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	Felice and Boudleaux Bryant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
		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 met with modest success.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant (576 words)

	Georgia Music Hall of Fame - Felice Bryant Obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Felice Bryant, who wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock-n-roll and country music with her husband Boudleaux Bryant, died April 22, 2003, at her home in Gatlinburg, Tenn. She was 77 years old.
		Felice Bryant was survived by her two sons, real estate executive Dane Bryant and BMI Executive Vice President Dale Bryant; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister.
		Boudleaux eventually took his bride home to Moultrie, where he was always welcome to play with brothers PeeWee and Gene Mills and their band, Twilight Playboys.
	www.gamusichall.com /felicebryant.html (1316 words)

	Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
		Felice Bryant was born at St. Mary's Hospital and raised on the east side on Humboldt Avenue.
		"Boudleaux was working in the cocktail lounge at the Schroeder and he was on the wagon, so he'd have to walk over to the water fountain by the elevator," she recalls.
		In 1958, the Bryants gave the Everly Brothers the hit that was to be the signature song of their careers.
	www.rockabillyhall.com /EBBryant.html (1388 words)

	Excite - Entertainment
		Bryant, who collaborated with her husband, Boudleaux Bryant, on some of the most popular songs in rock 'n' roll and country music, died at her home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
		The Bryants moved to Nashville in 1950 and are generally considered the first people to come to the country music capital to make their living solely as songwriters, said Davis.
		Felice Bryant usually collaborated with her husband, but earned a huge hit on her own with "We Could," which was recorded by Dickens, Jim Reeves, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells, George Morgan, the Louvin Brothers, Charley Pride, Al Martino and John Prine.
	entertainment.excite.com /article/id/320428\|entertainment\|04-22-2003::13:52\|reuters.html (440 words)

	Renowned Songwriter Felice Bryant Dies At 77
		At the urging of their mentor Rose, the Bryants moved to Nashville in 1950; they are generally considered the first people who came to the country music capital to make their living solely as songwriters.
		Bryant usually collaborated with her husband, but earned a huge hit on her own with “We Could,” appropriately a song she had written as a birthday gift to Boudleaux.
		Boudleaux Bryant died June 26, 1987, at the age of 67.
	www.bmi.com /news/200304/20030422a.asp (1031 words)

	Guardian \| Felice Bryant
		She met Boudleaux in 1945 at Milwaukee's Schroeder Hotel: he was playing violin in a visiting jazz band, she was an elevator operator.
		Felice, as her husband nicknamed her, loved writing poetry; Boudleaux was a versatile musician who had played for several years in hillbilly bands; country music was a postwar growth industry.
		Boudleaux died in 1987; Felice is survived by their sons Del and Dane.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4672524-103684,00.html (593 words)

	Del R. Bryant Bio
		That certainly was the case for the legendary songwriters Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.
		Boudleaux was the son of a small-town Georgia lawyer, who named him after the Frenchman who saved his life in WWI.
		Boudleaux kept with the group until 1940 and appeared on Penny's ARC recordings.
	www.bmi.com /about/bfbryant.asp (1070 words)

	Songwriter passes - SFCommunity Message Board
		She and her late husband, Boudleaux Bryant, are credited with writing more than 800 songs -- including “Rocky Top,” “Wake Up Little Susie” and “Bye Bye Love” -- that resulted in international sales estimated at more than 500 million copies.
		Boudleaux Bryant toured with jazz and country bands before the couple settled in his hometown of Moultrie, Ga., where they began to concentrate on their songwriting.
		Although Felice Bryant preferred to co-write, one of her solo compositions, “We Could,” was recorded by a variety of artists, including George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells, George Morgan, the Louvin Brothers, Charley Pride, Al Martino, John Prine, Reeves, Dickens and others.
	www.songwriterforums.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=245 (717 words)

