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    • Feb 13, 1920
    Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant is born in Shellman, Georgia. Bryant writes such titles as "Wake Up Little Susie," "Bye Bye Love," "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Hole In My Pocket"--many with wife Felice--on his way to the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jun 1, 1937
    "Wake Up Little Susie" songwriter Boudleaux Bryant graduates from Moultrie High School in Georgia
    Jul 4, 1939
    Hank Penny records "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" at the Gayoso Hotel in Memphis. The heat is so bad that the band--including Noel Boggs, Boudleaux Bryant, Sheldon Bennett, Louis Dumont and Carl Stewart--plays in its underwear
    Dec 14, 1944
    "Rocky Top" songwriter Boudleaux Bryant joins the Musicians Union in Chicago
    Feb 14, 1945
    Felice and Boudleaux Bryant first meet at Milwaukee's Schroeder Hotel, leading to marriage and a songwriting partnership. They land such hits as "Bye Bye Love," "Rocky Top," "Come Live With Me" and "Wake Up Little Susie," plus membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Feb 19, 1945
    Five days after first meeting at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, songwriters Boudleaux and Felice Bryant marry informally. The real marriage doesn't occur until later that year. The two go on to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 5, 1945
    Boudleaux Bryant legally marries Felice Scaduto in Newport, Kentucky, more than six months after they took private vows and began living as husband and wife
    Apr 8, 1947
    Songwriters Boudleaux and Felice Bryant have a son, Dane Bryant, in Milwaukee
    Oct 5, 1948
    Del Bryant is born in Moultrie, Georgia. The son of accomplished songwriting duo Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, he becomes the head of the BMI songwriter organization and also authors Billy "Crash" Craddock's 1978 country hit "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love"
    Jul 13, 1960
    The Everly Brothers record the original version of "Love Hurts" in Nashville. The Boudleaux Bryant-penned song becomes a key track in the career of Gram Parsons
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