Harry Connick Jr. announces new Cole Porter album
The New Orleans singer and actor will launch the project on Broadway this autumn
Harry Connick Jr. has signed to Verve Records and announced a new album in the autumn celebrating Cole Porter. The Grammy and Tony-winning New Orleans singer and actor says he was attracted to Porter’s witty lyrics and the fact he always took risks as a composer. Connick has assembled and conducted a full orchestra for the project, which will be titled ‘True Love’ and launched on Broadway in October with a live show. In the meantime, the first single ‘Just One of Those Things’ is out today.
He tell us “This is the first time I’ve taken a deep dive into another artist’s repertoire, and Cole Porter was my No.1 choice for the project”
TRACKLIST:
01. Anything Goes
02. I Love Paris
03. I Concentrate On You
04. All Of You
05. Mind If I Make Love To You
06. Just One Of Those Things
07. In The Still Of The Night
08. Why Can’t You Behave
09. Begin The Beguine
10. You’d Be So Nice
11. True Love
12. You’re Sensational
13. You Do Something To Me