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. 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

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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. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/15/opinion/meaning-lives-that-are-no-longer/

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.

Awards

References

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External links

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