7/8/08 - NEW NEWS ARTICLES

Click here to read recent press about Victoria and the success of her Jessica Simpson single “Come On Over”.

6/27/08 - TWO SONGS RECORDED BY AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST

American Idol finalist Kristy Lee Cook has recorded Victoria’s songs “Never Say Never” and “Why Wait” today for her upcoming RCA album, which is being produced by Brett James (producer of Jessica Simpson’s country record pending release).

6/23/08 - “COME ON OVER” GETS GREAT REVIEWS

Click here to read the reviews on Victoria’s Jessica Simpson single “Come On Over” printed in Billboard and Rolling Stone Magazines this week.

6/9/08 - “COME ON OVER” FEATURED IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Click here to read Billboard’s feature article from the June 14 issue (re-printed in the Chicago Sun-Times) about Jessica Simpson’s record-breaking release of Victoria’s song “Come on Over”.

6/8/08 - “COME ON OVER” ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TENNESSEAN

Click here to read this article on Jessica Simpson’s release of Victoria’s song “Come On Over” which quotes both Victoria and her co-writer Rachel Proctor about what it was like to write with Jessica.

6/4/08 - NEW SONG ON JULIE ROBERTS’ MYSPACE

Click here to check out “Silver Lining”, sung by Mercury artist Julie Roberts (co-written by Julie, Victoria Banks and Rachel Proctor).  Be sure to leave Julie a comment if you like it!

6/3/08 - VICTORIA’S SONG MAKES COUNTRY CHART HISTORY!

Jessica Simpson’s first country single, “Come on Over” (penned with Victoria Banks & Rachel Proctor) has officially made history with the highest debut ever made by a new artist on the Billboard country singles charts.  Click here to read press releases about the song.

5/18/08 - NEW SONG ON GERALD O’BRIEN’S MYSPACE

Click here to check out “Ann’s House”, co-written with Gerald O’Brien (the songwriter behind Amanda Marshall’s “Birmingham”).

5/16/08 - VICTORIA’S SONG TO BE JESSICA SIMPSON’S FIRST SINGLE   

A song Victoria co-wrote with Jessica Simpson and Rachel Proctor has been chosen to be Jessica’s first country radio single, scheduled for release in mid-June. 

5/10/08 - SONG RECORDED BY SHEDAISY ON LYRIC STREET RECORDS

Victoria’s song “I Will Never Be The Same”, co-written with Mary Sue Englund, is being recorded today by the group Shedaisy on Nashville’s Lyric Street Records.  The record is being produced by Canadian pop icon Jann Arden.

5/5/08 - NEW SONG POSTED ON JULIE ROBERTS’ MYSPACE SITE

Click here to check out Julie’s version of “Mama Said Don’t”, which she co-wrote with Victoria and Rachel Proctor.  Julie plans to include it on her next record and has posted it to see what her fans think, so if you like the song, please leave a comment on her page!  (Julie also blogged about Victoria in her latest MySpace blog entry, titled “Hey Y’all”.)

5/5/08 - JESSICA SIMPSON INTERVIEWED IN GLAMOUR MAGAZINE

Click here to read Jessica’s cover story in Glamour magazine, where she’s interviewed about a variety of subjects including her upcoming record (for which she has recorded three of Victoria’s songs, two of which were co-written with Jessica).

 

4/29/08 - LISTEN TO NEW SONGS ON VICTORIA’S MYSPACE SITE

Click here to check out some of the new songs Victoria has written recently, with co-writers Rachel Proctor, Tania Hancheroff, Tia Sillers and Molly Reed. (Featuring singers Tania Hancheroff and Rachel Proctor.)

4/22/08 - “BACK TO THE RIVER” VOTED #1 ON NMP WEBSITE

Victoria’s song “Back to the River” is currently holding the #1 spot on the Top 20 chart for Nashville Music Pros (the social networking website for professionals working in the Nashville music business).

4/26/08 - VICTORIA’S SONG ON YOUTUBE

The demo version of Victoria’s song “Remember That”, sung by Rachel Proctor and pending release by Jessica Simpson, is the subject of a new Grey’s Anatomy fan video on YouTube.  Click here to check it out.

4/21/08 - JESSICA SIMPSON RECORDS VICTORIA’S SONGS

Victoria has had three songs recorded by Jessica Simpson for her new country record to be released through the Columbia label later this year.  Two of the songs, “Come on Over” and “I’m Just Me”, were co-written by Victoria, Jessica Simpson and Rachel Proctor.  The third song “Remember That”, is about domestic abuse, and will also be the topic of a book which Victoria is currently co-authoring with the song’s co-writer, Rachel Proctor.

4/7/08 - JESSE LEE RECORDS VICTORIA’S SONG

New Atlantic Records artists Jesse Lee has recorded a song called “Girl Thing”, co-written with Victoria and Rachel Proctor.  Watch for the release later this year.

1/25/08 - NEW CD ON THE WAY

Victoria is currently working on a new CD for release later this year.  Stay tuned for more info.

12/20/07 - NEW SONY/ATV CONTRACT

It’s official!  Victoria has signed a new publishing contract with Nashville’s Sony/ATV Music.  Victoria was brought into Sony by fellow songwriter Tony Lane, who was nominated for two Grammy awards this year for his Faith Hill/Tim McGraw duet “I Need You”.  Some of the other songwriters on the Sony roster include Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Merle Haggard, Taylor Swift, Rodney Crowell, Jennifer Hanson, Dean Dillon, Bob DiPiero, Miranda Lambert and Gretchen Peters.

12/8/07 - COLLABORATING WITH JESSICA SIMPSON

Victoria is currently writing songs with Jessica Simpson who is preparing to release a country record through RCA Nashville.

12/4/07 - SONGWRITING COMPETITION AWARD

Victoria’s song “I Will Never Be the Same”, cowritten with Mary Sue Englund, has won honorable mention in the 2007 international USA Songwriting Competition.  Victoria’s solo-penned song “Midnight at a Red Light” brought home first prize in the country music category and second prize overall in the same competition in 2006.

10/15/07 - “SAINTS & ANGELS” ON NEW GREATEST HITS CD

Victoria’s solo-penned Sara Evans hit “Saints & Angels” is featured on Sara’s brand new Greatest Hits CD, available now at www.saraevans.com.  Victoria was honored with an ASCAP Country Music Award and a SOCAN International Achievement Award for the song which originally was a single from the double-platinum “Born to Fly” CD.  Mark Scott’s re-recorded version has also been voted Georgia Song of the Year for 2007.

9/15/07 - BACKING UP PAM TILLIS

Victoria has been backing up Pam Tillis on acoustic guitar, manditar and harmony vocals this year.  She recently appeared on the live GAC broadcast of the “Grand Ole Opry”, Naomi Judd’s Hallmark Channel TV show “Naomi’s New Morning”, and Dallas’s “Good Morning Texas” and KHYI radio live.