Randy Boudreaux is a producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and songwriter of country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

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Early life

Boudreaux grew up in Southern, Louisiana and early in his career, performed in honky tonk

Honky tonk

A honky-tonk is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment to its patrons...

s all over Louisiana and the south. He learned songwriting from Harlan Howard

Harlan Howard

Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...

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Career

Boudreaux has written more than 70 produced songs, including "Brokenheartsville

Brokenheartsville

"Brokenheartsville" is the title of a song written by Donny Kees, Blake Mevis, Randy Boudreaux, and Clint Daniels. It was recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from his 2002 album, Man with a Memory...

" by Joe Nichols, "Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart (David Kersh song)

"Goodnight Sweetheart" is the title of a song co-written by Kim Williams, L. David Lewis and Randy Boudreaux. It was recorded by American country music artist David Kersh and was released in July 1996 as the second single from his album Goodnight Sweetheart...

" by David Kersh

David Kersh

David Kersh is an American country music singer who made his debut in 1996. His first album, Goodnight Sweetheart, was released that year, producing four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. A second album, titled If I Never Stop Loving You, was released a year later,...

, and "Alibis

Alibis (song)

"Alibis" is the title of a song written by Randy Boudreaux and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in February 1993 as the lead single from his album Alibis. The song became Lawrence's second Number One country hit in 1993 on the U.S...

" by Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist. He started at a country music restaurant called "Live At Libby's" where owner Libby Knight would help local talent find their way into country music...

. He also co-wrote the song "Matthew, Mark, Luke & Earnhardt", recorded by former jockey Shane Sellers

Shane Sellers

Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....

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Awards

• Boudreaux won a GMA Dove Award for Country Album of the Year in 1997 for producing Jeff Silvey's album Little Bit of Faith.