- Gave up smoking at the insistence of Mel Tormé.
- Because of his style of singing, so similar to Frank Sinatra, he was given the nickname "The Vice-Chairman of the Board". Sinatra had nothing but praise for Connick, and referred to him simply as The Kid.
- In the New York Big Band Concert video, Harry changes the lyrics of the song "It Had to Be You" from "I Love You Still" to "I Love You Jill", which is his wife's name, Jill Goodacre.
- While still in school, he began taking classes at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts with renown New Orleans pianist Ellis Marsalis, father of famous jazz musicians Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason.
- Mother, Anita Frances Livingston (nee Levy), a Louisiana Supreme Court justice, passed away when Harry was 13 years old.
- Three daughters: Georgia Connick (b. 1996), Kate Connick (b. September 1997) and Charlotte Connick (b. June 26, 2002).
- Father, Harry Connick Sr., was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish (New Orleans), a position he was elected to when Harry was a toddler and served for twenty-nine years until he retired in 2003.
- Attended Jesuit High School, an all-boys school in New Orleans.
- Son of Harry Connick Sr., recently retired New Orleans District Attorney.
- Was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "The Pajama Game".
- Having grown up in New Orleans, Harry founded a Mardi Gras krewe in 1993. "orpheus" is the first New Orleans krewe to include male and female members of all races.
- Actually, his first album was titled "Harry Connick, Jr., Eleven", on Columbia Records and was produced when he was 11 years old.
- In 1973, his father, Harry Connick Sr., beat Jim Garrison for the position of Orleans Parish District Attorney. This was the same Jim Garrison who launched the investigation concerning the Kennedy assassination, and who is featured in Oliver Stone's film, JFK (1991).
- On his father's side, Harry is of Irish, English, and German descent. Harry's maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Minsk, Russia, and Vienna, Austria, respectively.
- Opened in the previews of the Broadway musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" at the St. James Theatre in New York City on November 12, 2011.
- Harry was voted "Best Dressed" in the September 14, 1998 issue of People magazine.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 24, 2019.
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 42. (1990)
- His father , New Orleans District Attorney, mother a judge.
- Maried underwear model Jill Goodacre in 1994.
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