# I can't remember this piano player's name!!!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936 "2008-01-10T03:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936/1 "2008-01-10T03:08:37Z")

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HELP!  
I can’t remember this piano player’s name! He had a very popular piano-only (I think??) piece a few years back…maybe up to a decade ago…got a LOT of airplay…and I can’t remember his name! I know this is vague…it’s so vague Google and [Ask.com](http://Ask.com) aren’t helping me…it was popular music, not country…and to me the beginning piano piece to Walking In Memphis always sounds like his style…

Please, can anyone help me before I drive myself insane trying to remember???

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936/2 "2008-01-10T03:14:14Z")

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Marc Cohn did “Walking in Memphis.” Could you be thinking of Bruce Hornsby?

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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936/3 "2008-01-10T03:15:28Z")

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Yes!!  
Bruce Hornsby!! (and The Range)…

BBVL got it in one shot!

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936/4 "2008-01-10T03:44:43Z")

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[QUOTE=DirkGntly]  
Yes!!  
Bruce Hornsby!! (and The Range)…

BBVL got it in one shot!  
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I would expect nothing less… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936/5 "2008-01-10T03:47:56Z")

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[QUOTE=DirkGntly]  
BBVL got it in one shot!  
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If only! Would do the world of music a great service in the eradication of mediocrity.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-remember-this-piano-players-name/432936/6 "2008-01-10T06:11:09Z")

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