When My Heart Finds Christmas is American artist Harry Connick J. s first Christmas album. Released in 1993, it is among the most popular holiday collections of the past two decades in the United States. Connick Jr composed four songs for the album: "When My Heart Finds Christmas", "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus", "The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day" and "I Pray On Christmas". The other songs are traditional Christmas songs and carols.
New Orleans pianist, singer, and songwriter Harry Connick Jr. has done what many makers of Christmas records strive for but seldom achieve: he's made a Christmas record that sounds convincingly like a '40s period piece and rigorously like a cool, contemporary jazz disc. His powerful, self-written Christmas songs sound like polished standards, and he delivers the whole package with a sassy, vocal economy (with the occasional New Orleans accent) and an orchestral richness that is never indulgent or overwhelming. When My Heart Finds Christmas is a true classic that no lover.
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Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is a Grammy and Emmy-award winning American singer, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales Harry Connick Jr. Connick in 2014. Connick's best-selling album in the United States is his Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993).
Tracklist Hide Credits
1
Sleigh Ride
Written-By – L. Anderson*, M. Parish*
3:44
2
When My Heart Finds Christmas
4:32
3
(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus
Drums – Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste*
4:39
4
The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day
4:40
5
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Written-By – S. Cahn-J. Styne*
2:34
6
The Little Drummer Boy
Drums – Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste*Written-By – H. Simeone*, H. Onorati*, K. Davis*
3:41
7
Ave Maria
Written-By – Franz Schubert, Sir Walter Scott
4:35
8
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
Written-By – B. MacDonald*, L. Jessel*
3:27
9
What Child Is This?
Written-By – Traditional
3:11
10
Christmas Dreaming
Written-By – I. Gordon*, L. Lee*
2:40
11
I Pray On Christmas
3:48
12
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Music By, Lyrics By – Johnny Marks
2:31
13
O Holy Night
Written-By – Traditional
6:45
14
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Written-By – F. Loesser*
4:49
Companies, etc.
Copyright (c)
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Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p)
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Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Manufactured By
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Columbia Records
Recorded At
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Capitol Studios
Mixed At
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Capitol Studios
Mastered At
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Sony Music Studios, New York City
Pressed By
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DADC
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DIDP-080293
Credits
Alto Saxophone [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Brad Leali,
Will Campbell
Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Conductor [Orchestra And Choir], Vocals, Piano
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Harry Connick, Jr.
Art Direction
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Arnold Levine
Baritone Saxophone [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Dave Schumacher
Bassoon
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Michael R. O'Donovan*,
Patricia S. Kindel-Heimerl*
Cello
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J. Antony Cooke*,
Armen Ksajikian,
Barbara Hunter,
Christine Ermacoff,
David Low,
Dennis Karmazyn,
Earl Madison,
Matthew Cooker,
Steve Richards,
Susan Ranney,
Todd Hemmenway
Clarinet
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Debra Lee Canter*,
Gary Gray ,
James M. Canter*
Clarinet [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Louis Ford
Contractor [Children's Chorus Contracted By]
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Carol Lombard
Contractor [Chorus Contracted By]
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Sally Stevens
Contractor [Orchestra Manager]
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Sandy De Crescent
Copyist
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JoAnn Kane Music Service, Inc.*,
Wedo's Music, Inc.
Copyist [Studio]
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Russell Bartmus
Design
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Aimée Macauley
Double Bass [Bass, Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Ben Wolfe
Double Bass [Bass]
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Chris Kollgaard*,
Charles Domanico*,
Drew D. Dembowski*,
Richard Feves,
Steve Edelman,
Susan Ranney,
Timothy Barr*
Drums
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Steve Schaeffer
Engineer [Assistant]
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Bill Smith,
Leslie Ann Jones
Engineer [Post Production]
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Kevin Reeves,
Larry Walsh
Flute
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Geraldine Rotella,
Louise M. Ditullio*,
Sheridon Stokes
Guitar [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Russell Malone
Harp
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Lou Anne Neill,
Marcia Dickstein
Horn
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Brian D. A. O'Connor*,
James W. Thatcher*,
Kurt G. Snyder*,
Steven Becknell*
Management
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Wilkins Management, Inc.
Mastered By
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Vlado Meller
Mixed By
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Gregg Rubin,
Leslie Ann Jones,
Tracey Freeman
Oboe
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Barbara Northcutt,
John Ellis ,
Kathleen T. Robinson
Percussion
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Jerry D. Williams*,
Joe Porcaro,
Larry Bunker
Photography By
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Tim Geaney
Producer
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Tracey Freeman
Recorded By
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Gregg Rubin
Tenor Saxophone [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Ned Goold*,
Jerry Weldon
Trombone
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Alan Kaplan,
Bruce Fowler ,
Charles Loper,
Phillip Teele*
Trombone [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Craig Klein,
Joe Barati,
Lucien Barbarin,
Mark Mullins
Trumpet
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George Burnette Dillon,
Oscar Brashear,
Rick Baptist,
Warren H. Luening, Jr.*
Trumpet [Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band]
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Dan Miller ,
Jeremy Davenport,
Roger Ingram
Viola
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Alan DeVertitch*,
Dan Neufeld,
Denyse N. Buffum*,
Laura E. Kuennen*,
Marlow Fisher,
Mihail Zinovyev,
Pamela Goldsmith,
Rick Gerding,
Robin Ross-Chineduh*,
Scott Haupert,
Steven Gordon*,
Victoria Miskolczy*
Violin
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Alan Grunfeld,
Anatoly Rosinsky,
Armen Garabedian,
Berj Garabedian,
Bruce Dukov,
Darius Campo,
David Ewart,
Dennis Molchan,
Dimitrie Leivici,
Haim Shtrum,
Irwin Rubin,
Jacqueline Brand*,
Jay Rosen,
Jeanne Evans,
Joel Derouin,
Karen Jones ,
Lily Ho Chen,
Mari Tsumura,
Mario DeLeon,
Miran Kojian,
Polly Sweeney,
Rafael Rishik,
Ralph Morrison III*,
Rebecca Barr,
Richard Altenback*,
Robin Olson,
Ron Clark,
Ronald Folsom,
Sheldon Sanov,
Sid Page,
Tamara Chang
Vocals [The Carol Lombard Kids Are]
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Alex Belson,
Annie Laurie Sears,
Brianne Le Pon,
Carol Lombard,
Erin Fligsten,
Jessie Sears,
Kimberly Fligsten,
Michael Belson,
Quincy Bahler,
Sara Ford,
Sara Sears,
Stacey Washington
Vocals [The Sally Stevens Singers Are]
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Amick Byram,
Ann White,
Bob Joyce,
Carmen Twillie,
Carol Lombard,
Debbie Hall,
Richard Bolks*,
Dick Wells,
Don Sheldon,
Donna Davidson,
Fran Logan,
Gail LoPata,
Gary Stockdale,
Gene Merlino,
Gene Morford,
Harry Connick, Sr.,
Janey Clewer,
Jerry Whitman,
Jim Haas,
John Batdorf,
John Lehman,
Judy Surila*,
Karen Harper,
Kerry Katz,
Linda Harmon,
Luana Jackman,
Lynn Mann,
Melissa Mackay,
Mitch Gordon,
Myrna Mathews*,
Rick Logan,
Roger Freeland,
Ron Coluard*,
Ron Hicklin,
Sally Stevens,
Sandie Hall,
Scottie Haskell,
Sherri Izza*,
Steve Amerson,
Susan Stevens*,
Terry Harriton,
Walt Harrah
Written-By
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H. Connick, Jr.* (tracks: 2 to 4, 11)