B. D. Ackley

Bentley DeForest Ackley (September 27, 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania – September 3, 1958 in Winona Lake, Indiana) was an American musician and gospel composer.

His brother Alfred Henry "A. H." Ackley (January 21, 1887 – July 3, 1960) composed with him, and is credited with the popular hymn He Lives. As a young man, B. D. had already learned several instruments, including the melodeon, piano, cornet, clarinet and piccolo. After moving to New York City in 1888, he began playing the organ in churches.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 27, 1872 (Cambria County), Died September 3, 1958

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, organ, songwriter

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-11259 10-in. 11/21/1911 Bye and bye Harry Anthony ; James F. Harrison Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-13743 12-in. 9/10/1913 Mother's prayers have followed me Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-13746 10-in. 9/10/1913 Forgive me, Lord Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-13748 10-in. 9/10/1913 If your heart keeps right Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-13750 10-in. 9/11/1913 I would be like Jesus Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with organ instrumentalist, organ, composer  
Victor B-13754 10-in. 9/11/1913 Jesus, blessed Jesus Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with organ composer, instrumentalist, organ  
Victor B-13755 10-in. 9/11/1913 How sweet is his love Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with organ instrumentalist, organ  
Victor B-13765 10-in. 9/11/1913 The old-fashioned faith Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with organ instrumentalist, organ, composer  
Victor B-13766 10-in. 9/11/1913 Jesus remembered you Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with organ instrumentalist, organ  
Victor B-13767 10-in. 9/11/1913 Safe in the arms of Jesus Homer A. Rodeheaver Trombone solo, with organ instrumentalist, organ  
Victor B-15856 10-in. 4/3/1915 I walk with the King Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15857 10-in. 4/3/1915 I am coming home Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20118 10-in. 6/14/1917 Better each day Mrs. William Asher ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20120 10-in. 6/14/1917 Drifting George A. Brewster ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20330 10-in. 7/9/1917 My mother Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-24304 10-in. 7/7/1920 Forgive me, Lord Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-29261 10-in. 1/9/1924 When I look into his face Reuben Windisch Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-30440 10-in. 7/1/1924 I would be like Jesus J. Foster Barnes Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor B-30441 10-in. 7/1/1924 So may you J. Foster Barnes Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-33731 10-in. 11/3/1925 Where they never say good-bye Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-33747 10-in. 11/4/1925 Forgive me Lord Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-33748 10-in. 11/4/1925 I walk with the King Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-33764 10-in. 11/9/1925 More like him Mrs. William Asher ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Female-male vocal duet, with pipe organ composer  
Victor CVE-37333 12-in. 1/4/1927 Mother's prayers have followed me Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-37335 10-in. 1/4/1927 If your heart keeps right Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-37339 10-in. 1/5/1927 Drifting Henry Burr ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal duet, with pipe organ composer  
Victor BVE-37906 10-in. 2/16/1927 Just outside the door Calhoun Sacred Quartet Male vocal quartet, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-45145 10-in. 5/16/1928 Mother's prayers have followed me Marion Talley Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-56143 10-in. 9/24/1929 Only a smile Tietge Sisters Female vocal trio, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-56144 10-in. 9/24/1929 Just outside the door Tietge Sisters Female vocal trio, with piano composer  
Victor BSHQ-72361 10-in. 4/27/1932 There's a rainbow shining somewhere Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with organ songwriter  
Victor BS-99485 10-in. 3/17/1936 In the garden with Jesus Edward MacHugh Male vocal solo, with organ composer  
Victor BS-99486 10-in. 3/17/1936 Only shadows Edward MacHugh Male vocal solo, with organ composer  
Victor [Trial 1913-07-18-02] Not documented 7/18/1913 Because he loved me so Homer A. Rodeheaver Baritone vocal solos and recitation composer  
Victor [Trial 1915-10-28-01] Not documented 10/28/1915 Because he loved me so S. H. Shiveley Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor [Trial 1916-08-23-02] Not documented 8/23/1916 How you will love him Helen Cutler Dickey Female vocal solo, with piano and trombone composer  
Columbia 46453 10-in. 2/25/1916 Mother's prayers have followed me Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 46454 10-in. 2/25/1916 If your heart keeps right Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 79021 10-in. 3/4/1920 Transformed Mrs. William Asher ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 80329 10-in. 5/1/1922 Pardoning grace Gipsy Smith Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 49957 12-in. 4/30/1921 Somebody knows Gipsy Smith Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia W141724 10-in. 2/25/1926 The church by the side of the road Doris Doe ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Female-male vocal duet, with violin, cello, organ, and chimes composer  
Columbia W142610 10-in. 9/14/1926 If your heart keeps right Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with violin and organ composer  
