20 (Harry Connick Jr. album)

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."

20
Studio album by Harry Connick Jr.
Released	November 1, 1988
Recorded	May 4–5 and June 28–29, 1988
Studio	RCA, New York City
Genre	Solo piano
Length	41:27
Label	Columbia
Producer	Kevin Blancq, George Butler
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Harry Connick Jr. (1987) 20 (1988) When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Avalon"	Vincent Rose Al Jolson Buddy De Sylva	3:40
2.	"Blue Skies"	Irving Berlin	3:45
3.	"Imagination"	Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen	4:24
4.	"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"	Eddie DeLange Louis Alter	5:17
5.	"Basin Street Blues"	Spencer Williams	2:59
6.	"Lazy River"	Hoagy Carmichael Sidney Arodin	3:34
7.	"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"	Sidney Clare Sam H. Stept	2:35
8.	"Stars Fell on Alabama"	Mitchell Parish Frank Perkins	4:49
9.	"S'Wonderful"	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	3:00
10.	"If I Only Had a Brain"	Harold Arlen Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg	3:21
11.	"Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"	Duke Ellington Bob Russell	4:03
Total length:			41:27

Musicians

• Harry Connick Jr. – Vocals (track #3 "Imagination", #4 "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans", #5 "Basin Street Blues", #7 "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", #10 "If I Only Had a Brain", #11 "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"), piano
• Carmen McRae – Vocals on track #7 "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
• Dr. John – Organ, vocals on track #4 "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"
• Robert Leslie Hurst III – Bass on track #11 "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"

Charts

• 1989 Top Jazz Albums # 6 ^[2]
• 1991 The Billboard 200 # 133 ^[2]

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic Review
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.

External links

• When Harry Met Stardom Bill Beuttler (American Way, August 1, 1990)