All These People

"All These People"

Single by Harry Connick, Jr. (feat. Kim Burrell)
from the album Oh my NOLA
Released	August 29, 2006
Recorded	2006
Length	4:12
Label	Columbia

"All These People" is the first single from Harry Connick, Jr.'s 2007 album Oh my NOLA, and the single was released on iTunes on August 29, 2006. Music and lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr.

The lyrics were inspired by the suffering Connick witnessed when he visited New Orleans in the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina. The song is all about the people who were left stranded at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Each verse of the song is describing what he saw as he was led by a man he had met on the street earlier that day, named Darryl.^[1]

There were two dead bodies Connick saw when he first arrived at the convention center. Featured singer Kim Burrell asked that her voice specifically represent them. Burrell also asked that a final verse be added for her to sing, which Connick wrote in the studio.

Harry Connick, Jr.'s favorite part of the performance is when Kim Burrell improvises the line 'come see about me,' which, he says "was all those folks wanted that day, someone to come and see about them."

All proceeds from sale of the song will benefit New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village.

References

^ Columbia Records Announces the Release of New Harry Connick, Jr. Composition, 'All These People,' to Aid Victims of Hurricane Katrina PRNewswire August 16, 2006

External links

Music video "All These People" at CBSNews.com
Photo: "Singer Harry Connick Jr. prays over two dead bodies outside the New Orleans Convention Center", Sept. 1, 2005 at gallery.phillyburbs.com
"Connick devastated by conditions in hometown", Sept. 2, 2005 videoclips at msnbc.com

Harry Connick, Jr.

Vocal albums	20 (1988) • We Are in Love (1990) • Blue Light, Red Light (1991) • 25 (1992) • When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993) • She (1994) • Star Turtle (1996) • To See You (1997) • Come by Me (1999) • 30 (2001) • Songs I Heard (2001) • Harry for the Holidays (2003) • Only You (2004) • Oh, My NOLA (2007) • What a Night! (2008) • Your Songs (2009)

Instrumental albums	Dixieland Plus (1977) • Eleven (1979) • Harry Connick Jr. (1987) • Lofty's Roach Souffle (1990) • Other Hours (2003) • Occasion (2005) • Chanson du Vieux Carré (2007)

Soundtrack albums	When Harry Met Sally... (1989) • The Godfather Part III (1990) • Sleepless in Seattle (1993) • The Mask (1994) • One Fine Day (1996) • Kissing a Fool (1998) • South Pacific (2001) • The Happy Elf (2005)

Compilation albums	Forever for Now • It Had to Be You

Cast recordings	Thou Shalt Not (2002) • Harry on Broadway, Act I (2006)

Home media	Singin' & Swingin' (1990) • Swinging Out Live (1991) • The New York Big Band Concert (1993) • The Christmas Special (1994) • Harry for the Holidays (2003) • Only You: In Concert (2004) • A Duo Occasion (2005)

Broadway	Thou Shalt Not (2001) • The Pajama Game (2006) • Nice Work If You Can Get It (TBA)

Related articles	Discography • Songs • Musicians' Village • Krewe of Orpheus • Jill Goodacre • Harry Connick, Sr.