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=== 2006–present ===
=== 2006–present ===
Hornsby appeared on the Spanish TV channel IB3 in April 2006. She also performed on commercial radio telecasts in [[Palma de Mallorca|Palma]].<ref>Majorca Daily Bulletin, Tuesday April 4, 2006</ref> In 2009, CJP-NHRecords released ''Just Wait Instrumentally'' (the instrumental version of the 2006 album ''Just Wait'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nikki-hornsby-mn0000345873/discography|title=Nikki Hornsby discography|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023 }}</ref> In 2014, CJP-NHRecords released Hornsby's original song "Just Lovin' You"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-lovin-you-mw0002771972 |title=Just Lovin' You |website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023 }}</ref> that was covered by the singer Zita Sabon as "''Ich Liebe Dich''" (translated into German).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ich-liebe-dich-just-lovin-you-mw0002771969 |title=Ich Liebe Dich [Just Lovin' You] |website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023 }}</ref>
Hornsby appeared on the Spanish TV channel IB3 in April 2006. She also performed on commercial radio telecasts in [[Palma de Mallorca|Palma]].<ref>Majorca Daily Bulletin, Tuesday April 4, 2006</ref> In 2009, CJP-NHRecords released ''Just Wait Instrumentally'' (the instrumental version of the 2006 album ''Just Wait'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nikki-hornsby-mn0000345873/discography|title=Nikki Hornsby discography|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023 }}</ref> In 2014, CJP-NHRecords released Hornsby's original song "Just Lovin' You"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-lovin-you-mw0002771972 |title=Just Lovin' You |website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023 }}</ref> that was covered by the singer Zita Sabon as "''Ich Liebe Dich''" (translated into German).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ich-liebe-dich-just-lovin-you-mw0002771969 |title=Ich Liebe Dich [Just Lovin' You] |website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023 }}</ref> Nikki Hornsby was a National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) accepted member in 2006 and then she was honored as a 10 year voting member for the Grammy's. <ref>https://www.pinterest.com/pin/360710251385129984/ Retieved June 30, 2023. </ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 20:00, 1 July 2023

Nikki Hornsby
Background information
Birth nameNikki Hornsby
BornLong Beach, California, US
GenresPop, Americana, country, Christian music and Blues
Instrument(s)vocals, guitar, trumpet
Years active1970s–present
LabelsCJP-NHRecords

Nikki Hornsby is an American musician who has been active in the pop, Americana, country, and blues genres as a songwriter, singer, and guitarist.[1]

From Long Beach, California,[2] Hornsby grew up in Fairfax County of Northern Virginia. She is the granddaughter of Columbia Records singer-songwriter musician Dan Hornsby, and her family association with songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen influenced her when young.[1][3] Hornsby inherited her grandfather's archive of early Americana music and has worked to document his legacy, including that he discovered many songwriters singers like “Bessie Smith” for Columbia Records.

Career

Before 2000

Hornsby played gigs in the eastern US while a college student. She moved back to California in the 1970s and began playing regularly, but did not begin to record until the late 1980s, when she founded her own label, NH Records (later CJP-NH Records). Around that time, her song "Shoe String and a Prayer" began to get radio play in America and Europe; the tune charted on the Cash Box Top 100[4] and hit the independent country charts in America, and she was named Female Singer of the Year in Scandinavia in 1988.[5][dead link] By 1991, she formed Nikki Hornsby and the Rangers.[6]

In the early 1990s, she routinely sang at the Alpine Village in Torrance, California.[7] In August 1991, she drew the largest crowd of the summer at Redondo Beach's summer Concert in the Park series.[8] Nikki Hornsby and The Rangers played the Concert in the Park series again in August 1993 and July 1994.[9][10]

In the 1990s, she recorded as a solo singer-songwriter musician with Steve Duncan (Desert Rose Band), Jack Daniels (Hwy 101 Band), Jay Dee Manness (Desert Rose Band), John Jorgensen (Desert Rose Band), and guitarist Al Bruno.[11]

2000-2006

Schlessinger with Nikki Hornsby in 2009. Schlessinger used Hornsby's song "Hot Talkin' Big Shot" for several years as theme music
Hot Talkin' Big Shot

