Harry Connick, Jr.

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer, musician, and actor. He has sold over 28160 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top160 60 bestselling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16160 million in certified sales. He has had seven top160US albums, and ten numberone US jazz albums, earning more numberone albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history.

Harry Connick Jr. was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother, Anita Frances , was a lawyer and judge in New Orleans and, later, a Louisiana Supreme Court justice. His father, Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Sr., was the district attorney of Orleans Parish from 1973 to 2003. His parents also owned a record store. Connicks father is a Catholic of Irish, English, and German ancestry. Connicks mother, who died from ovarian cancer, was Jewish . Connick has a sister, Suzanna the siblings were raised in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. Connick is a first cousin of both Jefferson Parish District Attorney, Paul Connick, and State Representative Patrick Connick .

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