Bentley D. Ackley (1872-1958)

Overview

Websites:
	B. D. Ackley	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: B. D. Ackley	List of 84 historic recordings from 1911 to 1936.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Why I Love Him (1917)	Robert E. Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 3226
I Walk With the King (1914)	H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison Blue Amberol: 2350
If Your Heart Keeps Right (1914)	H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison Blue Amberol: 2349
The Land Where the Roses Never Fade (1918)	Robert E. Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 3591
Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me (1914)	H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison Blue Amberol: 2351
The Old Fashioned Faith (1914)	H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison Blue Amberol: 2353
Gethsemane (1917)	Robert E. Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 3283

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	There's a Rainbow Shining Somewhere (1930)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


At the End of the Way (1926)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Columbia: W142613
Back to the Faith of My Childhood (1926)	B.D. Ackley	Donald Alexander Chalmers Amy Ellerman Charles Hart Nick Latterner Esther Nelson H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison: 11200
Better Each Day (1917)	B.D. Ackley	Virginia Healey Asher H.A. Rodeheaver	Victor: B-20118
Bye and Bye (1911)	B.D. Ackley	Harry Anthony Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison John Young	Victor: B-11259
Church by the Side of the Road, The (1926)	B.D. Ackley	Doris Doe H.A. Rodeheaver	Columbia: W141724
Drifting (1917)	B.D. Ackley	George A. Brewster H.A. Rodeheaver	Victor: B-20120
Forgive Me, Lord (1913)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Victor: B-13746
Gethsemane (1917)	B.D. Ackley	Robert E. Clark	Edison: 5362
He Must Reign (1930)	B.D. Ackley	William McEwan	Columbia: W149767
I Am Coming Home (1915)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Victor: B-15857
I Would Be Like Jesus (1924)	B.D. Ackley	J. Foster Barnes	Victor: B-30440
If Your Heart Keeps Right (1916)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Columbia: 46454
If Your Heart Keeps Right (1915)	B.D. Ackley	Donald Alexander Chalmers Helen Clark H.A. Rodeheaver Elizabeth Spencer John Young	Edison: 3492
In the Garden With Jesus (1927)	B.D. Ackley	Donald Alexander Chalmers J. Maxwell H.A. Rodeheaver Andrea Sarto Frederick Vettel	Edison: 18132
Just Outside the Door (1927)	B.D. Ackley	E. Moody Lawrence D. Neal George Pickard P. Reeve	Victor: BVE-37906
Land Where the Roses Never Fade, The (1918)	B.D. Ackley	Robert E. Clark	Edison: 6276
⇑Land Where the Roses Never Fade, The (1929)	B.D. Ackley	Arthur Billings Hunt	Edison: 19154
More Like Him (1925)	B.D. Ackley	Virginia Healey Asher H.A. Rodeheaver	Victor: BVE-33764
Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me (1916)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Columbia: 46453
My Mother (1917)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Victor: B-20330
Nearer the Sweeter, The (1928)	B.D. Ackley	John McGhee Frank Welling	Brunswick: AL264-AL265
Old Fashioned Faith, The (1915)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison: 3495
Only a Smile (1929)	B.D. Ackley	Elsie Tietge Florence Tietge Martha Tietge	Victor: BVE-56143
Only Shadows (1936)	B.D. Ackley	Edward MacHugh	Victor: BS-99486
Pardoning Grace (1922)	B.D. Ackley	Gipsy Smith	Columbia: 80329
Satisfied There (1927)	B.D. Ackley	Doris Doe H.A. Rodeheaver	Columbia: W143288
So May You (1924)	B.D. Ackley	J. Foster Barnes	Victor: B-30441
Somebody Knows (1922)	B.D. Ackley	Charles Hart Elizabeth Spencer Frederick J. Wheeler Mrs. Why	Edison: 8353
Sunrise (1930)	B.D. Ackley	William McEwan	Columbia: W150013
Till I See My Mother's Face (1926)	B.D. Ackley	Solon Drunkenmiller J. Douglas Swagerty	OKeh: 9643
Till the Whole World Knows (1925)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	OKeh: S-73506
Transformed (1920)	B.D. Ackley	Virginia Healey Asher H.A. Rodeheaver	Columbia: 79021
When I Look Into His Face (1924)	B.D. Ackley	Reuben Windisch	Victor: B-29261
⇑Where They Never Say ''Good-Bye'' (1924)	B.D. Ackley	H.A. Rodeheaver	Edison: 9693
Why I Love Him (1917)	B.D. Ackley	Robert E. Clark	Edison: 5363

