Harry on Broadway, Act I

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Harry on Broadway, Act I
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Cast recording by
Broadway cast / Harry Connick Jr. & Kelli O'Hara
ReleasedMay 9, 2006
RecordedMarch 6–7, 9–10, 2006 (CD1), March 17, 2006 (CD2)
Studio
Genre Cast album
Length65:12 (CD1)
44:49 (CD2)
110:01 (Total)
Label Columbia (US)
Producer Tracey Freeman (Both CD's), Harry Connick Jr. (CD1)
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Occasion : Connick on Piano, Volume 2
(2005)
Harry on Broadway, Act I
(2006)
Chanson du Vieux Carre
(2007)

Harry on Broadway, Act I, is a two-disc set recorded in 2006. The first disc contains the cast recording from The Pajama Game (2006), and disc two is a selection of new recordings from Thou Shalt Not (2001), now with Harry Connick Jr. featuring Kelli O'Hara.

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Track listing

Disc one: The Pajama Game

The Cast Album
  1. "Overture"
  2. "Racing with the Clock" – Ensemble
  3. "A New Town Is a Blue Town" – Harry Connick Jr.
  4. "I'm Not at All in Love" – Kelli O'Hara and Ensemble
  5. "I'll Never Be Jealous Again" – Michael McKean, Roz Ryan
  6. "Hey There" – Harry Connick Jr.
  7. "Sleep Tite" – Devin Richards, Paula Leggett Chase, Kate Chapman, Michael Halling
  8. "Her Is" – Peter Benson, Megan Lawrence
  9. "Once a Year Day" – Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara and Company
  10. "Once a Year Day Playoff"
  11. "Her Is" – Peter Benson, Joyce Chittick
  12. "Small Talk" – Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara
  13. "There Once Was a Man" – Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara
  14. "Factory Music/Slow Down" – Ensemble
  15. "Hey There" – Harry Connick Jr.
  16. "Steam Heat" – Joyce Chittick, David Eggers, Vince Pesce
  17. "The World Around Us" – Harry Connick Jr.
  18. "Hey There Reprise/If You Win You Lose" – Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara
  19. "Think of the Time I Save" – Michael McKean and Ensemble
  20. "Hernando's Hideaway" – Megan Lawrence, Harry Connick Jr. and Company
  21. "The Three of Us" – Michael McKean, Megan Lawrence
  22. "Seven-and-a-Half Cents" – Kelli O'Hara, Peter Benson and Ensemble
  23. "There Once Was a Man" – Harry Connick. Jr, Kelli O'Hara
  24. "Hernando's Jive"
  25. "The Pajama Game" – Full Company
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Songs from Thou Shalt Not (2006). Music & lyrics by Harry Connick Jr.

Disc two: Songs from Thou Shalt Not

Harry Connick Jr. featuring Kelli O'Hara
  1. "Oh, My Dear (Something's Gone Wrong)" – Harry Connick Jr.
  2. "Can't We Tell" – Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara
  3. "Such Love" – Harry Connick Jr.
  4. "I Like Love More" – Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara
  5. "My Little World" – Kelli O'Hara
  6. "All Things" – Harry Connick Jr.
  7. "I Need to Be in Love" – Kelli O'Hara
  8. "Oh! Ain't That Sweet" – Harry Connick Jr.
  9. "The Other Hours" – Kelli O'Hara
  10. "Take Advantage" – Harry Connick Jr.
  11. "Take Her to the Mardi Gras" – Harry Connick Jr.

Barnes & Noble Exclusive

Disc Three

The Barnes & Noble exclusive edition adds a bonus third disc featuring two additional tracks:

Musicians

Charts

Awards

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