	USATODAY.com - Nashville songwriter Felice Bryant dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Bryant, who had been diagnosed with cancer, died at her Gatlinburg home, said Caroline Davis, spokeswoman for the songwriters licensing agency BMI.
		Her husband, Boudleaux, who died in 1987, and she wrote or co-wrote 800 recorded songs cut by more than 500 vocalists.
		The Bryants were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1991 and inducted into the National Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.
	www.usatoday.com /life/2003-04-22-bryant_x.htm (415 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Everly Brothers' songwriter dies
		Bryant, who wrote many classic country and rock 'n' roll songs with her husband Boudleaux Bryant, died at her home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on Tuesday after being diagnosed with cancer.
		She and Boudleaux, who died in 1987 at the age of 67, were inducted into the Country Hall of Fame in 1991.
		Bryant is survived by her two sons, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/2968971.stm (370 words)

	Boudleaux Bryant - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The classics continued to come during the '70s, and in 1979, Boudleaux produced the Bryants' first album as performers, All I Have to Do Is Dream -- known in the U.S. as A Touch of Bryant.
		By the late '80s, it was estimated that Boudleaux and Felice's warehouse of 3,000 songs had sold over 300 million copies worldwide; that fact made them a shoo-in for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and even the Country Music Hall of Fame -- a rare honor for strict songwriters.
		Boudleaux died in June 1987, and Felice continued to write occasionally until her April 2003 death at age 77 in Gatlinburg, TN.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,409300,00.html (507 words)

	Bryant works his way to top of BMI ladder - Monday, 09/06/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Bryant is unlikely to radically change the course of the company that Preston has served for 46 years, including 18 as president and chief executive officer.
		Bryant started at BMI's Nashville office in 1972 and worked his way through writer and publisher relations and royalty distribution, going on to head media and general licensing and directing remote staffs overseeing all genres of music.
		Bryant describes the couple lovingly as ''gypsies.'' His father dabbled in Eastern thought — his name, Del Rene, means ''of the reborn.'' He and his brother Dane, now a Nashville real estate agent, would tag along while his parents kept company with future hall-of-famers such as Jim Reeves, Arnold, Atkins and Dickens.
	www.tennessean.com /business/archives/04/08/57011544.shtml (1214 words)

	Felice Bryant Died On This Date In 2003
		Felice Bryant was born on August 7, 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
		Boudleaux was a trained classical violinist and had played some in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, but his first love was jazz and western swing.
		Boudleaux died of cancer at the age of 67, on June 25, 1987 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
	www.tcmradio.com /news/April/April22.htm (542 words)

	Felice Bryant, co-author of `Rocky Top,' dies at 77
		The Bryants were among the first in Nashville to make songwriting a full-time career.
		Felice Bryant recalled she and her husband stumbled upon ``Rocky Top'' when she became tired of writing sad lyrics and refused to continue.
		Alone, Boudleaux Bryant also wrote ``All I Have to Do Is Dream'' and ``Devoted to You,'' both recorded by the Everly Brothers, and ``Love Hurts,'' recorded by Orbison.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/song/documents/tn_rocky_top_felice.htm (616 words)

	Jimmy's Place ~ Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, songwriter team ~ celebrating the 50's generation!
		Boudleaux, who was on the wagon at the time, made frequent trips to the water fountain which was located right beside the elevator.
		Boudleaux was an accomplished violinist having played classical, country and jazz.
		The close harmonies of the Everly's were a perfect reflection of the relationship between Felice and Boudleaux.
	home.comcast.net /~jimmysplace/bryants.htm (634 words)

	detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Boudleaux Bryant, who with his wife wrote the hit songs "Bye, Bye Love," "Wake Up Little Susie" and the bluegrass standard "Rocky Top," has died of cancer at the age of 67.
		Bryant studied classical violin as a child and played one season with the Atlanta Philharmonic.
		Atkins said Bryant got his unusual first name because his father's life was saved during World War I by a Frenchman named Boudleaux.
	zebro.everperfect.com /blacknapkins/Detailid.asp?ID=621 (309 words)

	Felice Bryant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Legendary songwriter Felice Bryant died on April 22nd at her home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, she had been diagnosed with cancer.
		She and her late husband Boudleaux are credited with writing more than 800 songs - including 'Raining In My Heart', 'Wake Up Little Susie' and 'Bye Bye Love' - that resulted in international sales estimated at more than 500 million copies.
		Boudleaux Bryant toured with jazz and country bands before the couple settled in his hometown of Moultrie, Georgia, where they began to concentrate on their songwriting.
	www.spectropop.com /remembers/FBobit.htm (598 words)

