Bob Beckham
Robert Joseph Beckham (July 8, 1927 – November 11, 2013) was an American country music publisher based in Nashville, who mentored generations of songwriters as head of Combine Music Publishing from 1964 to 1989. He played a pivotal role in the career of Kris Kristofferson and guided other artists including Dolly Parton, Larry Gatlin, Tony Joe White and Billy Swan. As a young man, he had stint of acting in motion pictures in Hollywood and he himself became a recording artist with some fleeting success — but Beckham turned to music publishing in 1961 as his primary career. In the 1970s, Beckham became a major power on Music Row, and nurtured many great songwriters who wrote classic hits like "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Kris Kristofferson), and Elvis Presley's "Burning Love" (Dennis Linde). Beckham was a gruff but supportive father figure to his staff songwriters, whom he truly loved. He was given the Mentor Award by the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Nashville Entertainment Association presented him with its Master Award in 1988 and he received the Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music in 2014. Beckham died in 2013 in a Nashville hospital at age 86. |
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Recordings (Results 26-47 of 47 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 11386 | 1/7/1961 | Like a fool | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11572 | 6/6/1961 | Counting mistakes | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11573 | 6/6/1961 | Midnight | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11574 | 6/6/1961 | I'm wondering | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11575 | 6/6/1961 | How soon (will I be seeing you) | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11783 | 10/28/1961 | Ten thousand teardrops (and one broken heart) | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11784 | 10/28/1961 | The sound of a breaking heart | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11785 | 10/28/1961 | Ivory tower | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11786 | 10/28/1961 | Just friends | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11989 | 3/29/1962 | All the time | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11990 | 3/29/1962 | I'll take my chances | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11991 | 3/29/1962 | I cry like a baby | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 11992 | 3/29/1962 | After the laughter | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12188 | 9/4/1962 | My heart would know | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12189 | 9/4/1962 | Out of my mind | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12190 | 9/4/1962 | Building memories | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12191 | 9/4/1962 | Memory mountain | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12453 | 3/28/1963 | Grabbing at rainbows | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12454 | 3/28/1963 | Footprints | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12455 | 3/28/1963 | After the heartache | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12796 | 1/24/1964 | I'll be around | Bob Beckham | performer | |||
Decca | NA 12797 | 1/24/1964 | Helpless | Bob Beckham | performer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Beckham, Bob," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/303607.
Beckham, Bob. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/303607.
"Beckham, Bob." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Beckham, Bob - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97029930
Wikidata: Bob Beckham - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q887792
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/19283520
MusicBrainz: Bob Beckham - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0512dab4-511d-4b42-a3e8-266375e72135
ISNI: 0000 0000 5253 0418 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000052530418
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