Patty Loveless got some fairly recent attention for her show duets with Chris Stapleton...
Tanya Tucker was just 13 years old when she had her first hit...
Bob McDill wrote a lot of great songs.
Here are two:
Country Music Hall of Fame new inductees...
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Patty Loveless got some fairly recent attention for her show duets with Chris Stapleton...
Tanya Tucker was just 13 years old when she had her first hit...
Bob McDill wrote a lot of great songs.
Here are two:
My only thought is how is the Hall that far behind? I would've assumed that the two ladies would've long been in there. I also don't know the rules...
The Country Music Hall of Fame is intentionally exclusive.
Only one modern era performer (eligible 20 years after becoming notable), one veteran performer (eligible 40 years after being notable), and one other from a rotating pool of songwriters, musicians, and executives.
Joe Galante was inducted in 2022 as an executive and with McDill being inducted this year, a musician will be chosen in 2024.
Edit to add: The only times there are exceptions are when there are ties. Two musicians were inducted in 2021.
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Everybody waits.I guess Jelly Roll will be waiting a while before he gets in**
Eddy Arnold was the youngest to be inducted when he was 48.
Johnny Cash was also 48 when he was inducted.
Jerry Lee Lewis was too ill to receive his hall of fame award in person last year. Kris Kristofferson traveled to Nesbit to give it to him less than a couple weeks before Jerry passed away.
Everybody waits.
Take a look at the then modern-era singers inducted beginning in '92 when Tanya Tucker first qualified. She wouldn't have beaten out any of them:
| George Jones | Buck Owens | Charley Pride | Alabama | Emmylou Harris |
| Willie Nelson | Brenda Lee | Waylon Jennings | Glen Campbell | Barbara Mandrell |
| Merle Haggard | Tammy Wynette | Porter Wagoner | George Strait | Don Williams |
| Roger Miller | Dolly Parton | Kris Kristofferson | Vince Gill | Reba McEntire |
Then she shifted to the veteran category in 2012 (40 years after achieving prominence). Her Grammy wins in 2020 (when Hank Jr. was named as the veteran singer honoree in the CMHOF) helped move her up the list.
| Jean Shepard | Hank Cochran | Jerry Reed | Hank Williams Jr. |
| Connie Smith | Jim Ed Brown & the Browns | Dottie West | Ray Charles |
| Bobby Bare | Charlie Daniels | Ray Stevens | Jerry Lee Lewis |
List of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees - Wikipedia
It warms my heart that Ray Stevens got in before Tanya Tucker.Then she shifted to the veteran category in 2012 (40 years after achieving prominence). Her Grammy wins in 2020 (when Hank Jr. was named as the veteran singer honoree in the CMHOF) helped move her up the list.
Jean Shepard Hank Cochran Jerry Reed Hank Williams Jr. Connie Smith Jim Ed Brown & the Browns Dottie West Ray Charles Bobby Bare Charlie Daniels Ray Stevens Jerry Lee Lewis
List of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees - Wikipedia
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His fame has always been kind of streaky
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