Nashville's Songwriting Sweethearts Volume 6: The Boudleaux and Felice Bryant Story (American Popular Music Series)

“The story of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant is the story of towering artistic achievement wrapped in a love story so deep and so complete that the two are their own country song.Bobbie and Bill Malone are precisely the right match to tell this tale of love and genius.”-Ken Burns, Director, Country Music You might not know the names of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, but you know their music.Arriving in Nashville in 1950, the songwriting duo became the first full-time independent songwriters in that musical city.In the course of their long careers, they created classic hits that pushed the boundaries of country music into the realms of pop and rock.Songs like “Bye Bye Love,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” “Love Hurts,” and “Rocky Top” inspired young musicians everywhere.Here, for the first time, is a complete biography of Nashville’s power songwriting couple. In Nashville’s Songwriting Sweethearts, authors Bobbie Malone and Bill C.Malone recount how Boudleaux and Felice, married in 1945, began