Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

In 1979, they released their own album called A Touch of Bryant.

Felice Bryant (born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto; August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant (/ˈbdəl/;[1] February 13, 1920 – June 25, 1987) were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team. They were best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "We Could" (credited solely to Felice),[2] "Love Hurts" (credited solely to Boudleaux),[2] and numerous hits by the Everly Brothers, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (credited solely to Boudleaux),[2] "Bye Bye Love",[1] and "Wake Up Little Susie".

Beginnings

Boudleaux Bryant was born in Shellman, Georgia, in 1920 and attended local schools as a child. He trained as a classical violinist. Although he performed with the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra during its 1937–38 season, he had more interest in country fiddling. Bryant joined Hank Penny and his Radio Cowboys, an Atlanta-based western music band.[3][4]

Felice was born in Milwaukee in 1925 to an ethnic Sicilian family, and had written lyrics set to traditional Italian tunes. During World War II, she sang and directed shows at the local USO.[5]

In 1945, Bryant met the 19 year-old Matilda Genevieve Scaduto (whom he called Felice), when he was performing at the Schroeder Hôtel, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her home town, where she was working as an elevator operator. Bryant and Scaduto eloped five[6] days after meeting.[5] She has said that she "recognized" him immediately; she had seen his face in a dream when she was eight years old, and had "looked for him forever".

"All I Have to Do Is Dream" was biographical for Felice.

Songwriting career

During the first years of their marriage, the Bryants struggled financially, living in a mobile home, where they wrote more than 80 songs. They tried to sell their compositions to a number of country music artists but were either ignored or rejected until Little Jimmy Dickens recorded their song "Country Boy." It went to No. 7 on the country chart in 1948 and 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 songwriting. Some of their compositions from the early 1950s included the swinging "Sugar Beet" (recorded by Moon Mullican) and the bluesy "Midnight" (recorded by Red Foley).

The Bryants wrote more songs for Dickens as well as for country artist Carl Smith. At the same time, they released four 45-rpm singles of their own to modest success.

Beginning in 1957, the Bryants came to national prominence in both country and pop music when they wrote a string of very successful songs for the Everly Brothers[1] and hits for other singers such as Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly. Their compositions were recorded by many artists from a variety of musical genres, including Lynn Anderson, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Sonny James, Eddy Arnold, Bob Moore, Charley Pride, Nazareth, Jim Reeves, Leo Sayer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Simon & Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, The Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ray Charles, Gram Parsons, Joan Jett, and Bob Dylan. (Dylan's Self Portrait album has a song by Boudleaux and another he co-wrote with Felice.)

The Bryants wrote hits for many artists.

In 1962, The Bryants wrote "Too Many Chicks," a song that became a hit for Leona Douglas, the first African-American woman to record as a country music singer.[7]

The Bryants eventually moved to a house 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. They had often stayed at The Gatlinburg Inn, where they wrote numerous songs, including "Rocky Top." They purchased the Rocky Top Village Inn in the town next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 1979, they released their own album called A Touch of Bryant. "Rocky Top", written in 1967, was adopted as a state song by Tennessee in 1982,[8] and as the unofficial fight song for the University of Tennessee sports teams. The Bryants wrote more than 6,000 songs, some 1,500 of which were recorded.[5]

During their career, the Bryants earned 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,[8] and in 1991 into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Boudleaux Bryant is the third most successful songwriter of the 1950s on the UK Singles Chart, and Felice Bryant is the 21st.[9]

Their works are present in the House of Bryant, which is located in Gatlinburg. From September 2019 to August 2020, their artifacts were on exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.

Deaths

Boudleaux Bryant died of cancer in 1987. Felice Bryant remained active writing songs. In 1991, the Nashville Arts Foundation honored her with its Living Legend Award. She too died of cancer in 2003. They are interred together in the Woodlawn Memorial Park, in Nashville.

Selected list of songs

Little Jimmy Dickens

Everly Brothers

"Wake Up, Little Susie" and "All I Have to Do Is Dream" scored high on Billboard's "Hot 100" Pop, C&W, and R&B lists. Both charted at No. 1 in all three categories, the latter in all three at the same time.[10]

Buddy Holly

Compton Brothers

  • "Bird Dog"
  • "Love Hurts"

Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

  • "Sleepless Nights"
  • "Like Strangers"
  • "Love Hurts"

Ricky Van Shelton

Johnny O'Keefe

Other artists

Various songs of theirs, especially "All I Have to Do Is Dream", "Bye Bye, Love", "Love Hurts" and "Wake Up, Little Susie", have been covered by numerous other artists over the years. "Rocky Top" is played by the Pride of the Southland Band at University of Tennessee sporting events.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 9 – Tennessee Firebird: American country music before and after Elvis. [Part 1]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Renowned Songwriter Felice Bryant Dies At 77". Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). April 22, 2003. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "Felice and Boudleaux Bryant Biography". Alancackett.com. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Country Music | Del Bryant Biography". Pbs.org. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Felice Bryant", Songwriters Hall of Fame, accessed January 1, 2021
  6. ^ "The story of legendary songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant". performingsongwriter.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Music Week - Spotlight Singles of the Week". Billboard. Internet Archive. November 10, 1962. p. 48. Retrieved July 12, 2015. leona douglas jealous heart.
  8. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Fifties Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 56/7. ISBN 0-85112-732-0.
  9. ^ "CHART GALLERY 10 CHARTS 41–61". Dave McAleer. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  10. ^ BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Publications
  11. ^ [1] [permanent dead link]

Bibliography

  • Kingsbury, Paul. (1998). "Felice and Boudleaux Bryant". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. pp. 63–64.

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