Kenny Beard

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Kenny Beard | image = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1959|2|26}} | origin = Nashville, Tennessee, US | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|1|1959|2|26}} | death_place = Lebanon, Tennessee, US | genre = Country | occupation = Songwriter | years_active = | associated_acts = }} '''Kenny Beard''' (February 26, 1959 - October 1, 2017) was an American country music songwriter. He wrote songs for Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, and Aaron Tippin.

==Biography== Beard moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1986, where he began working as a songwriter. His first hit as a songwriter was "Doghouse" by John Conlee.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2017/10/passings-country-songwriter-kenny-beard.html | title=Passings: Country Songwriter Kenny Beard | work=Vintage Vinyl News | accessdate=November 21, 2018 | archive-date=November 22, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122051854/https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2017/10/passings-country-songwriter-kenny-beard.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Artists who recorded his songs included Tracy Lawrence, Aaron Tippin, Trace Adkins, and Jeff Bates. Beard also worked as a music manager and record producer.<ref name="music">{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2017/10/songwriter-kenny-beard-dies/ | title=Songwriter Kenny Beard dies | work=MusicRow | date=3 October 2017 | accessdate=November 21, 2018}}</ref>

Beard died on October 1, 2017.<ref name="music"/>

==List of songs written by Kenny Beard== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Song<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Kenny+Beard&tab=songaswriterchartstab | title=Songs written by Kenny Beard | work=Music VF | accessdate=November 21, 2018}}</ref> ! Artist |- |1990 |"Doghouse" |John Conlee |- |1992 |"Today's Lonely Fool" |rowspan=5|Tracy Lawrence |- |1993 |"My Second Home" |- |rowspan=2|1995 |"As Any Fool Can See" |- |"If the World Had a Front Porch" |- |rowspan=2|1997 |"Is That a Tear" |- |"The Rest of Mine" |rowspan=2|Trace Adkins |- |1998 |"Big Time" |- |1999 |"A Bitter End" |Deryl Dodd |- |2000 |"I Can't Lie to Me" |rowspan=2|Clay Davidson |- |rowspan=2|2001 |"Sometimes" |- |"Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" |Aaron Tippin |- |2002 |"What a Memory" |Tracy Lawrence |- |rowspan=2|2003 |"Country Thang" |John Michael Montgomery |- |"The Love Song" |rowspan=3|Jeff Bates |- |2004 |"I Wanna Make You Cry" |- |2006 |"No Shame" |- |2008 |"All Wrapped Up in Christmas" |Tracy Lawrence |- |2011 |"Brown Chicken Brown Cow" |Trace Adkins |}

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