	The Mountain Press
		Felice Bryant may have been born in Milwaukee, but the Great Smoky Mountains was where she made her home with husband and musical partner, Boudleaux.
		The house was situated by the tennis courts in the neighborhood, allowing the Bryants to socialize with neighbors and visitors daily.
		The Bryants were also a fixture at the Gatlinburg Inn for years before their official move to Sevier County.
	zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=7798551&BRD=1211&PAG=461&...&rfi=6 (665 words)

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		Felice (Scaduto) Bryant, with her classically trained violin player/turned country and jazz fiddler husband, became a song writing duo, that penned over 800 songs, and were second only to Lieber and Stoller during the 50's.
		With her late husband, Boudleaux Bryant, Felice wrote approximately 800 recorded songs, including the hits that made the Everly Brothers one of the biggest acts in early rock 'n' roll.
		"Bryant was born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto in Milwaukee.
	www.italystl.com /ra/999.htm (751 words)

	Felice Bryant - Passages - Note Taken Of The Passings Of The Entertainers Of Our Lives
		Among the Bryants' many industry honors are membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame (1991), the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters Hall of Fame (1986) and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1972).
		Bryant, who wrote many classic country and rock 'n' roll songs with her husband Boudleaux Bryant, died at her home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on Tuesday, 4/22/03, after being diagnosed with cancer.
		Born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto in 1925, Bryant met her future husband while working as a lift attendant in a hotel in Milwaukee in 1946.
	www.waxmuseum.net /FeliceBryant.html (1458 words)

	Felice Bryant - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		She had been performing and writing songs since she was a child, but her fame came after she met and married Boudleaux in 1945.
		Though they had never deserted country, the Bryants resumed their focus in the '60s, writing hits for Jim Reeves and Sonny James, among others.
		Though Boudleaux died in June 1987, Felice Bryant continued to write occasionally.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,409289,00.html (448 words)

	JS Online:Chance meeting in Milwaukee led to slew of hit songs
		Songwriters Felice Bryant (left) and her husband, Boudleaux, are shown in a 1980s file photo.
		Felice Bryant - born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto at St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee - was a 19-year-old elevator operator at the hotel in 1945.
		A visiting musician from Georgia, Boudleaux Bryant, was playing in the cocktail lounge and kept walking to the water fountain by the elevator.
	www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=135421 (718 words)

	The City Paper - Smart, Fast, Free (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		It has been estimated that the 800 recorded titles written by Felice and her husband Boudleaux Bryant have sold more than a half billion copies worldwide.
		Bryant was born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto on August 7, 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisc. into a music-loving Italian family.
		The Bryants were also early pioneers of song promotion and self-publishing in Music City, forming Showcase Music (1954-56) before entering an innovative contract with Acuff-Rose Music Publishing.
	www.nashvillecitypaper.com /index.cfm?section_id=12&screen=news&news_id=22253 (527 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Bryants have probably contributed more successful songs to the mainstream of music out of Nashville than any other songwriting team.
		It was only after their marriage in 1945 that they combined their magic talents and began writing songs that took the musical world by storm.
		Perhaps the Bryants' most famous musical affiliation has been with two brothers from Kentucky whose talents assimilated the best of southern music: The Everly Brothers.
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=121 (271 words)

	Boudleaux and Felice Bryant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		BOUDLEAUX BRYANT, born Shellman, GA, Feb 13, 1920
		FELICE BRYANT, born Milwaukee, WI, Aug 7, 1925
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	www.bobdylanroots.com /bryant.html (159 words)

	Felice And Boudleaux Bryant Music Favorite Songs Lyrics From (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Felice Bryant, who wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of Rock and Roll and Country music with her husband Boudleaux Bryant...
		Felice Bryant, who co-wrote the Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie and Bye Bye Love and Buddy Holly s Raining in My Heart, and the rollicking yet haunting Rocky Top, died April 22 at her home in Gatlinburg, Tenn. She was 77 and had...
		Felice Bryant, who co-wrote the Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie and Bye Bye Love and Buddy Holly s Raining in My Heart, and the rollicking yet haunting Rocky Top, died April 22 at her home in Gatlinburg,...
	www.lyricsfrom.com /artists/f/Felice-And-Boudleaux-Bryant.html (1831 words)

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