WAYLAND HOLYFIELD

Little Rock connection: This Arkansas native wrote the song “Arkansas, You Run Deep in Me” for the 1986 Arkansas Sesquicentennial. He has performed it many times in Little Rock over the years. He was present at the opening of the CALS Ron Robinson Theater where a new video of it debuted.
Tony Awards connection: His song “May I Have This Dance” was part of the Tony nominated score of Urban Cowboy in 2003.