# Bob Regan

Robert Joseph (Bob) 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.

## 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.
| Year | Single Title | Recording Artist | Chart Positions | Chart Positions |
| Year | Single Title | Recording Artist | 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 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

| 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 |