Nation famous person Brad Paisley and Americana powerhouse Emmylou Harris might be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame, the group introduced Wednesday.
The brand new class additionally contains Steve Bogard and Tony Martin within the up to date songwriter class, Jim Lauderdale within the up to date songwriter/artist class and Don Cook dinner within the veteran songwriter class. They are going to be formally inducted on Oct. 6 throughout the fifty fifth Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame Gala held on the Music Metropolis Heart.
Paisley, a three-time Grammy-winning nation music famous person with a whopping 41 songs on the Billboard Scorching 100, is understood for writing lots of his personal hits. These embody “He Didn’t Have To Be,” “Alcohol,” “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song),” “Letter To Me,” and “Remind Me” a duet with Carrie Underwood.
Harris, one of many nice American folks singer-songwriters, with 13 Grammys to her identify, is understood for such hits like “Boulder To Birmingham,” “White Line” and “Heartbreak Hill.” She was inducted into the Nation Music Corridor of Fame in 2008.
Bogard is understood for radio staples like George Strait’s “Carried Away,” Rascal Flatts’ “Prayin’ For Daylight” and Dierks Bentley’s “Every Mile A Memory.”
Martin additionally wrote for Strait — “Baby’s Gotten Good At Goodbye” — in addition to Jason Aldean (“A Little More Summertime”) and Keith City (“You Look Good In My Shirt”). City himself was lately inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2023.
Lauderdale is understood for his personal songs, like “I Feel Like Singing Today,” “She’s Looking At Me” and “Mighty Lonesome,” but in addition these he wrote for others, like Mark Chesnutt’s “Gonna Get A Life” and Patty Loveless’ “Halfway Down.”
Cook dinner is notable for T. Graham Brown’s “I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again,” Steve Wariner’s “Small Town Girl” and Brooks & Dunn’s “Only In America.”
The chair of the group’s board of administrators, Wealthy Hallworth, and Mark Ford, its government director, made the announcement at Nashville’s historic Columbia Studio A.
“Gathering as we do each year — to reveal and welcome the members of our incoming class — is truly one of the highlights of our calendar,” Hallworth stated in an announcement. “To these outstanding songwriters, we say — thank you for sharing your songs and your artistry with us.”
