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    • Feb 13, 1920
    Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant is born in Shellman, Georgia. Bryant writes such classics as "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love" with wife Felice. The couple's son, Del Bryant, goes on to write Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love"
    Aug 7, 1925
    Songwriter Felice Bryant is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With husband Boudleaux Bryant, she writes such hits as "Hole In My Pocket" and "Rocky Top." Son Del Bryant also writes Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love"
    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"
    Jun 25, 1987
    Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant dies of cancer at Knoxville's Baptist Hospital. The author of such hits as "Bye Bye Love" and "Hole In My Pocket," he was also the father of songwriter and BMI executive Del Bryant
    Apr 22, 2003
    Songwriter Felice Bryant dies of cancer in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Credited with such songs as "Rocky Top" and "Come Live With Me," her son, Del Bryant, was also a songwriter, authoring Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love"
    Aug 23, 2004
    Del Bryant, who wrote Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love," succeeds Frances Preston as the president and CEO of the songwriter performing rights organization BMI
    Dec 11, 2004
    A&E's "City Confidential" uses 12 seconds of the University of Tennessee marching band's "Rocky Top" during a profile of Knoxville without acquiring permission. Copyright owners Del and Dane Bryant sue for infringement in 2009
    Aug 3, 2008
    Kenny Chesney throws a 50th anniversary party for manager Dale Morris and his wife, Earline, in Nashville. Also attending are John Rich, Gretchen Wilson and music executives Joe Galante, Tom Collins, Tom Baldrica, Jerry Bradley, James Stroud, Del Bryant and Robert Deaton
    Jun 3, 2009
    Dane and Del Bryant file suit in Nashville against the A&E Cable Network for using "Rocky Top" in a 2004 episode of "City Confidential" despite being denied permission
    Oct 23, 2012
    Little Big Town and Grace Potter perform at the T.J. Martell Foundation Honors Gala at Ciprianis in New York. Honorees include Randy Jackson, Russell Simmons and BMI executive Del Bryant
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