HUSKY, DEAN, WILLIAMS & SHERRILL LAND HALL OF FAME HONOURS
Music legends FERLIN HUSKY, JIMMY DEAN, DON WILLIAMS and producer BILLY S= HERRILL are among the Country Music Hall of Fame’s 2010 inductees.
On Tuesday (23Feb10), bosses at The Country Music Association announced= they will bestow the genre’s highest honour upon the four stars at a Nas= hville, Tennessee ceremony later this year (10).
Husky, 84, and Dean, 81, both top-selling artists in the 1950s and ’60s= , were both selected as Veterans Era Artists. The musicians are both cred= ited with expanding the influence of country music due to their regular a= ppearances on television, and Dean’s numerous film roles, including a sup= porting part in James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.
Seventy-year-old Williams, who recorded 17 number one hits in the U.S.,= also enjoyed cross-over success, with film credits including Smokey and = the Bandit II, while Sherrill, 73, shaped the careers of country music ar= tists including Tammy Wynette and George Jones.
Their induction will boost the Country Music Hall of Fame’s number of e= ntrants from 108 to 112.
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