Kenny Beard
{{short description|American songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|2|26}}
| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, US
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|1|1959|2|26}}
| death_place = Lebanon, Tennessee, US
| genre = Country
| occupation = Songwriter
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Kenny Beard (February 26, 1959 - October 1, 2017) was an American country music songwriter. He wrote songs for Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, and Aaron Tippin.
Biography
Beard moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1986, where he began working as a songwriter. His first hit as a songwriter was "Doghouse" by John Conlee.{{cite web | url=https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2017/10/passings-country-songwriter-kenny-beard.html | title=Passings: Country Songwriter Kenny Beard | work=Vintage Vinyl News | accessdate=November 21, 2018}} Artists who recorded his songs included Tracy Lawrence, Aaron Tippin, Trace Adkins, and Jeff Bates. Beard also worked as a music manager and record producer.{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2017/10/songwriter-kenny-beard-dies/ | title=Songwriter Kenny Beard dies | work=MusicRow | date=3 October 2017 | accessdate=November 21, 2018}}
List of songs written by Kenny Beard
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Artist |
|---|
| 1990
|"Doghouse" |
| 1992
|rowspan=5|Tracy Lawrence |
| 1993 |
| rowspan=2|1995 |
| "If the World Had a Front Porch" |
| rowspan=2|1997 |
| "The Rest of Mine"
|rowspan=2|Trace Adkins |
| 1998
|"Big Time" |
| 1999
|"A Bitter End" |
| 2000
|rowspan=2|Clay Davidson |
| rowspan=2|2001
|"Sometimes" |
| "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" |
| 2002
|"What a Memory" |Tracy Lawrence |
| rowspan=2|2003
|"Country Thang" |
| "The Love Song"
|rowspan=3|Jeff Bates |
| 2004 |
| 2006
|"No Shame" |
| 2008
|"All Wrapped Up in Christmas" |Tracy Lawrence |
| 2011
|Trace Adkins |
References
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Category:American country songwriters