Felice Bryant (born August 7, 1925 - died April 22, 2003) and Boudleaux Bryant (born February 13, 1920 - died June 25, 1987) were an American wife and husband country music songwriting team who were also at the forefront of the evolution of pop music. August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub-genre of it. ...

Boudleaux and Felice Bryant

He was born Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant in Shellman, Georgia and was trained as a classical violinist. During the 1937-38 season he performed with the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra but had more interest in country fiddling and joined a western music band. In 1945 he met Matilda Genevieve Scaduto while performing at a hotel in her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and their meeting resulted in a marriage of two future Hall of Fame songwriters. Shellman is a city located in Randolph County, Georgia. ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Downtown Atlanta skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States and the county of Milwaukee. ...

Felice, as Matilda Genevieve Scaduto's husband affectionately called her, came from an Italian family of music lovers and although she had done some singing, she was a poet at heart with a natural gift for writing songs that combined with her husband's music expertise, led to them becoming one of the most successful writing teams in modern music.

During the first years of their marriage, the Bryants struggled to make a living and, living in a mobile home, Felice passed some of her spare time writing songs, eventually accumulating a collection of upwards of eighty tunes. They solicited a number of country music artists in an attempt to sell their compositions but were either ignored or politely rejected until singer Little Jimmy Dickens recorded "Country Boy". The song went to No. 7 on the 1948 country charts but more importantly, its success opened the door to a working relationship with Fred Rose at Acuff-Rose Music in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1950, the Bryants moved to Nashville to work full time at song writing. A modern double-wide mobile home Mobile homes are housing units built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied, usually by being carried by tractor-trailers over public highways. ... James Cecil Dickens (born 19 December 1920, better known as Little Jimmy Dickens, is an American country singer and guitarist. ... Fred Rose (August 24, 1898 - December 1, 1954) was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive. ... Acuff-Rose Music was a Nashville, Tennessee music publishing firm. ... Downtown Nashville at dusk, viewed from the Gateway Bridge Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ...

The Bryants wrote more songs for Little Jimmy Dickens as well as for popular country artist Carl Smith and at the same time released four 45 Rpm singles of their own that net with modest success. In 1957 the Bryants came to national prominence in both country music and pop music when they wrote a string of hugely successful songs for the Everly Brothers followed by successes for others such as Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly. Their prolific and quality compositions would produce hit records for many stars from a variety of musical genres including Tony Bennett, Sonny James, Eddy Arnold, Charley Pride, Nazareth, Jim Reeves, Leo Sayer, Simon and Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ray Charles and others. Note: This article is about a musician. ... Alternate meanings: Single In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-sides, often accompanied by several B-sides—usually remixes or other songs. ... Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub-genre of it. ... Don (born February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) and Phil Everly (born January 18, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) are country-influenced rock and roll performers who had their greatest success in the 1950s. ... Roy Orbison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936–February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Tony Bennett is a jazz and pop music singer. ... Sonny James (born James Loden on May 1, 1929 in Hackleburg, Alabama) is an American country music singer and songwriter. ... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918) is a country music singer. ... Charley Frank Pride was one of eleven children born in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1938 to poor sharecroppers. ... Nazareth is a Scottish rock band which formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland. ... Jim Reeves James Travis Jim Reeves (20 August 1923 - 31 July 1964) was an American country singer known for his warm velvety voice. ... Leo Sayer (born May 21, 1948) is a performing artist whose singing career has spanned three decades. ... Bridge Over Troubled Water was Simon and Garfunkels last album; the title track was one of three number one hits in the United States but their only number one hit in the United Kingdom. ... Sarah Vaughan (March 27, 1924 - April 3, 1990) is considered by some to be one of the greatest female jazz singers in the history of the genre, along with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. ... Jerry Garcia later in life Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born August 25, 1954), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish descent. ... William Count Basie ( August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader. ... Dean Martin in 1965 at a St. ... Ray Charles at the piano. ...

The Bryants eventually moved to a home not far from Nashville on Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee near friends Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. In 1978, they moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee where they purchased the "Rocky Top Village Inn" in the Great Smoky Mountains. In 1979 they released their own album called A Touch of Bryant. Of their more than 1,500 recorded songs, "Rocky Top" was adopted as the State song of Tennessee in 1982 and the fight song for the University of Tennessee sports teams. Hendersonville is a city located in Sumner County, Tennessee. ... Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country music singer and songwriter, known to his fans as The Man in Black, and a member of the outlaw country movement. ... Gatlinburg is a city located in Sevier County, Tennessee. ... The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains. ... Rocky Top is an official state song of the state of Tennessee, as well as a popular fight song for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. ... Each state in the United States (except New Jersey) has a state song, selected by the state legislature as a symbol of the state. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the primary institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee system, Tennessees flagship public university. ...

During their distinguished career, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant earned a total of 59 BMI Country, Pop, and R&B music awards. In 1972 they were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 1986 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 1991, the Country Music Hall of Fame. BMI can mean one of the following: Body Mass Index - a measurement of ideal weight range Broadcast Music Incorporated - a music-related organization Bmi British Midland - an airline based at Heathrow airport Bank Melli Iran - a public bank in Iran This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. ... The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. ... The Country Music Hall of Fame is a museum at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. ...

Boudleaux Bryant passed away in 1987. Felice Bryant remained active writing songs and in 1991 the Nashville Arts Foundation honored her with their "Living Legend Award." She passed away in 2003. They are interred together in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville. Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. ...