Bruce Hornsby ( Williamsburg (Virginia) , November 23 1954 ) 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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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.
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 ][]
| Album (s) with any hit in
the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Date of
appearance |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The way it is | 01-08-1986 | 13-12-1986 | 4 | 15 | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range |
| Scenes from the southside | 03-05-1988 | 21-05-1988 | 22 | 8 | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range |
| A night on the town | 1990 | 07-07-1990 | 40 | 7 | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range |
| Harbor Lights | 1993 | - | |||
| Hot house | 18-07-1995 | - | |||
| Spirit Trail | 13-10-1998 | - | |||
| Here Come The Noisemakers | 2000 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers / Live Album | ||
| Big Swing Face | 2002 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | ||
| Halcyon days | 2004 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | ||
| Piano Jazz | 2005 | - | with Marian McPartland | ||
| Intersections (1985-2005) | 2006 | - | Compilation | ||
| Levitate | 15-09-2009 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | ||
| Bride of The Noisemakers | 2011 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers /
Live Album |
Singles [ edit ][]
| Single (s) with any hit in
the Dutch Top 40 |
Date of
appearance |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The way it is | 1986 | 23-08-1986 | 1 (1wk) | 11 | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 2 in the Single Top 100 |
| Every little kiss | 1986 | 01-11-1986 | 32 | 3 | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 29 in the Single Top 100 |
| On the western skyline | 1986 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||
| Mandolin rain | 1987 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||
| The valley road | 1988 | 28-05-1988 | 27 | 3 | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 36 in the Single Top 100 |
| Look out any window | 1988 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||
| Defenders of the flag | 1988 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||
| Across the river | 1988 | 21-07-1990 | tip17 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 69 in the Single Top 100 |
| Lost Soul | 1990 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||
| A night on the town | 1990 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||
| Set me in motion | 1991 | - | |||
| Fields of fray | 1993 | - | |||
| Harbor Lights | 1993 | - | |||
| Rainbow's Cadillac | 1994 | - | |||
| Walk in the sun | 1995 | - | |||
| Great divide | 1998 | - | |||
| Gonna be some changes made | 2004 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | ||
| Dreamland | 2005 | - | as Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | ||
| Shadlow hand | 2011 | - |
| Single (s) with song climbed
into the Flemish Ultratop 50 |
Date of
appearance |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The way it is | 1986 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 3 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
| Every little kiss | 1986 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 29 in the Radio 2 Top 30 | ||
| The valley road | 1988 | - | as Bruce Hornsby and the Range /
Nr. 22 in the Radio 2 Top 30 |
Radio 2 Top 2000 [ edit ][]
| Number (s) with markings
in the Radio 2 Top 2000 |
'99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The way it is
(as Bruce Hornsby and the Range) |
496 | 738 | 1073 | 715 | 667 | 868 | 945 | 1159 | 997 | 926 | 1508 | 1398 | 1371 | 1246 | 1293 |