Songs I Heard

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Songs I Heard
Songs I Heard cover
Cover album by Harry Connick, Jr.
Released Oct 23, 2001
Recorded Manhattan Center Studios, NYC, July 23-26, 2001
Genre Big Band/Orchestra
Length 58:20
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Tracey Freeman
Professional reviews
Harry Connick, Jr. chronology
30 (album)
(2001)		 Songs I Heard
(2001)		 Thou Shalt Not
(2002)


Songs I Heard (2001) is an album by Harry Connick, Jr , with his take on songs from movies he remembers watching as a child. Features tunes from Annie, The Sound of Music, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins, and The Wizard of Oz. The album is arranged, orchestrated and conducted by Harry Connick Jr.

Winner of the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

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Harry Connick, Jr transforms tunes from classic childhood films into big band songs, appealing to an audience of any age.

Connick, in a 2003 interview, gives a comparison between getting children to appreciate music, with getting them to appreciate broccoli. "If you give a kid fast food every day, that’s all they’ll be open to," explains Connick. "If you give them broccoli, they may not like it, but they’ll know it is out there and be open to it. You have to expose kids to music – jazz, classical music, rock and roll – and they’ll be open."

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  1. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" – 4:29 (Mary Poppins)
  2. "The Lonely Goatherd" – 3:20 (The Sound of Music)
  3. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" – 2:07 (The Wizard of Oz)
  4. "Maybe" – 3:49 (Annie)
  5. "Pure Imagination"/"Candy Man" – 4:21 (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
  6. "Golden Ticket"/"I Want It Now" – 3:50 (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
  7. "Oompa Loompa" – 3:46 (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
  8. "A Spoonful Of Sugar" – 5:14 (Mary Poppins)
  9. "Stay Awake" – 2:41 (Mary Poppins)
  10. "Something Was Missing" – 4:16 (Annie)
  11. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile" – 2:57 (Annie)
  12. "Over The Rainbow" – 4:15 (The Wizard of Oz)
  13. "The Jitterbug" – 3:40 (The Wizard of Oz)
  14. "Merry Old Land of Oz" – 2:51 (The Wizard of Oz)
  15. "Edelweiss" – 2:27 (The Sound of Music)
  16. "Do-Re-Mi" – 4:15 (The Sound of Music)

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