Boudleaux and Felice Bryant wrote over 1,500 recorded songs, copies of which have sold over 300 million records. Boudleaux received 37 BMI performance awards and 8 one million performance awards, and Felice received 18 BMI performance awards and 4 one million performance awards. In 1972, the couple was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 1986 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1991 into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. They are considered to be the first writers to come to Nashville to make their living solely as songwriters. Boudleaux died on June 25, 1987, and Felice died on April 22, 2003. They are buried side-by-side at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.
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