We lost a gifted song writer last week.....*sound*

[Dan Murphy]

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You may not know the name, but, you do know the songs. Felice Bryant, who wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of Rock & Roll and Country music with her husband Boudleaux Bryant, died last week at her home in Gatlinburg, Tennessee from cancer. She was 77 years of age.

Take a look at the bottom of this linked article and see if you can hum some of her many songs. including Tennessee's state and the Tennessee Vols fight song, Rocky Top, co-written with her husband, Boudleaux.

When our family took an RV trip to the Smokies in '86, we can home humming and singing Rocky Top for months.

We still recall that trip as one of our very best family trips, we think in part to her wonderful song, one of Felice's legacies. Thanks for your many happy songs, Felice.

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News article--click here

Is your foot tapping yet???

Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top,
down in the Tennessee hills;
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top;
Ain't no telephone bills;
Once I had a girl on Rocky Top;
Half bear, other half cat;
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop,
I still dream about that;

Chorus

Rocky Top, you'll always be
home sweet home to me;
Good ol' Rocky Top;
Rocky Top, Tennessee;
Rocky Top, Tennessee.

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top,
lookin' for a moonshine still;
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top;
Reckon they never will;
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top;
Dirt's too rocky by far;
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
get their corn from a jar;

Chorus

Rocky Top, you'll always be
home sweet home to me;
Good ol' Rocky Top;
Rocky Top, Tennessee;
Rocky Top, Tennessee.


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[mowsie dreamer]

As a confirmed UT Vols fan, I knew that Felice Bryant and her husband had written Rocky Top, but I wasn't aware of her other songs. Wake Up Little Susie and Bye Bye Love are both favorite songs of mine. She was a great lady and will be missed.

Thanks for posting this, Dan.

 

[Kitty 34]

Her talent will definetly be missed.

 

[Judy from Boise]

yup, my toes are tappin !

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Thanks for the interesting link, Dan.