Turner Nichols

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Turner Nichols


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Origin = Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre = Country
Years_active = 1988-1993
Label = BNA
Associated_acts = Alabama
Jo Dee Messina
Keith Whitley
Past_members = Tim Nichols
Zack Turner

Turner Nichols was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Zack Turner and Tim Nichols. Signed to BNA Records in 1993, the duo recorded a self-titled debut album for the label that year, with two of that album's singles charting on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Although it was their only recording together, both members of the duo wrote several songs together in the 1990s, including hit singles for Keith Whitley and Jo Dee Messina.

History

Since the late 1980s, both Zack Turner and Tim Nichols had written hits for other artists, including "I'm over You", a Top Five hit for Keith Whitley in 1990,cite news |title=Portsmouth native co-writer of country hit |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF30B8446800F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Virginian-Pilot |page=3 |date=1990-06-03 |accessdate=2008-07-24] as well as a cut on Travis Tritt's debut album "Country Club". In addition, Turner had previously been a member of Wild Country, which would later change its name and become Alabama.

Turner and Nichols signed to BNA Records (then known as BNA Entertainment) in 1993 as the duo Turner Nichols.cite book |last=Stambler |first=Irwin |coauthors=Lyndon Stambler, Grelun Landon, Alice Seidman |title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=d18K8QWcEo8C&pg=PA507&lpg=PA507&dq=%22Zack+Turner%22+%22tim+nichols&source=web&ots=_bTfVpTo0Z&sig=Cu_kKBwZqLPnKyIEllPTPvgOCK8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA507,M1 |accessdate=2008-09-06 |year=1997 |publisher=Macmillan |pages=507-508] Their self-titled debut album was released that year, with two of its singles reaching the "Billboard" country charts. "Entertainment Weekly" reviewer Alanna Nash gave the album a B rating, noting the "soulful lyrics and real emotional connections" on cuts such as "Moonlight Drive-In", the lead-off single. [cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308968,00.html |title=Turner Nichols Music Review |accessdate=2008-07-24 |last=Nash |first=Alanna |work=Entertainment Weekly] After exiting BNA in 1993, both members of the duo continued to write songs for other artists, most notably Jo Dee Messina's 1996 hit "You're Not in Kansas Anymore". Nichols has been the more prominent writer of the two, with his cuts including Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying", the Number One country song of 2004 according to "Billboard". [cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234307 |title="Live Like You Were Dying" #1 Celebrated at BMI |accessdate=2008-07-24 |date=2004-12-15 |work=Broadcast Music Incorporated]

Discography

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