my favorite singer and I was quite surprised and honored that he said yes," Connick said in 2003. "I think he's the most soulful country singer probably of all time. "
An animated TV Christmas special "The Happy Elf", aired December 2, 2005 on NBC, and was released on DVD. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists writers and weavers of folklore The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special which first aired December 2 2005 on the NBC television network in the USA Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The special is based on Connick's original song, "The Happy Elf". When asked about the song in 2003, Connick said, "'The Happy Elf' is another kid's song that came from thinking about how cool it would be to work in Santa's [work]shop. "
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The album was also released as a DualDisc, with the DVD side containing both Dolby Digital 5. DualDisc is a type of double-sided Optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG 1 surround sound mixes and high quality LPCM (better than CD) versions of the album's 16 tracks. Linear pulse code modulation ( LPCM) is a method of encoding audio information digitally Also included are excerpts from the above-mentioned network special; with performances of 6 songs, including his own "It Must Have Been Ol' Santa Claus" as well as a version of "Blue Christmas" (made famous, as Connick notes before the performance, by Elvis Presley during his 1970 comeback special). " Blue Christmas " is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W An interview with Connick and a trailer for The Happy Elf are also included. The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special which first aired December 2 2005 on the NBC television network in the USA
Nothing New For New Year