Harley Hatcher

 

Harley Hatcher - Professional Summary:



As a top executive with Curb Records and with a career spanning more than five decades, Harley Hatcher has had a hand in developing the careers of a wide array of rock, pop, country and Christian music recording artists. As a songwriter, Harley Hatcher has scored several chart-topping singles, and as a record producer and musician Harley Hatcher has written and produced eighty songs that have appeared in motion pictures and on television shows.

 

Harley Hatcher was born and raised near the city of Thomasville, Georgia. His introduction to the music business came in 1960 while serving in the United States Army’s 102nd Signal Battalion in Kaiserslautern, German. It was there that Harley Hatcher met fellow soldier and record producer Richard Podolor, and he was invited to Hollywood, California for a recording session. At the age of 21, Harley Hatcher made the trip to Los Angeles to record at American Recording Studio. Two of the four songs recorded were released as singles.

 

Over the next six years Harley Hatcher was signed as a songwriter to Mike Curbs’ Sidewalk Productions. Harley Hatcher wrote songs for entertainment industry icon Dick Clark and composed the musical scores for eight motion pictures and had songs recorded by some of the biggest names in pop and country music.

 

In 1972, as part of a deal in which MGM Records acquired the administration rights to Harley Hatcher’s Leo The Lion music publishing company, Harley Hatcher became head of Special Projects at MGM. Harley Hatcher was later appointed head of Country Music at MGM.

 

In 1987, Harley Hatcher re-joined Curb Records just as the company was expanding into a global record label. Harley Hatcher served as Senior Consultant of Curb Records from 1987 to 1998 and Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2006, during which time he was in charge of music publishing and greatest hits catalog releases. Since 1987, Mike Curb and Harley Hatcher have worked together on the release of greatest hits compilation albums for more than 400 legendary recording artists.

 

Harley Hatcher has vast experience as a music business executive as well as a music producer and writer. Harley Hatcher brings a unique perspective and understanding of all areas of the record industry. In addition to his duties as Senior Consultant at Curb Records, Harley Hatcher currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Belmont University teaching the course, Music Business Strategies. Harley Hatcher is a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. as a songwriter, and he is a member of BMI and ASCAP as a music publisher. Harley Hatcher is also a member of the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, and the Gospel Music Association.

 

Harley Hatcher and his wife reside in Los Angeles, California. They have two children.

 

 

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