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Not everybody gets to record with an orchestra, and not everybody that gets to record with an orchestra gets to write all their own stuff.
Harry Connick, Jr.
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Harry Connick, Jr.
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 11
Actor
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Jazz Musician
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New Orleans
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Harry Connick
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr.
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