Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky, Don Williams & Billy Sherrill Named To CMHOF

Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky, Don Williams & Billy Sherrill Named To CMHOF



Singers Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky and Don Williams and producer Billy
Sherrill will become the newest members of the coveted Country Music
Hall of Fame.

Due to a tie in the voting, both Dean and Husky will be inducted in the
"Veterans Era Artist" category. Williams will be inducted in the
"Modern Era Artist" category. Sherrill will be inducted in the
"Non-Performer" category, which is awarded every third year in a
rotation. Sherrill was best known as a producer, particularly for Tammy
Wynette and George Jones.

"These four gentlemen broadened
country music immensely with their talents, exposing millions of fans
around the world to our format," said Steve Moore, Chairman of the CMA
Board of Directors. "Their contributions to the genre and to popular
culture are immeasurable, and we are proud to award them the highest
honor in country music."

The four will be inducted at the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum later this year. Since 2007, the
Museum's Medallion Ceremony, an annual reunion of the Hall of Fame
membership, has served as the official rite of induction for new
members.

"The 2010 honorees are Southern men who have used
their voices, songwriting, instruments and life experience to create
enduring country music that dominated popularity charts throughout the
middle and closing decades of the 20th Century," said Museum Director
Kyle Young. "Their songs, recordings, live performances, and presence
on radio, television, and even in the movies, are part of the sonic
architecture that now frames our music in the mainstream. We extend our
heartiest congratulations to them all and look forward to the stories
and fellowship to come."

"I thought I was already in there," said Dean joking. "Seriously,
it brought a huge grin to my face. I am honored."

An emotional Husky said, "I'd like to thank my Lord Jesus Christ for dying
for me, saving my soul, and bringing me into the world as a country
boy. And also, for giving me the talent to sing, entertain, and help
convert millions around the world to country music. I'm still a country
boy and proud of it. In the words of my close friend, the late
Stringbean, 'I sure am glad I'm me!'"

"Anything I have ever
accomplished would have been totally impossible without the help and
support of the greatest songwriters and musicians in the world, and, of
course, what I stole from Owen Bradley," said Sherrill.

"I feel extremely honored and overwhelmed with this news," said Williams.
"It is unbelievable that CMA thought about me in this manner."





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