Bob Regan

{{short description|American country music songwriter}} {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bob Regan | image = BOB REGAN -Looking down at guitar copy.jpg | alias = | birth_name = Robert Joseph Regan | birth_place = Sacramento, California, United States | birth_date = | instrument = guitar, bass guitar | genre = Country | occupation = Songwriter | years_active = 1972–present | label = | website = {{URL|bobregan.com}} }}

'''Robert Joseph Regan''' is a Grammy nominated American country music songwriter. His chart credits include "Til Love Comes Again" by Reba McEntire, "Busy Man" by Billy Ray Cyrus, "Your Everything" by Keith Urban, "Soon" by Tanya Tucker, "Thinkin' About You" by Trisha Yearwood, "Running Out of Reasons to Run" by Rick Trevino, "Something About a Woman" by Jake Owen, "Dig Two Graves" by Randy Travis, and many others. His songs have been recorded by artists ranging from cowboy legend Roy Rogers to Kenny Rogers, from Hank Williams Jr. to Andy Williams.

Regan was a recording artist on Curb Records in the early 1980s, a studio musician in Nashville, Tennessee, a guitarist on the Grand Ole Opry (with Jeanne Pruitt,) and was a three-term President of the Board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International as well as their Legislative Chair. In that role in 2006, he helped pass the Songwriters Capital Gains Tax Equity Act. Regan also taught as an adjunct professor at Belmont University in the inaugural year of their songwriting program.

In 2012, Regan founded Operation Song, a program which brings professional songwriters together with veterans and active duty military to help them tell their stories in song. To date there have been over 1800 songs written with veterans of World War II to those currently serving.

In 2023, Regan began releasing solo written and self produced singles as an artist on his own label, Yessirree Bob Records.

In 2024, Regan received the William Randolph Hearst Award for Journalism and Mass Communication for his work with Operation Song and for his contributions to the Boston Globe. <ref>{{cite web | title=Bob Regan Honored with Hearst Award | School of Journalism and Mass Communications | url=https://www.sjsu.edu/jmc/news/bob-regan-hearst.php#:~:text=The%20SJSU%20School%20of%20Journalism,lives%20of%20our%20nation%27s%20veterans }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | title=The meaning of lives that are no longer - the Boston Globe | website=The Boston Globe | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/15/opinion/meaning-lives-that-are-no-longer/ }}</ref>

==Early life== Regan was born in Sacramento, California, was raised in South Lake Tahoe. in 1972, he received a BA degree in Psychology from the University of California at Davis.

