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Tracey K. Houston is a
Nashville-based country music artist with three full-length albums and
numerous hit singles under her belt. She's about as country and
down-to-earth as you can get.
Born and raised in Western
Canada, Tracey K. grew up a fan of country music legends such as Faron
Young, Jean Shepard, Hank Williams and Merle Haggard, but her favorite
has always been Loretta Lynn.
In 1987 Tracey K. made her stage debut
during the Calgary Stampede. She remained in Western Canada for the
next eight years performing with many country bands. In 1991 she
recorded a self-titled mini-album; and in 1993 her first single ‘He's
Not For Real’ was released to radio on ATI Records, doing very well in
Canada and Europe. Then in 1995, Tracey K. moved to Nashville to
further pursue her country music career. In 1997 her first full-length
album "Falling For You" scored a #1 single of the title track on the
independent charts in the U.S. later that year, remaining in the Top 20
for eight weeks. CMT Europe and GAC also picked up the video for this
single. During that year, Tracey K. was honored to perform at a benefit
concert in White House, TN for a Robertson County Police Officer who
lost his life in the line of duty.
In 1998 the New York State
Country Music Association nominated Tracey K. Houston as Female Vocalist
of the Year. In 1999 Tracey K. taped a performance at the Honky Tonk
Heroes Showcase at the Club LaFiesta for the United Nations
peace-keeping forces in Bosnia y Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and all
around the Baltic nations.
In 2000, Tracey K. released her second
album "I'm Not the Same Girl". All seven singles from the album,
'Middle of the Bed', 'Hot Steamy Night In Dixie', ‘Count Me Out’, 'I'm
Not The Same Girl', ‘The Girl In Oklahoma’, 'Lonesome' and 'Deja Blue',
received chart action worldwide. In 2003 she released 'You Did
Everything Right' which also received chart action worldwide, and in
mid-2004 her single ‘I Heard The Bluebirds Sing' (duet with Grand Ole
Opry Star, Jim Ed Brown) remained on the Canadian charts for four
months, as well as riding high on the European charts.
Tracey K. has won several industry awards
including "Canadian Recording Artist of the Year" (2000) and "Album of
the Year" (2001) awards from The Lonestar State Country Music
Association (Best of Texas Music Awards) in Beaumont, Texas.
In 2001, Tracey K. taped a PBS one-hour
concert TV Special entitled "Tracey K’s Café" which was aired
nationally. In June of that year, she made another TV appearance on
“Nashville Video Showcase.”
Tracey K. Houston has toured extensively
throughout Western Canada and the United States, and in the Fall of 2004
she toured Europe for the first time. She has appeared at Fan Fair in
Nashville consistently since 1997 to meet and chat with old and new fans
alike. She has opened for the likes of David Frizzell, Razzy Bailey,
Jo-el Sonnier to mention a few, but a highlight for her was opening for
none other than the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells (& Johnny
Wright). She has performed on the Ernest Tubb Record Shop Midnight
Jamboree live radio show. Her dream has always been to appear on the
Grand Ole Opry.
Today, Tracey K. has a starring role in a
self-produced musical revue in honor of her hero, Loretta Lynn, called
"Hey Loretta, The Girl From Butcher Holler". This is an inspiring
portrayal of Loretta, which is not to be missed. Tracey K. just
completed her third album project, a Loretta tribute entitled “Salute to
Loretta Lynn.”
Despite the many awards and
accolades Tracey K. Houston has achieved, she is still the same fun and
personable, charismatic and hard-working lady she has always been. She
credits Ray Griff, Canadian singer/songwriter, and all of the early
country music pioneers with changing her life and helping her become the
artist she has become, but Tracey K. Houston has an inner strength and
tenacity that has carried her through it all.
Whenever, or wherever, you
can see her perform, you will be delighted by Tracey K’s warmth, wit and
personality, and of course, her good, traditional country music.
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