20 (Harry Connick Jr. album)

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ReleasedNovember 1, 1988
RecordedMay 4–5 and June 28–29, 1988
Studio RCA, New York City
Genre Solo piano
Length41:27
Label Columbia
Producer Kevin Blancq,
George Butler
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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."

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Avalon"3:40
2."Blue Skies" Irving Berlin 3:45
3."Imagination"4:24
4."Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"5:17
5."Basin Street Blues" Spencer Williams 2:59
6."Lazy River"3:34
7."Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"2:35
8."Stars Fell on Alabama"4:49
9."S'Wonderful"3:00
10."If I Only Had a Brain"3:21
11."Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"4:03
Total length:41:27

Musicians

Charts

Certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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