In August 2001, Nikki Hornsby sang at the Cliffie Stone Memorial Jamboree in Santa Clarita, California.[12] Hornsby also acted as a judge for a number of California country music competitions.[5] "Hot Talkin' Big Shot" is an original song by Hornsby.[13]

2006–present

Hornsby appeared on the Spanish TV channel IB3 in April 2006. She also performed on commercial radio telecasts in Palma.[14] In 2009, CJP-NHRecords released Just Wait Instrumentally (the instrumental version of the 2006 album Just Wait).[15] In 2014, CJP-NHRecords released Hornsby's original song "Just Lovin' You"[16] that was covered by the singer Zita Sabon as "Ich Liebe Dich" (translated into German).[17] Nikki Hornsby was a National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) accepted member in 2006 and then she was honored as a 10 year voting member for the Grammy's. [18]

Discography

year album or song title comments
1986 Let Me Take You on a Dream (NH#1088)
1986 One Way Ticket to a Heart Break (NH#3088)
1987 Hungry For Love (NH#4088)
1987 Hot Talking Big Shot (NH#2088)
1988 Shoestring & A Prayer (NH#5089)
1989 Career Video Highlights VHS / DVD
1989 Wake Me Up (NH#6089)
1996 Nikki Hornsby Live Performance VHS / DVD
1999 Cassette of Originals CJP-NHRecords, NH# 1007C
2001 Reaching Out (NH#2007) CJP-NHRecords
2005 Previous Releases (NH#7121) also known as Original Releases CJP-NHRecords
2006 Just Wait (NH#7106) CJP-NHRecords
2009 Just Wait Instrumentally (NH#7119) CJP-NHRecords
2014 Ich Liebe Dich (NH#701320144) CJP-NHRecords Nikki Hornsby music and lyrics translated into German covered by Zita Sabon.
2014 Just Lovin' You (NH#70132014) CJP-NHRecords
2014 Music Is The Only Thing (NH#702020141) CJP-NHRecords
2020 Red Roses On The Floor (NH#9163200202) CJP-NHRecords
2020 Yo Tengo Un Amor (NH#9163200203) CJP-NHRecords

References

  1. ^ a b "She wants Grandpa in hall of fame". The Charlotte Observer. February 12, 2003. p. 67.
  2. ^ "Taking on country solo". News-Pilot. San Pedro, California. April 20, 1988. p. 13.
  3. ^ Bridges, Jackie (February 27, 2013). "Musician who wrote song about 1928 Shelby Disaster recognized by Grammy Museum".
  4. ^ Cash Box Top 100 No. 78, June 24, 1989 Issue
  5. ^ a b Nikki Hornsby at Allmusic.com
  6. ^ "Nikki Hornsby and the Rangers at Alpine Inn". News-Pilot. San Pedro, California. October 4, 1991. p. 56.
  7. ^ Long Beach Press-Telegram (September 23, 1993) Coming-up. Section: Life/Style. Page D2.
  8. ^ Faristimes, Ald. (August 16, 1991) "New Redondo Budget Silences Concert Series." Los Angeles Times Section: ME-Metro; Page 3.
  9. ^ Berg, Mary Helen. (July 16, 1993) "Summer Concerts: Pleasing tunes will fill the air along the beach on hot days and balmy nights." Los Angeles Times Section: Metro; Page 4.
  10. ^ "Dixieland musicians open summer series". The Daily Breeze. June 26, 1994. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Nikki Hornsby". CA Country Music News. Vol. 2, no. 20. San Jose, California. April 1991. p. 9.
  12. ^ "Memorial jamboree for Stone on Sunday." Los Angeles Daily News (August 31, 2001) Section: News; Page 4.
  13. ^ "Nikki Hornsby - 'Hot Talkin' Big Shot'". News-Pilot. San Pedro, California. August 21, 1987. p. 57.
  14. ^ Majorca Daily Bulletin, Tuesday April 4, 2006
  15. ^ "Nikki Hornsby discography". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  16. ^ "Just Lovin' You". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  17. ^ "Ich Liebe Dich [Just Lovin' You]". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  18. ^ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/360710251385129984/ Retieved June 30, 2023.
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