By RICK DE YAMPERT, Entertainment writer

Singer-actor Harry Connick Jr. will perform the national anthem at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 14.

A three-time Grammy Award winner, Connick recently released his 24th album, "Your rdy Songs." The album includes Connick's versions of the Beatles' "And I Love Her," Elton John's "Your Song," Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" and older classics, backed by a full orchestra which he arranged and orchestrated. In recent years Connick has starred in the horror film "Bug" and the TV movie "Living Proof."

Tickets for the Daytona 500 start at $55 and are available by calling 800-748-7467 (PITSHOP), or online at daytonainternationalspeedway.com.