Bruce Hornsby



Bruce Hornsby ( Williamsburg (Virginia) , November 231954 ) is an American singer and pianist . He is best known for the hit The Way it is from 1986 . He was in the past, occasionally a member of Grateful Dead . In recent years, Hornsby his career turned a less commercial musical direction.



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[ hide ]  *1 Early years  ==Early years [ edit] == Bruce Hornsby is a distant relative of baseball legend Rogers Hornsby . He has several times occurred with a bust of the player on his piano.
 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3 Radio 2 Top 2000

Hornsby's father was a successful businessman in Williamsburg, which among other things has been active in the oil sector, and later in real estate. Today, the family is still a major brokerage, which Bruce's brother (who is also a time Bruce has played band), Director.

In his youth Hornsby grew up with different kinds of music. He studied music at the University of Richmond , Berklee College of Music in Boston , Massachusetts and at theUniversity of Miami in Coral Gables, where he graduated in 1977. He spent some time in Los Angeles as a studio musician, before he moved back to Virginia.

Hornsby scored a hit in 1986 with The Way it is . This number, which he and his band 'The Range' sang in the Netherlands was a number one hit, and was also in many other countries, including the United States, at number 1. ==Discography [ edit] == ===Albums [ edit] === ===Singles [ edit] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000 [ edit] ===