This is a tour of American music — jump blues, slow blues, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley ballads, Country Swing — that evokes the sprawl, fatalism and subversive humor of Dylan's sacred text, Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, the pre-rock voicings of Hank Williams, Charley Patton and Johnnie Ray, among others, and the ultradry humor of Groucho Marx.

* WMMY-FM 106. 1 FM is a Country Music radio station.

While he did well in Las Vegas and other areas, and made records for the Kapp Records label, he was largely a forgotten figure — even though inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968.

Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year awards, was inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

His albums also became more popular, and he was featured on ABC-TV's The Eddy Arnold Show during the summer of 1956 ; as well as on Country Music Jubilee in 1957 and 58 ( by then renamed Jubilee USA ).

Atkins received numerous awards, including 14 Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year awards.

The following year, Atkins ranked No. 28 in CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music.

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* Chet Atkins at the Country Music Hall of Fame

She is known as " The Queen of Country Music ".

The duo was named Vocal Group of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored.

She also served as one of three co-hosts ( along with Roy Clark and Glen Campbell ) on the CBS special Fifty Years of Country Music.

In 1979, Parton hosted the NBC special The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music, performed live at the Ford Theatre in Washington, D. C., and whose audience included President Jimmy Carter.

Her 1995 re-recording of " I Will Always Love You " ( performed as a duet with Vince Gill ), from her album Something Special won the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year Award for Parton and Gill.

Parton was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

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The musical numbers " Ah, But Underneath " ( replacing " The Story of Lucy and Jessie "), " Country House ", " Make the Most of Your Music " ( replacing " Live, Laugh, Love "), " Social Dancing " and a new version of " Loveland " have been incorporated into various productions.

On March 6, 2012, it was announced that Brooks will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

In February 2008, Gram's protégée, Emmylou Harris, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Radley Balko has written that " Parsons may be the most influential artist yet to be inducted to either the Rock and Roll or Country Music Hall ( s ) of Fame.

" The Gram Parsons Petition Project ( G3P ) was begun in May 2008 in support of an ongoing drive to induct Parsons into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

On September 19, 2008, the 35th anniversary of Parsons ' death, it was first presented to the Country Music Association ( CMA ) and Hall as a " List of Supporters " together with the official Nomination Proposal.

Since the 1970s, the city has experienced tremendous growth, particularly during the economic boom of the 1990s under the leadership of then-Mayor and later-Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen, who made urban renewal a priority, and fostered the construction or renovation of several city landmarks, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the downtown Nashville Public Library, the Bridgestone Arena, and LP Field.

As the city's name itself is a metonym for the country music industry, many popular tourist sites involve country music, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Belcourt Theatre, and Ryman Auditorium.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is another major attraction relating to the popularity of country music.

On June 8, 2011, at a press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Twain announced that she will headline Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for two years.

In 2001 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, which he chose not to attend until later on.

In October 2001, Jennings was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Hall defended the Soviet invasions of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, and supported the Stalinist principle of " Socialism in One Country ".

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* Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Country Star Museum Bean Blossom, Indiana

They were inducted together into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum identifies and preserves the evolving history and traditions of country music and educates its audiences.

Alabama was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

In 1998, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, and in October 2001 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

He was also inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985.

* Pee Wee King, pioneer in the country and western music industry ; wrote " Tennessee Waltz " and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974

In 1961, Williams was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and he was inducted in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1985.

On October 4, 2000, Lee inducted fellow country music legend Charley Pride into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

In 1997, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame ; and is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

In 2004 Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988.

Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

* Johnny Cash, the only living person at that time to be inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was also invited to perform but, after learning that he would not be performing on the main stage, declined to appear.