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Nikki Hornsby is an American pop and country singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Biography
Nikki Hornsby was born in Long Beach, California, but grew up in North Virginia. As a young teenager, Hornsby was contracted to perform as a solo singer and guitar artist. After graduating high school, Hornsby attended Sacred Heart and Belmont Colleges full time, while performing at The Sheraton Motel Lounge and other various local clubs. While majoring in Psychology & Theology at George Mason University in Virginia, Hornsby continued working full time, accepting contracts for the Marriot Key Bridges Hotel Lounge in Northern Virginia.

In the mid 1970’s, Hornsby decided to move back to California and work full time as a club performer. Having much success in California, Hornsby decided to stay building her life and career.

In the late 1980’s Hornsby received local California business financial backing, and was able to record her original songs under her own record label CJP-NHRecords. Quickly thereafter, Hornsby marketed her label throughout Europe & the USA. Hornsby was able to record under her record label in the 80's and she incorporated CJP-NHRecords in the State of CA in 2008.

Hornsby's songs were released for airplay on commercial radio stations throughout Europe. In Mallorca, Spain, the ACM newsletter as well as other print publications noted Hornsby’s song “One Way Ticket” as number one. (August 1988, ACM Newsletter, pg. 4) During that same time “Hungry For Love”, Let Me Take You On A Dream” and “Hot Talkin’ Big Shot” were obtaining airplay in Northern Europe.

In 1988, following Hornsby’s releases of “One Way Ticket”, “Hungry For Love”, “Let Me Take You On A Dream”, “Hot Talkin’ Big Shot”, and “Shoe String And A Prayer”, she was named Female Singer of the Year in Scandinavia. . In 1989, “Shoe String And A Prayer” charted Top 5 in the IRC (independent) country singles, as well as in the Cash Box Top 100 National charts. .

In the 90’s, “Shoestring and a Prayer” obtained USA radio airplay from independent and major radio stations as well as other commercial music trade publications. (Cash Box Top 100 #78, 1989) “Shoestring and a Prayer” was #1 the entire month of August on The Music Review Top 30 Independent Chart, NY, #3 in the Top 30 (IRC) Debut Independent Radio Chart, Nashville, TN, #11 on the Cash Box Independent Chart, and #14 Indie Bullet Mag. Top 100 Chart, Tyler, TX.

Hornsby formed her back up band “Nikki Hornsby and The Rangers”, and together they would perform in concert and at local Southern California venues including Alpine Village in Torrance, California. In August 1991, Nikki Hornsby and The Rangers performed at Redondo Beach's Summer Concert in the Park. That summer, they drew in the largest crowd and were invited back to perform again in 1993. Hornsby decided to focus on the solo songwriting recording aspect of her career, although still performing as leader of her band at certain venues.

In the early 1990's, Nikki Hornsby appeared as a solo folk singer guitarist on the final show of Fox Network's 'Parker Lewis Can't Loose'. Shortly after, Hornsby had the opportunity to record as a solo singer-songwriter with Steve Duncan (Desert Rose Band), Jack Daniels (Hwy 101 Band), Jay Dee Manness (Desert Rose Band), John Jorgensen (Desert Rose Band) as well as Al Bruno who was a mult year Academy of Country Music (ACM, Los Angeles, CA) award winning guitarist. Nikki Hornsby was nominated four different years for a position on the ACM's Board of Directors.

Hornsby acted as a judge for the California Country Music Awards and as a Music Industry Talent Judge for the National Colgate Talent Roundup from 1990s until 2003. Hornsby has been a consultant exclusive to the music industry since she obtained the business licence in 1989.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger used Hornsby's song, "Hot Talkin' Big Shot", for several years on The Dr. Laura radio program as cue music and also for a national radio commercial advertising Ms. Schlessinger's radio show.

In late 2004 Hornsby co-produced and arranged ten original songs called "Just Wait" with Marty Rifkin, who has worked on recordings with Major recording artists within the Music Industry for many years including "Jewel".

Hornsby traveled throughout Europe from 2005 to 2006 marketing her "Just Wait" CD along with other original songs. This was done before CJP-NHRecords released "Just Wait" in 2006 for airplay.

In 2006, Hornsby performed the break out song from "Just Wait" called "Money's Worth" at the International Automobile Associations Annual International event in Frankfurt, Germany. "Money's Worth" and other originals were broadcast European wide through Truck Radio which reported this song as number one on the Truck Radio European Charts.