==Chart singles written by Bob Regan==

The following is a list of Bob Regan compositions that were chart hits. {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single Title ! rowspan="2"| Recording Artist ! colspan="6"| Chart Positions |- ! width="55"| Billboard Hot 100 ! width="55"| Billboard Country |- | 1987 | ''Routine'' | ''The Kendalls'' | | align="center"| 54 |- | 1989 | '''Til Love Comes Again'' ''co-written with Ed Hill'' | ''Reba McEntire'' | | align="center"| 4 |- | 1990 | ''We've Got It Made'' ''co-written with Sandy Ramos'' | ''Lee Greenwood'' | | align="center"| 14 |- | 1993 | ''Soon'' ''co-written with Casey Kelly'' | ''Tanya Tucker'' | | align="center"| 2 |- | 1994 | ''You Just Watch Me'' ''co-written with Rick Giles'' | ''Tanya Tucker'' | | align="center"| 20 |- | 1995 | ''Sometimes I Forget'' ''co-written with Billy Kirsch'' | ''Doug Stone'' | | align="center"| 41 |- | 1995 | ''Yeah Buddy'' ''co-written with Mark D. Sanders'' | ''Jeff Carson'' | | align="center"| 69 |- | 1995 | ''Thinkin' About You'' ''co-written with Tom Shapiro'' | ''Trisha Yearwood'' | align="center"| 120 | align="center"| 1 |- | 1996 | ''She Can't Save Him'' ''co-written with Liz Hengber'' | ''Lisa Brokop'' | | align="center"| 55 |- | 1996 | ''Someday'' ''co-written with Steve Azar and A. J. Masters'' | ''Steve Azar'' | | align="center"| 51 |- | 1997 | ''More Than I Wanted to Know'' ''co-written with Mike Noble'' | ''Regina Regina'' | | align="center"| 53 |- | 1997 | ''Running Out of Reasons to Run'' ''co-written with George Teren'' | ''Rick Trevino'' | | align="center"| 1 |- | 1997 | ''The Swing'' ''co-written with Robert Ellis Orrall'' | ''James Bonamy'' | | align="center"| 31 |- | 1999 | ''Ain't Enough Roses'' ''co-written with Lisa Brokop and Sam Hogin'' | ''Lisa Brokop'' | | align="center"| 65 |- | 1999 | ''Tore Up from the Floor Up'' ''co-written with J. B. Rudd'' | ''Wade Hayes'' | | align="center"| 57 |- | 1999 | ''Busy Man'' ''co-written with George Teren'' | ''Billy Ray Cyrus'' | align="center"| 46 | align="center"| 3 |- | 1999 | ''Everytime I Cry'' ''co-written with Karen Staley'' | ''Terri Clark'' | align="center"| 69 | align="center"| 12 |- | 1999 | ''Steam'' ''co-written with Lewis Anderson'' | ''Ty Herndon'' | align="center"| 83 | align="center"| 18 |- | 2000 | ''I Want to Know (Everything There Is to Know About You)'' ''co-written with Lewis Anderson'' | ''Mark Wills'' | align="center"| | align="center"| 33 |- | 2000 | ''Your Everything'' ''co-written with Chris Lindsey'' | ''Keith Urban'' | align="center"| 51 | align="center"| 4 |- | 2008 | ''Something About a Woman''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130129092044/http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Bob+Regan&tab=songaswriterchartstab/ Bob Regan's Top songs and Chart Singles Discography]</ref> ''co-written with Jimmy Ritchey and Jake Owen'' | ''Jake Owen'' | align="center"| 104 | align="center"| 15 |- | 2009 | ''I'll Be That'' ''co-written with Jimmy Wayne and Kevin Paige'' | ''Jimmy Wayne'' | | align="center"| 46 |- | 2009 | ''Fight Like a Girl'' ''co-written with Kristy Osmunson and Kelley Shepard'' | ''Bomshel'' | | align="center"| 30 |}

==Awards== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! 2012 ! Pray About Everything ! Dove Award ! Best Country Recorded Song ! Nominated |- | 2009 | Dig Two Graves | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | {{nom}} |- | 2008 | Something About a Woman | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 2000 | Your Everything | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1999 | Steam | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1999 | Busy Man | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1999 | Everytime I Cry | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1997 | Running Out of Reasons to Run | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1995 | "Thinkin' About You" | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1993 | Soon | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1990 | We've Got It Made | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |- | 1989 | 'Til Love Comes Again | ASCAP | Most Performed Song | {{won}} |}

==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714155021/http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/news.php?viewStory=66 Bob Regan] at NSAI *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160537/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1047942161.html?dids=1047942161:1047942161&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04,+2006&author=Kathy+M.+Kristof&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=PERSONAL+FINANCE%3B+Tax+Rule+Gives+Tune+Writers+a+Reason+to+Sing%3B+Authors+who+sell+their+songs+will+be+able+to+treat+the+proceeds+as+capital+gains+rather+than+income,+a+break+already+enjoyed+by+producers.&pqatl=google LA Times]

==External links== * [http://bobregan.com/ Official website] * {{MusicBrainz artist|id=c3722bbc-490b-4c29-9e90-2ac5bf454d08|name=Bob Regan}} * {{Discogs artist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20021218085327/http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1502126&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 Ascap entry for Bob Regan] * https://web.archive.org/web/20130127055619/http://www.watchgmctv.com/news/and-nominees-are-43rd-annual-dove-award-nominations-announced-atlanta

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