Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless, Bob McDill: CMHOF Class Of 2023
Patty Loveless, Tanya Tucker, and Bob McDill will be the Country Music Hall Of Fame’ss 2023 inductees. The Country Music Association announced the inductees Monday (4/3). Their induction will raise…
Patty Loveless, Tanya Tucker, and Bob McDill will be the Country Music Hall Of Fame'ss 2023 inductees. The Country Music Association announced the inductees Monday (4/3). Their induction will raise the total number of members to 152.
Loveless and Tucker were selected for the annual "Modern Era Artist" and "Veteran Era Artist" categories. McDill was chosen in the "Songwriter" category.
Tanya Tucker talked to The Tennessean about her long-awaited inclusion into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. "Everybody's been loudly b----ing about me not being in the Hall of Fame. So many people have wanted me to get in – Bobby Bare, Alabama's Randy Owen and Marty Stuart ("he's been my biggest campaigner"). They have not allowed me to go away. That means they've loved my contributions and spirit – which makes me feel honored."
She added, "I wish my daddy would be there." (Beau Tucker died on November 23, 2006).
Patty Loveless also spoke to The Tennessean. "Seeing this little girl from 14 years old, looking back and thinking my gosh, I'm going to be in the Country Music Hall of Fame. I wanna cry about it, to tell you the truth. It brings back so many wonderful memories for me."
Loveless added, "I was always influenced early, early on by Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline, Connie Smith. And then Linda Ronstadt came along. I incorporated that into some of the country music I was doing."
She added, "I very much was influenced at a very, very young age, listening to all the music my parents listened to."
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Earlier this month, The Country Music Association announced the first details of its 50th anniversary of CMA Fest, including the lineup for shows at Nashville's Nissan Stadium. CMA Fest returns to downtown Nashville Thursday through Sunday, June 8-11, 2023, with many superstars on the bill for the main stage.
That Nissan Stadium performance list includes Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, and Jordan Davis. As well as HARDY, Tyler Hubbard, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Tim McGraw, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Keith Urban, and Lainey Wilson.
Tomorrow (5/17), Brooks and Dunn will announce who will be the next three inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and every year the debate goes on as to who should get country music's ultimate honor, which was just bestowed on The Judds earlier this month (5/1).
Garth is in as-is Reba, Dolly, George Strait. But some country music artists have been passed over for many years. We look at eight artists who should make it to the Hall of Fame.
Crystal Gayle
Terry Wyatt/Getty ImagesCrystal may be the sister of Country Music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn, and she has also made a massive impact on country music herself since winning a Grammy in the late 1970s for her hit "Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue." With 13 number one songs under her belt and many more that made the Top five on the country charts, Crystal should be a shoo-in for the honor, and this could very well be her year.
John Denver
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesJohn Denver's songs in the 1970s were as country as could be. Yes, he was considered a pop star by many -- in 1975, when Charlie Rich presented CMA's Entertainer of the Year, he famously lit the card with Denver's name on fire in front of the audience when he announced that Denver was the winner. But listen to Denver's songs for yourself; there is no doubt he was country. The CMA even used his song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in 2016 with all of the country music superstars, including Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, and Luke Bryan, and many more singing to mark the CMA's 50th year.
Trisha Yearwood
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesTrisha has a good chance of being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame soon, if not this year. Her husband Garth Brooks is already in the Hall of Fame, and with the impact she made in country music starting in the early 1990s, she is more than likely going to get in soon.
Clint Black
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesMaking his country music debut in 1989, the same year as Garth Brooks, his success frustrated Brooks a bit as Black started scoring songs on the country charts at the time before Garth began to take off. His first single, "Better Man," became his first number one, and he charted another chart-topper right after with his second single, "Killin Time." He scored 12 number one songs in his career. He won many awards, including his first from the CMA in 1989 when he won the Horizon award.
Dwight Yoakam
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesAlthough in the last ten years Dwight Yoakam has been known more for his movie acting, in the late 1980s, he was country music's golden boy with a string of chart-toppers "Honky Tonk Man" and the duet with Buck Owens "Streets Of Bakersfield." Dwight has won two Grammys and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019.
Tim McGraw
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesWhile Tim McGraw has stayed active in country music, charting songs and touring since he first splashed onto the scene in the mid-1990s, some of his contemporaries, like Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson, are already members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, so it would make sense it McGraw himself was honored this year. He has 44 number one singles, that alone should get him a seat at the table. Tim has three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and many more honors.
Shania Twain
Terry Wyatt/Getty ImagesShania changed country music with her tremendous success, which started with her 1995 album "The Woman In Me." She has won five Grammy Awards and multiple honors in country music from the CMA and the ACM. She sold over 50 million records and really expanded country music bringing in many more fans with her pop style of country music.
