Bob Regan

American country music songwriter

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (January 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Bob Regan

Background information
Birth name| Robert Joseph Regan
Born| Sacramento, California, United States
Genres| Country
Occupation| Songwriter
Instrument(s)| guitar, bass guitar
Years active| 1972–present
Website| bobregan.com

Musical artist

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. [1] [2]

## Early life

[edit]

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

[edit]

The following is a list of Bob Regan compositions that were chart hits.

Year  | Single Title  | Recording Artist  | Chart Positions

|
|
|

Billboard Hot 100 | Billboard Country
1987  | Routine
| The Kendalls |  | 54
1989  | 'Til Love Comes Again
co-written with Ed Hill | Reba McEntire |  | 4
1990  | We've Got It Made
co-written with Sandy Ramos | Lee Greenwood |  | 14
1993  | Soon
co-written with Casey Kelly | Tanya Tucker |  | 2
1994  | You Just Watch Me
co-written with Rick Giles | Tanya Tucker |  | 20
1995  | Sometimes I Forget
co-written with Billy Kirsch | Doug Stone |  | 41
1995  | Yeah Buddy
co-written with Mark D. Sanders | Jeff Carson |  | 69
1995  | Thinkin' About You
co-written with Tom Shapiro | Trisha Yearwood | 120  | 1
1996  | She Can't Save Him
co-written with Liz Hengber | Lisa Brokop |  | 55
1996  | Someday
co-written with Steve Azar and A. J. Masters | Steve Azar |  | 51
1997  | More Than I Wanted to Know
co-written with Mike Noble | Regina Regina |  | 53
1997  | Running Out of Reasons to Run
co-written with George Teren | Rick Trevino |  | 1
1997  | The Swing
co-written with Robert Ellis Orrall | James Bonamy |  | 31
1999  | Ain't Enough Roses
co-written with Lisa Brokop and Sam Hogin | Lisa Brokop |  | 65
1999  | Tore Up from the Floor Up
co-written with J. B. Rudd | Wade Hayes |  | 57
1999  | Busy Man
co-written with George Teren | Billy Ray Cyrus | 46  | 3
1999  | Everytime I Cry
co-written with Karen Staley | Terri Clark | 69  | 12
1999  | Steam
co-written with Lewis Anderson | Ty Herndon | 83  | 18
2000  | I Want to Know (Everything There Is to Know About You)
co-written with Lewis Anderson | Mark Wills |  | 33
2000  | Your Everything
co-written with Chris Lindsey | Keith Urban | 51  | 4
2008  | Something About a Woman[3]
co-written with Jimmy Ritchey and Jake Owen | Jake Owen | 104  | 15
2009  | I'll Be That
co-written with Jimmy Wayne and Kevin Paige | Jimmy Wayne |  | 46
2009  | Fight Like a Girl
co-written with Kristy Osmunson and Kelley Shepard | Bomshel |  | 30

## Awards

[edit]

2012  | Pray About Everything  | Dove Award  | Best Country Recorded Song  | Nominated

|
|
|
|

2009  | Dig Two Graves | Grammy Awards  | Best Country Song  | Nominated
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

[edit]

1. ^ "Bob Regan Honored with Hearst Award | School of Journalism and Mass Communications".
2. ^ "The meaning of lives that are no longer - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
3. ^ Bob Regan's Top songs and Chart Singles Discography

* Bob Regan at NSAI
* LA Times

## External links

[edit]

* Official website
* Bob Regan discography at MusicBrainz
* Bob Regan discography at Discogs
* 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

Authority control databases: Artists |

* MusicBrainz
* Grammy Awards

|