When Harry Met Sally... (soundtrack)


When Harry Met Sally... is the soundtrack to the 1989 film of the same name starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. The songs are performed by pianist Harry Connick Jr., who won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance.

Background

Bobby Colomby, the drummer for Blood, Sweat & Tears and a friend of director Rob Reiner, recommended Harry Connick Jr. for the soundtrack. When Reiner listened to the tape Colomby gave him, he was struck by how Connick sounded like a young Frank Sinatra. The movie's soundtrack was released by Columbia Records in July 1989 and consists of standards performed by Connick with a big band and orchestra arranged by Marc Shaiman. Connick won his first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance.
Arrangements and orchestrations on "It Had to Be You", "Where or When", "I Could Write a Book" and "But Not for Me" are by Connick and Shaiman. Other songs were performed as piano and vocal solos or with Connick's trio with Ben Wolfe on double bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. Also appearing on the album are tenor saxophonist Frank Wess and guitarist Jay Berliner.
The album went to No. 1 on the jazz chart at Billboard magazine and reached the top 50 of the Top 200 Albums chart. Connick toured North America in support of this album. It was given double-platinum status.

Track listing

  1. "It Had to Be You"
  2. "Love Is Here to Stay"
  3. "Stompin' at the Savoy"
  4. "But Not for Me"
  5. "Winter Wonderland"
  6. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
  7. "Autumn in New York"
  8. "I Could Write a Book"
  9. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
  10. "It Had to Be You "
  11. "Where or When"

Music in the film

The music on the soundtrack is performed by Connick, while the music in the film is by various artists:

Personnel