1. James Robert Owen "Bob" Atcher was an American country musician.
10 Facts About Bob Atcher
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Bob Atcher started out on radio in Louisville on WHAS, and was offered spots on a number of other stations in the American South and Midwest.
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Bob Atcher scored two solo hits with versions of "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" and Ernest Tubb's "Walking the Floor Over You".
4.
Bob's younger brother Randy Atcher appeared on some of his records.
5.
In 1948, Bob Atcher signed on with WLS and became a performer on their National Barn Dance.
6.
Bob Atcher released a long play entitled Early American Folk Songs in 1948, which was among the earliest LPs released by Columbia.
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Bob Atcher continued with the Barn Dance well into the 1960s, and re-signed to Columbia that decade, re-recording many of his songs in stereo.
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Bob Atcher was the star of Junior Rodeo, a television program that debuted on ABC on November 15,1952.
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Bob Atcher, like Gene Autry, was a shrewd businessman, and bought several businesses and invested in banking, with the proceeds from his career.
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Bob Atcher was the mayor of Schaumburg, Illinois from 1959 to 1975.