Columbia W142613 10-in. 9/14/1926 At the end of the way Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with violin and organ composer  
Columbia W143288 10-in. 1/11/1927 Satisfied there Doris Doe ; Homer A. Rodeheaver Female-male vocal duet, with violin and organ composer  
Columbia W149767 10-in. 1/16/1930 He must reign William McEwan Male vocal solo, with violin, organ, and chimes songwriter  
Columbia W149770 10-in. 1/17/1930 I walk with the King William McEwan Male vocal solo, with violin, organ, and chimes composer  
Columbia W150013 10-in. 2/25/1930 Sunrise William McEwan Male vocal solo, with violin and organ composer  
Columbia W151311 10-in. 2/16/1931 I would be like Jesus William McEwan Male vocal solo, with violin, organ, and chimes composer  
Columbia W151313 10-in. 2/16/1931 Pardoning grace William McEwan Male vocal solo, with violin and organ composer  
Columbia W151376 10-in. 2/28/1931 There's a rainbow shining somewhere Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble composer  
OKeh 8621 10-in. Mar. 1924 My mother's prayers have followed me J. Douglas Swagerty Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh 9351 10-in. Sept. 1925 Just outside the door Rev. Wm. McKinley Dawkins Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh 9643 10-in. Mar. 1926 'Till I see my mother's face Solon Drunkenmiller ; J. Douglas Swagerty Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet composer  
OKeh S-73506 10-in. July 1925 Till the whole world knows Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet and chimes composer  
OKeh S-73510 10-in. July 1925 I shall see the King Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet and bells composer  
OKeh 73843 10-in. Dec. 1925 Mother's prayers have followed me Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh W81356 10-in. 9/20/1927 Walking with Jesus Avoca Quartet Vocal quartet, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar composer  
Brunswick 7825-7827 10-in. approximately Apr. 1922 Just outside the door Criterion Male Quartet Male vocal quartet, with organ composer  
Brunswick E3962 10-in. 10/16/1926 Somebody knows Robert A. Gardner Male vocal solo, with guitar composer  
Brunswick E27924 10-in. 7/30/1928 So may you Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with violin, guitar, and piano composer  
Brunswick E30305 10-in. June 1929 If your heart keeps right Kanawha Singers Male vocal quartet, with organ composer  
Brunswick E15988-E15989 10-in. 6/16/1925 Mother's prayers have followed me Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and orchestra, with string quartet, organ, and celeste composer  
Brunswick E21153-E21154 10-in. 1/8/1927 The church by the side of the road Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with organ composer  
Brunswick E22973-E22974 10-in. 5/5/1927 My mother’s prayers have followed me Old Southern Sacred Singers Male vocal quartet, with organ composer  
Brunswick E23853-E23854 10-in. 7/6/1927 Just outside the door Criterion Quartet Male vocal quartet composer  
Brunswick AL260-AL261 10-in. 2/12/1928 I am coming home John McGhee ; Frank Welling Male vocal duet, with guitar and harmonica composer  
Brunswick AL264-AL265 10-in. 2/12/1928 The nearer the sweeter John McGhee ; Frank Welling Male vocal duet, with steel guitar and guitar composer  
Brunswick AT338-AT339 10-in. 3/2/1928 Love keeps me singing Flat Creek Sacred Singers Mixed vocal quartet, with organ composer  
Edison 3492 10-in. 1/2/1915 If your heart keeps right Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 3493 10-in. 1/2/1915 Mother's prayers have followed me Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 3495 10-in. 1/2/1915 The old-fashioned faith Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5362 10-in. 2/14/1917 Gethsemane Robert E. Clark Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5363 10-in. 2/14/1917 Why I love Him Robert E. Clark Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6276 10-in. July 1918 The land where the roses never fade Robert E. Clark Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 8353 10-in. 1/30/1922 Somebody knows Metropolitan Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 9693 10-in. 9/8/1924 Where they never say "good-bye" Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 11199 10-in. 9/15/1926 The church by the side of the road Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quintet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 11200 10-in. 9/15/1926 Back to the faith of my childhood Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quintet, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 11422 10-in. 1/10/1927 At the end of the way Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 18132 10-in. 12/23/1927 In the garden with Jesus Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 19154 10-in. 4/12/1929 The land where the roses never fade Arthur Billings Hunt Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison N-853 10-in. 4/12/1929 The land where the roses never fade Arthur Billings Hunt Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison N-1147 10-in. 9/23/1929 Only shadows Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal quartet and orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ackley, B. D.," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109778.

Ackley, B. D.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109778.

"Ackley, B. D.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109778

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LCNAR: Ackley, B. D. (Bentley DeForrest), 1872-1958 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93030565

Wikidata: B. D. Ackley - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2876643

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FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/330114

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