Dan Hornsby

Isaac Daniel Hornsby (1 February 1900–18 May 1951) was an American singer, musician, music writer, producer and arranger. His father Joseph Todd Hornsby was a contractor and a part time Baptist minister. Dan Hornsby was born in Atlanta and attended North Georgia College. Later, at the age of 19 he worked as a painter with the W.E. Browne Decorating Co. in Columbus, Georgia when he met Louise Wise of Little Rock, Arkansas. She sang and danced in a roadshow and they met at the hotel, which Hornsby was painting. They married and had five children. His oldest son had a daughter Nikki Hornsby, who also became a fulltime artist - singer, songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, and founder of CJP-NHRecords, Inc. After the marriage Louise...