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	There's a Rainbow Shining Somewhere (1930)	B.D. Ackley (music) Anne Campbell (words) H.A. Rodeheaver (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 36 works by Bentley DeForest Ackley (1872-1958). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

1910-1922

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


How You Will Love Him!	1910	Eben Eugene Rexford (words)
Bye and Bye	1911	Fanny Crosby (words) Harry Anthony (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison (perf.) John Young (perf.)
Forgive Me, Lord	1913	A. H. Ackley (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
I Walk With the King	1914	Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
If Your Heart Keeps Right	1914	Lizzie De Armond (words) Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) John Young (perf.)
Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me	1914	Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Old Fashioned Faith, The	1914	Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
I Am Coming Home	1915	A. H. Ackley (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Better Each Day	1917	A. H. Ackley (words) Virginia Healey Asher (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Drifting	1917	E. E. Hewitt (words) George A. Brewster (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Gethsemane	1917	Robert E. Clark (perf.)
⇑ My Mother	1917	A. H. Ackley (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Why I Love Him	1917	Robert E. Clark (perf.)
Land Where the Roses Never Fade, The	1918	Robert E. Clark (perf.) Arthur Billings Hunt (perf.)
Transformed	1920	Mrs. F. G. Burroughs (words) Virginia Healey Asher (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Pardoning Grace	1922	A. H. Ackley (words) Gipsy Smith (perf.)

1922-1930

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Somebody Knows	1922	A. H. Ackley (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler (perf.) Mrs. Why (perf.)
I Would Be Like Jesus	1924	James Rowe (words) J. Foster Barnes (perf.)
So May You	1924	James Rowe (words) J. Foster Barnes (perf.)
When I Look Into His Face	1924	Reuben Windisch (perf.)
Where They Never Say ''Good-Bye''	1924	A. H. Ackley (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
More Like Him	1925	W. C. Poole (words) Virginia Healey Asher (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Till the Whole World Knows	1925	A. H. Ackley (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
At the End of the Way	1926	W. C. Poole (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Back to the Faith of My Childhood	1926	A. H. Ackley (co-author) Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) Amy Ellerman (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) Nick Latterner (perf.) Esther Nelson (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Church by the Side of the Road, The	1926	Doris Doe (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Till I See My Mother's Face	1926	N. A. McAulay (words) Solon Drunkenmiller (perf.) J. Douglas Swagerty (perf.)
⇑ Just Outside the Door	1927	James Rowe (words) Ernest Moody (perf.) Lawrence D. Neal (perf.) George Pickard (perf.) Phil Reeve (perf.)
Satisfied There	1927	E. E. Hewitt (words) Doris Doe (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
Nearer the Sweeter, The	1928	Jesse P. Tompkins (words) John McGhee (perf.) Frank Welling (perf.)
Only a Smile	1929	A. H. Ackley (words) Elsie Tietge (perf.) Florence Tietge (perf.) Martha Tietge (perf.)
He Must Reign	1930	C. Austin Miles (co-author) William McEwan (perf.)

1930-1936

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Sunrise	1930	W. C. Poole (co-author) William McEwan (perf.)
There's a Rainbow Shining Somewhere	1930	Anne Campbell (words) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.)
In the Garden With Jesus	1936	W. C. Poole (words) Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) J. Maxwell (perf.) Homer A. Rodeheaver (perf.) Andrea Sarto (perf.) Frederick Vettel (perf.)
Only Shadows	1936	W. C. Poole (words) Edward MacHugh (perf.)