Harry Connick, Jr.

Only a few of Connick's versions of these numbers were actually heard in the movie, but the crooner rightly became a star with this Sinatra-style exploration of the Great American Songbook. So many romantic comedies since have ripped off the feel and music of this delightful film that you may have forgotten just how good it is.

In retrospect, it seems utterly ludicrous that Harry Connick Jr.'s debut album consisted
solely of instrumentals. Not that the twenty-one-year-old's piano playing isn't worthy. In
fact, it's breathtaking, dexterously jumping from Professor Longhair-style boogie-woogie to
Thelonious Monklike syncopated moodiness. But as his charming, charismatic live
performances demonstrate, the New Orleans-born Connick is more than just a k... More >