# Wayne Horsburgh

Wayne Horsburgh (born 11 June 1955, in Benalla, Victoria) is an Australian country music singer. He currently lives near Sydney, Australia, and Branson, Missouri, United States.

## Biography

Horsburgh's was born in Benalla, Victoria in 1955, being influenced by performers such as Slim Whitman, Frank Ifield, Jim Reeves and Marty Robbins, he also decided on a career in entertainment.
He started a career of his own at the age of 11 when he formed his own dance band in rural Victoria. In 1978, he was asked by Buddy Williams (an Australian pioneer of country music) to tour Australia. By 1979, Horsburgh had moved to Sydney to pursue his musical career.
Horsburgh is noted by fans and critics alike for his smooth voice, excellent falsetto notes, impressive vocal range, yodelling abilities, and his willingness to popularize and maintain a broad range of traditional country music art forms.
Setting his sights even higher, Horsburgh performed for a season in the United Kingdom in 1982 and investigated the US music and entertainment scene in 1984.
In 1989, Horsburgh was introduced to United States' country music audiences when he performed at the Hodag Festival in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. A groundswell of audience appreciation and the establishment of a US-based fan club were among the reasons Horsburgh based himself in Nashville by the mid-'90s for each American summer season.
The year 1997 saw yet another move for Horsburgh - this time a relocation to the live entertainment capital of the USA: Branson, Missouri. In addition to a full tour schedule - predominantly in the Midwest- Horsburgh has represented his home nation at the international music and cultural festival - Silver Dollar City's WorldFest - each spring since 1998.
He continues to entertain on the Australian club circuit during the summer months of the southern hemisphere.
In 2013 Horsburgh was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Details |
| Yodelling By Request | Released: 1983 Label: |
| Sequins & Satins & Buckles & Britches (with Deniese Morrison) | Released: 1984 Label: |
| I Run Alone (with Desrëe-Ilona Crawford) | Released: 1984 Label: G.O.F.A.A. Records Australia (HMD 009R) |
| Yodelling for You | Released: 1985 Label: Country City Music (CCE 002) |
| Now & Then...And Again | Released: 1986 Label: Country City Music (CCE 003) |
| Where in the World | Released: 1989 Label: Country City Music (CCE 008) |
| I've Always Wanted to Be a Singing Cowboy | Released: 1991 Label: Rich River Records (WHR 1991) |
| In Every Stone There's a Diamond | Released: 1992 |
| The Nashville Sessions | Released: 1996 |
| Favourites | Released: 1996 |
| The Old Country Church | Released: 1999 Label: |
| Favourites Two | Released: 2001 |
| Land of Enchantment | Released: March 2002 |
| Memories & Guitar Strings | Released: September 2002 |
| An Aussie Ozark Christmas with Wayne | Released: 2003 |
| A Salute to Slim Whitman | Released: February 2005 |
| Can You Hear Those Pioneers? | Released: April 2005 Label: Jasmine Records (JASMCD 3572) |
| Songs of the Islands Volume One | Released: 2005 Label: Jasmine Records (JASCD 425) |
| I Still Call Australia Home | Released: 2007 Label: ISCAH-RR-2007 |
| Born Free | Released: 2008 Label: RR-2008-BF |
| A Salute to Marty Robbins | Released: 2010 Label: RR-Marty-2010 |
| Yodels and Love Songs | Released: 2012 Label: RR-Yodels-2012 |
| Roll of Renown | Released: 2013 Label: ROR-2013 |
| 40 Cowboy Songs (with Howie Brothers) | Released: 2013 Label: GL-035 |
| 22 Gospel Greats | Released: 2013 Label: ROR-2013 |
| Songs of the Islands -Volume 2 | Released: 2014 Label: RR-SOTI-2014 |
| Celebrating 40 Years | Released: 2016 |
| 22 Yodel Greats | Released: 2017 Label: RR-22YG-2017 |
| Country Songs & Western Swing | Released: 2017 Label: RR-C&W-2017 |
| Reminiscing | Released: 2019 Label: RR-Rem-2019 |

#### Other singles

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Year | AUS |
| "The Garden" (as Australia Too) | 1985 | 22 |

## Awards and honours
### Australian Roll of Renown

The Australian Roll of Renown honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2013 | Wayne Horsburgh | Australian Roll of Renown | inductee |

### Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Wayne Horsburgh won eight awards in that time.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
| 1984 | Wayne Horsburgh | Male Country Entertainer of the Year | Won |
| 1989 | Wayne Horsburgh | Country Entertainer of the Yea | Won |
| 1990 | Wayne Horsburgh | Male Country Entertainer of the Yea | Won |
| 1995 | Wayne Horsburgh | Male Country Entertainer of the Yea | Won |
| 2007 | Wayne Horsburgh | Slim Dusty Country Vocal Performer of the Year | Won |
| 2012 | Wayne Horsburgh | Slim Dusty Country Act of the Year | Won |
| 2016 | Wayne Horsburgh | Country Solo/ Group or Band of the Year | Won |
| 2016 | Wayne Horsburgh | Entertainer of the Year | Won |