Bob Atcher
Bob Atcher (born May 11, 1914 , † October 30, 1993 ) was an American country singer who was successful in the 1930s on the radio show WLS National Barn Dance .
Life
Childhood and youth
Bob Atcher grew up in Kentucky. His father played the fiddle and Atcher also learned the fiddle and guitar . At the age of 14 he attended Kentucky State University and also performed as a guitarist and yodeler.
Career
In the early 1930s he made his debut on WHAS radio station in Louisville , Kentucky, and in the years that followed he moved to the southern United States, where he appeared on various small stations. In Louisville, he had met Loretta Applegate, who appeared as "Bonnie Blue Eyes" and both married in 1935. In 1937 Atcher settled in Chicago , where he was heard from 1939 on the Columbia Broadcasting System with a show on WGBM across the country.
In the same year Atcher signed a recording contract with Columbia Records and on May 15 of the same year he played his first singles in Chicago, including duets with his Bonnie Blue Eyes. Numerous other recordings for Columbia and their sublabels Vocalion Records , OKeh Records and Conqueror Records followed . Most of the recording sessions were attended by his wife and brother Randy Atcher , also country singers. Around 1942 he became director of two radio stations in Chicago.
Atcher served in the US Army in the second half of World War II , but resumed his music career and signed again with Columbia, where he entered the 1948 with Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me and I Must Have Been Wrong entered new country charts. In the same year he joined the National Barn Dance from Chicago and Atcher quickly became one of the most popular singers there on the weekly Saturday night show. The Barn Dance was still one of the most successful country shows in those years and Atcher stayed loyal to the show until the show.
In 1950 Atcher moved from Columbia to Capitol Records and then to Kapp Records , but returned to Columbia in the 1960s. There he played some of his old songs for albums again. From this point on, Atcher concentrated more and more on business and political activities. He got into banking and held high office at Schaumberg State Bank. From 1959 to 1979, he also served as the mayor of Schaumberg , Illinois .
Bob Atcher died on October 30, 1993 at the age of 79.
Discography
Singles
Discography is not exhaustive.
| year | title | # | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Records | |||
| I Must Have Been Wrong / I Want to Be Wanted | 20024 | ||
| One Little Raindrop Too Late / Long Gone Baby | 20083 | ||
| I Traded In My Heart for a Tear / A Long Road Ahead | 20115 | ||
| Pins and Needles / Time Alone | 20134 | A-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| Why Should I Cry Over You / Sorrow on My Mind | 20136 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| 1942 | Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die / Honest I Do | 20138 | |
| 1942 | In the Echo of My Heart / Let's Tell Our Dream to the Moon | 20145 | A-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes |
| 1942 | Walkin 'the Floor Over You / Sweethearts or Strangers | 20159 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes |
| The Crying Song / You Love or You Don't | 20170 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| I Dream of Your Bonnie Blue Eyes / She's Not My Curly Headed Baby | 20248 | A-side with Randy Atcher / B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| Crying Myself to Sleep / You Are My Sunshine | 20318 | ||
| The Last Letter / You're My Darling | 20319 | ||
| I Won't Care / Now I Know Somebody Doesn't Care | 20328 | with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| A Face I See at Evening / You Waited Too Long | 20330 | with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| No One to Kiss Me Goodnight / We Never Dream the Same Dream Twice | 20332 | ||
| Cool Water / Pennsylvania Pal | 20354 | ||
| Wasted Tears / On Account of You | 20363 | ||
| I'll Never Grow Too Old to Love You / I Don't Want Nobody | 20379 | ||
| 1947 | Never Trust a Woman / Don't Give Me Your Heart | 20382 | |
| 1947 | Signed, Sealed and Delivered / Mountain Maw | 20393 | |
| 1948 | Your Broken Vow / Down with the Feminine Gender | 20410 | |
| 1948 | Time Will Tell / In My Heart | 20468 | A-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes |
| 1948 | Barbara Allen # 1 / Barbara Allen # 2 | 20481 | |
| 1948 | Methodist Pie / Ladies Man | 20482 | |
| 1948 | Young Rogers / Devilish Mary | 20483 | |
| 1948 | Old Smokey / Hunters of Kentucky | 20484 | |
| Nobody Knows But Me and You / Now That You're Gone | 20527 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| Foggy Foggy Dew / Blue Tail Fly | 20538 | ||
| Smiling with a Broken Heart / Money, Marbles and Chalk | 20556 | ||
| Tennessee Border / Don't Rob Another Man's Castle | 20557 | ||
| The Nightingale / I'll Remember You Love In Prayers | 20608 | ||
| Warm Red Wine / Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me | 20611 | ||
| Red River Valley / Home on the Range | 20618 | ||
| Strawberry Roan / Little Joe the Wrangler | 20619 | ||
| Cowboy's Dream / Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | 20620 | ||
| The Old Chisholm Trail / I've No Use for the Women | 20621 | ||
| To Make You Mine / I Can't Think of Love Without You | 20659 | ||
| I Want to Be Wanted / I Must Have Been Wrong | 36 | ||
| Conqueror Records | |||
| I Found My Cowgirl Sweetheart / When the Locust Is in Bloom | 9338 | ||
| Going Home to Mother / I'm Not Comin 'Home Tonight | 9348 | ||
| I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes / You Love Me or You Don't | 9379 | ||
| You're My Darling / The Last Letter | 9380 | ||
| Answer to You Are My Sunshine / Blues in Jail | 9672 | ||
| I'm Lending You to Uncle Sammy / Are You Sure? | 9673 | ||
| Cool Water / I Wish It Wasn't So | 9674 | ||
| Going South / You'll Always Have My Heart | 9675 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Take Me Back Again | 9815 | ||
| Now That You're Done (Oh My Darling) / Don't Say Goodbye Little Darling | 9816 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| There'll Be a Day / Will You Be True | 9817 | ||
| Vocalion Records | |||
| When the Locust Is in Bloom / I've Found My Cowgirl Sweetheart | 5001 | A-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| Family Prayers / Letter That Went to God | 5069 | ||
| I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes / Whisper Goodbye | 5134 | ||
| Crying Myself to Sleep / You Are My Sunshine | 5370 | B-side with Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
| Tiffany Records | |||
| 1954 | Two Can Play Your Game / High and Dry | 1309 | |
Albums
- 19 ??: The Dean of Cowboy Singers (Columbia)
Web links
- Bob Atcher on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Atcher, Bob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1993 |