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Boudleaux Bryant(1920-1987)

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A classically trained violinist, Boudleaux Bryant played with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra during the 1937-38 season. Drawn to country fiddlin' music, he joined a band and while performing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1945, met and married elevator operator, Matilda Genevieve "Felice" Scaduto.

They began writing songs together and working for Acuff-Rose Music in Nashville, Tennessee, composed the classic 50s Pop and Country hit songs, "Bye Bye Love", "Wake Up, Little Susie", "Problems", "Poor Jenny", "Take a Message To Mary", and "All I Have to Do is Dream". They also wrote the classic country song, "Rocky Top" which became the official state song for Tennessee in 1982 and the "fight song" for the University of Tennessee sports teams.

Boudleaux and Felice Bryant were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, just a few months before his death. In 1991 they were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. During their careers, the Bryants earned a total of 59 BMI Country, R&B, and Pop music awards.
BornFebruary 13, 1920
DiedJune 25, 1987(67)
BornFebruary 13, 1920
DiedJune 25, 1987(67)
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    • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges in Starman (1984)
Starman
7.0
  • Soundtrack("All I Have to Do Is Dream")
  • 1984
Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)
Deadpool 2
7.6
  • Soundtrack("Love Hurts")
  • 2018
Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin in Labor Day (2013)
Labor Day
6.9
  • Soundtrack("All I Have To Do Is Dream")
  • 2013
Reese Witherspoon in Wild (2014)
Wild
7.1
  • Soundtrack("How's the World Treating You")
  • 2014

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  • Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: Love Hurts (1990)
    Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: Love Hurts
    5.7
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 1990

Soundtrack



  • Show Time at the Apollo
    • writer: "Have a Good Time"
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1955



  • You (2018)
    You
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Bye Bye Love"
    • 2025
  • Brandon Sigloch in Brandon Sigloch's the Riverside Slasher (2024)
    Brandon Sigloch's the Riverside Slasher
    • writer: "Love Hurts"
    • 2024
  • Strange Darling (2023)
    Strange Darling
    7.0
    • writer: "Love Hurts"
    • 2023
  • Scott McCord, Harold Perrineau, Simon Webster, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in From (2022)
    From
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Wake Up Little Susie"
    • 2023
  • Be Water (2020)
    30 for 30
    8.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Love Hurts"
    • 2023
  • Anna Paquin, Colin Hanks, Jake Lacy, and Mckenna Grace in A Friend of the Family (2022)
    A Friend of the Family
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Say No More"
    • 2022
  • Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz in Atlanta (2016)
    Atlanta
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Midnight"
    • 2022
  • Michael C. Hall in Dexter: New Blood (2021)
    Dexter: New Blood
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Devoted to You"
    • writer: "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
    • 2021
  • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in Part 1: Days 1-7 (2021)
    The Beatles: Get Back
    8.9
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Bye, Bye Love"
    • 2021
  • CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
    CBS News Sunday Morning
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Bye Bye Love"
    • 2021
  • The Velvet Underground (2021)
    The Velvet Underground
    7.3
    • writer: "All I Have To Do Is Dream"
    • 2021
  • Ben Miller in Professor T (2021)
    Professor T
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer: "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
    • 2021
  • Charlie Plummer and Katherine Langford in Spontaneous (2020)
    Spontaneous
    6.5
    • writer: "Bye Bye Love"
    • 2020
  • Bradley Whitford and Anna Camp in Perfect Harmony (2019)
    Perfect Harmony
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "Love Hurts" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Sacha Baron Cohen in The Spy (2019)
    The Spy
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "All I Have to Do is Dream"
    • 2019

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Bouleaux Bryant
  • Born
    • February 13, 1920
    • Shellman, Georgia, USA
  • Died
    • June 25, 1987
    • Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  • Spouse
    • Felice BryantSeptember 5, 1945 - June 25, 1987 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Songwriter: Wrote "All I Have to Do is Dream", a hit for 'The Everly Brothers.
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    • 1 Article

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    He always went by his middle name "Boudleaux", a name given to him by his father in honor of a French man who had saved his life in France during World War I.

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