{"id":90332,"date":"2020-09-11T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=90332"},"modified":"2020-09-11T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T17:42:59","slug":"profile-of-the-day-harry-connick-jr-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-harry-connick-jr-3-90332.html","title":{"rendered":"Profile of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy birthday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Harry-Connick-Jr\/6000000015935082444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Harry Connick, Jr.<\/a>! Today the singer turns 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/connickjr-2-600x361.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/connickjr-2-600x361.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/connickjr-2-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/connickjr-2-768x462.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/connickjr-2.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:10px\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Image: Harry Connick, Jr. \/ bg_nh2014, Wikimedia Commons<\/em> <em>(CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. was born on September 11, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana. From an early age, Connick exhibited a talent for music. He learned the piano at the age of 3 and began performing publicly by the age of 5. He learned to develop his talents under the tutelage of Jazz musicians <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ellis Marsalis (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Ellis-Marsalis-Jr\/6000000042470184436\" target=\"_blank\">Ellis Marsalis<\/a> and James Booker, who gave Connick piano lessons as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1989, he got his big break when he was asked to provide the soundtrack for the romantic comedy, <em>When Harry Met<\/em> <em>Sally<\/em>. The film and the soundtrack were a huge success and earned Connick his first Grammy Award. He has since sold over 30 million albums worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his music, Connick has taken on roles on the big and small screens, including a recurring role\u00a0on the television show\u00a0<em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em> and 3 years as a judge on\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore Harry Connick, Jr.&#8217;s family tree on Geni and share how you&#8217;re connected to the singer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Harry-Connick-Jr\/6000000015935082444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"View Harry Connick, Jr.'s Geni Profile (opens in a new tab)\">View Harry Connick, Jr.&#8217;s Geni Profile<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> iframe{ border: 1px solid #999; } <\/style>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/family-tree\/index\/profile-34626713505?minimal=1\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy birthday to Harry Connick, Jr.! Today the singer turns 53. Image: Harry Connick, Jr. \/ bg_nh2014, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. was born on September 11, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana. From an early age, Connick exhibited a talent for music. He learned the piano at the age of 3 and began performing publicly by the age of 5. He learned to develop his talents under the tutelage of&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/profile-of-the-day-harry-connick-jr-3-90332.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":106598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4993],"class_list":["post-90332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profile-of-the-day","tag-harry-connick-jr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106599,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90332\/revisions\/106599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}