20 (Harry Connick Jr. album)

1988 studio album by Harry Connick Jr.

Studio album by

Harry Connick Jr.

Released| November 1, 1988
Recorded| May 4–5 and June 28–29, 1988
Studio| RCA, New York City
Genre| Solo piano
Length| 41:27
Label| Columbia
Producer| Kevin Blancq,
George Butler
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
| Harry Connick Jr.
(1987)  | 20
(1988)  | When Harry Met Sally...
(1989)

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Allmusic| [1]

20 is an album by American singer and pianist Harry Connick Jr. It was recorded when Connick was 20 years old, and released in 1988. It is his second album from Columbia Records, but his first album with vocal (on 6 of 11 tracks), from the label. As with the eponymous album that preceded it, Connick dedicated 20 "to the memory of my loving mother, Anita Connick."

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Avalon"|

* Vincent Rose
* Al Jolson
* Buddy De Sylva

| 3:40
2.| "Blue Skies"| Irving Berlin| 3:45
3.| "Imagination"|

* Johnny Burke
* Jimmy Van Heusen

| 4:24
4.| "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"|

* Eddie DeLange
* Louis Alter

| 5:17
5.| "Basin Street Blues"| Spencer Williams| 2:59
6.| "Lazy River"|

* Hoagy Carmichael
* Sidney Arodin

| 3:34
7.| "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"|

* Sidney Clare
* Sam H. Stept

| 2:35
8.| "Stars Fell on Alabama"|

* Mitchell Parish
* Frank Perkins

| 4:49
9.| "S'Wonderful"|

* George Gershwin
* Ira Gershwin

| 3:00
10.| "If I Only Had a Brain"|

* Harold Arlen
* Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg

| 3:21
11.| "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"|

* Duke Ellington
* Bob Russell

| 4:03
Total length:| 41:27

## Musicians

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* Harry Connick Jr. – Vocals (track #3 "Imagination", #4 "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans", #5 "Basin Street Blues", #7 "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", #10 "If I Only Had a Brain", #11 "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"), piano
* Carmen McRae – Vocals on track #7 "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
* Dr. John – Organ, vocals on track #4 "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"
* Robert Leslie Hurst III – Bass on track #11 "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"

## Charts

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* 1989 Top Jazz Albums # 6 [2]
* 1991 The Billboard 200 # 133 [2]

## Certification

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[3] | Platinum  | 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ a b "Harry Connick Jr. chart history". billboard.com.
3. ^ "American album certifications – Harry Connick Jr – 20". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

## External links

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* When Harry Met Stardom Bill Beuttler (American Way, August 1, 1990)

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Harry Connick Jr.

Vocal albums|

* 20 (1988)
* We Are in Love (1990)
* Blue Light, Red Light (1991)
* 25 (1992)
* When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993)
* She (1994)
* Star Turtle (1996)
* To See You (1997)
* Come by Me (1999)
* 30 (2001)
* Songs I Heard (2001)
* Harry for the Holidays (2003)
* Only You (2004)
* Oh, My NOLA (2007)
* What a Night! (2008)
* Your Songs (2009)

Instrumental albums|

* Dixieland Plus (1977)
* Pure Dixieland (1979)
* Harry Connick Jr. (1987)
* Lofty's Roach Souffle (1990)
* Other Hours (2003)
* Occasion (2005)
* Chanson du Vieux Carré (2007)

Soundtrack albums|

* When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Compilation albums|

* Forever for Now
* It Had to Be You

Cast recordings|

* Thou Shalt Not (2002)
* Harry on Broadway, Act I (2006)

Home media|

* Singin' & Swingin' (1990)
* Swinging Out Live (1991)
* The New York Big Band Concert (1993)
* The Christmas Special (1994)
* Harry for the Holidays (2003)
* Only You: In Concert (2004)
* A Duo Occasion (2005)
* In Concert on Broadway (2011)

Musicals|

* Thou Shalt Not (2001)

Tours|

* My New Orleans Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Songs
* Musicians' Village
* Krewe of Orpheus
* Jill Goodacre
* Harry Connick Sr.

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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