Songs I Heard

Infobox Album |
Name = Songs I Heard
Type = studio
Artist = Harry Connick, Jr.


Released = Oct 23, 2001
Recorded = Manhattan Center Studios, NYC, July 23-26, 2001
Genre = Big Band/Orchestra
Length = 58:20
Label = Columbia
Producer = Tracey Freeman
Reviews =
* All Media Guide Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kd8gtq2zpu43 link] |
Last album = 30 (album)
(2001)
This album = Songs I Heard
(2001)
Next album = Thou Shalt Not
(2002)

"Songs I Heard" (2001) is an album by Harry Connick, Jr , with his take on songs from movies he remembers watching as a child. The album features tunes from "Annie", "The Sound of Music", "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", "Mary Poppins", and "The Wizard of Oz". The album is arranged, orchestrated and conducted by Harry Connick Jr.

Winner of the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. "Songs I Heard" was released on the same date as his album "30".

tory

Harry Connick, Jr transforms tunes from classic childhood films into big band songs. He has said about the album, that "It’s a fun record, but it’s definitely for adults". [ [http://www.harryconnickjr.com/discography/detail.asp?id=6 Harry Connick Jr. official website] ]

Connick, in a 2003 interview, gives a comparison between getting children to appreciate music, with getting them to appreciate broccoli. "If you give a kid fast food every day, that’s all they’ll be open to," explains Connick. "If you give them broccoli, they may not like it, but they’ll know it is out there and be open to it. You have to expose kids to music – jazz, classical music, rock and roll – and they’ll be open."cite web|url=http://www.connick.com/hcjr/pages/articles/publications/atlantakids0103.shtml|title=Old Songs Are New Again|first=Brooke|last=Schmidt|year=2003|month=January|publisher=United Parenting Publications Inc.|accessdate=2003]

Track listing

#"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (Richard M. Sherman) – 4:29 (from "Mary Poppins")
#"The Lonely Goatherd" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:20 (from "The Sound of Music")
#"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 2:07 (from "The Wizard of Oz")
#"Maybe" (Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse) – 3:49 (from "Annie")
#"Pure Imagination"/"Candy Man" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 4:21 (from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")
#"Golden Ticket"/"I Want It Now" (Bricusse, Newley) – 3:50 (from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")
#"Oompa Loompa" (Bricusse, Newley) – 3:46 (from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")
#"A Spoonful of Sugar" (M. Sherman) – 5:14 (from "Mary Poppins")
#"Stay Awake" (M. Sherman, B. Sherman) – 2:41 (from "Mary Poppins")
#"Something Was Missing" (Charnin, Strouse) – 4:16 (from "Annie")
#"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Charnin, Strouse) – 2:57 (from "Annie")
#"Over The Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) – 4:15 (from "The Wizard of Oz")
#"The Jitterbug" (Arlen, Harburg) – 3:40 (from "The Wizard of Oz")
#"Merry Old Land of Oz" (Arlen, Harburg) – 2:51 (from "The Wizard of Oz")
#"Edelweiss" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:27 (from "The Sound of Music")
#"Do-Re-Mi" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 4:15 (from "The Sound of Music")

Musicians

*Harry Connick Jr. - Vocals, Piano
*Big Band/Orchestra

Award

*2001 Grammy Award winner - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
**Harry Connick Jr. (artist)
**Gregg Rubin (engineer)
**Tracey Freeman (producer)

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/39892.html Media Samples at yourmusic.com]