That same year a commercial radio station, Radio Eurohertz [www.countryhome.de/ch/wyrostek/berichte2006/nikki_hornsby_bei_radio_euroherz.htm] in Eastern Germany near the Czech Republic border, invited Hornsby to perform a live two hour show of some of her own original music.

In 2006, The International World Cup Soccer Games took place in Europe was telecast on CNN TV internationally. Hornsby's song "This IS America" from the "Just Wait" CD was broadcast for the warm up game of USA vs. Italy which was held in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Hornsby herself was one of the VIP Hosts for that city's tourist center for the six games of the FIFA World Cup Soccer Championship held in 2006.

Hornsby appeared on TV in Spain IB3 April 2006 as well as performed live original songs including songs she wrote in other languages like "Yo Tengo Un Amour" on numerous live commercial radio telecasts in Palma.

As a BMI associated songwriter, Hornsby has written over 300 songs, some of which have been used on radio, TV, & movies.

Her family association with the late Jimmy Van Huesen, Emmy & Oscar song writer for Frank Sinatra & many others, influenced Hornsby at a very young age. Documents can be found in the Library of UCLA in Los Angeles CA holding Hornsby's first recordings & industry photos among the Van Huesen collection.

Hornsby achieved commercial airplay success years prior joined the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy's) end of 2006 as a voting member. The NARAS committee placed compositions of music from Hornsby's commercial charted "Just Wait" CD on the first ballot in 2007 in 8 different categories.

Hornsby was badly injured in an international airplane in-flight accident Feburary of 2007 returning for that years Grammy week of events. She was unable to continue to write or perform music while recovering from these injuries.

2009 CJP-NHRecords released "Just Wait Instrumentally" which is the instrumental version of "Just Wait" CD released in 2006.

Nikki Hornsby is the granddaughter of the Columbia Recording artist Dan Hornsby who was a A&R representative for Columbia/RCA in the early years, was a radio WSB DJ, a musician, a producer, a singer-songwriter, and a recording artist.

Dan Hornsby was the first recorded voice of the "Arkansas Traveler" song. He recorded many other songs like "Oh Susanna", "Little Brown Jug" "Little Lisa Jane" & "Danny Boy". Hornsby never met her grandfather but is proud that he was inducted posthumously into the Atlanta Music Hall of Fame in 1986 for his lifetime of work in the music industry.

Discography

 * "Just Wait Instrumentally" (2009 NH#7119) CJP-NHRecords international commercial release of Nikki Hornsby Music.


 * Just Wait (2006 NH#7106) CJP-NHRecords release of ten Nikki Hornsby songs in Blues, Pop, Country, Folk-Americana, and Patriotic taken by Nikki Hornsby herself first hand towards worldwide commercial airplay success. Song Titles: Momma's Blues, Flyin Over Sweet Alambama, This Is America, Just Lovin You, Child Running Wild, Just Wait, Travel On, Money's Worth, Music Is the Only.


 * "Previous Releases" (2005 NH#7121)also known as "Original Releases" manufactured by CJP-NHRecords containing all ten charted songs from the 89 to 2002 made available through CDBaby, The Orchard Distributors & direct from CJP-NHRecords, Los Angeles Co., CA USA


 * Reaching Out (2001 NH#2007) CJP-NHRecords release of Positive Country original songs made available through CDBaby, The Orchard Distributors & direct from CJP-NHRecords, Los Angeles Co., CA USA


 * "Cassette of Originals" (1999)direct shipped from CJP-NHRecords, Los Angeles Co., CA USA


 * ''Nikki Hornsby'Live Performance' VHS / DVD (1996)


 * "Career Video Highlights" VHS / DVD (1989)


 * "Wake Me Up" (1989 NH #6089)


 * "Shoestring & A Prayer" (1988) NH #5089 Charted on commercial radio reporting stations in the USA in 1989


 * "Let Me Take You On A Dream" (1986) NH #1088 First commercial radio Number One song at WBYO in the State of PA, USA
 * "One Way Ticket to a Heart Break" (1986) NH #3088 First commercial radio Number One song in Palma De Mallorca Spain
 * "Hungry For Love" (1987) NH #4088 Charted on commercial radio stations in European countries
 * "Hot Talking Big Shot" (1987) NH #2088 Charted on commercial radio stations in many European countries & was used by Dr. Laura's USA Talk Radio show for many years into the 1990s.