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Inductees Fun Facts

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  1. Conway Twitty’s real name was Harold Jenkins.
  2. Shortly after moving to Nashville in 1965, Kris Kristofferson worked as a janitor at Columbia studio while Bob Dylan was recording Blonde on Blonde.
  3. Charley Pride was a professional baseball pitcher in the Negro American League and later tried out for the California Angels.
  4. Webb Pierce had more #1 hits than any country singer in the 1950s.
  5. The only father and son Hall of Fame members are Fred and Wesley Rose.
  6. Hank Williams gave Little Jimmy Dickens his nickname, “Tater.”
  7. Tex Ritter took his first name from his native state, Texas.
  8. Tammy Wynette worked as a beautician before moving to Nashville in 1966, and she kept her license current just in case her records stopped selling.
  9. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant had 1,500 songs recorded by more than 400 artists, amounting to sales of over 250 million records.
  10. First-year inductee, Jimmie Rodgers, is known as “The Father of Country Music.”
  11. Roy Rogers is the only person inducted two times into the Hall of Fame. The first was with the Original Sons of the Pioneers, the second was as a solo artist.
  12. Jim Foglesong helped greats like Garth Brooks, John Conlee, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, George Strait, and Don Williams advance their careers.
  13. Don Gibson wrote the classics “Oh Lonesome Me” and “I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You” on the same day.
  14. Jimmie Davis was not only a country singer but also the governor of Louisiana.
  15. California native, Merle Haggard, is known as “The Poet of the Common Man."
  16. Grandpa Jones was called “Grandpa” at the ripe old age of 22.
  17. Harlan Howard was known as “The Dean of Nashville Songwriters.” He had over 1,000 songs recorded during his career, among them “I Fall to Pieces.”
  18. Brenda Lee is known as “Little Miss Dynamite.”
  19. Ray Price is known as “The Cherokee Cowboy.”
  20. George Jones recorded rockabilly material for Starday Records in the 1950s under the name “Thumper Jones.”