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The Country Music Hall of Fame is devoted to the recognition of noteworthy individuals for their outstanding contributions to Country Music. It was founded in 1961 by the Country Music Association.
This page lists all inductees 1961 - 2003 by year.
1961 | | Jimmie Rodgers | 8-Sep-1897 | 26-May-1933 |
| Fred Rose | 24-Aug-1897 | 1-Dec-1954 |
| Hank Williams | 17-Sep-1923 | 1-Jan-1953 |
1962 | | Roy Acuff | 15-Sep-1903 | 23-Nov-1992 |
1964 | | Tex Ritter | 11-Jan-1907 | 2-Jan-1974 |
1965 | | Ernest Tubb | 9-Feb-1914 | 6-Sep-1984 |
1966 | | Eddy Arnold | 15-May-1918 | |
| James R. Denny | 28-Feb-1911 | 27-Aug-1963 |
| George D. Hay | 9-Nov-1895 | 8-May-1968 |
| Uncle Dave Macon | 7-Oct-1870 | 22-Mar-1968 |
1967 | | Red Foley | 17-Jun-1910 | 19-Sep-1968 |
| J. L. (Joe) Frank | 15-Apr-1900 | 4-May-1952 |
| Jim Reeves | 20-Aug-1924 | 31-Jul-1964 |
| Stephen H. Sholes | 12-Feb-1911 | 22-Apr-1968 |
1968 | | Bob Wills | 6-Mar-1905 | 13-May-1975 |
1969 | | Gene Autry | 28-Sep-1907 | |
| Bill Monroe | 13-Sep-1911 | 9-Sep-1996 |
1970 | | Original Carter Family | | |
| A.P. Carter | 15-Dec-1891 | 7-Nov-1960 |
| Maybelle Carter | 10-May-1909 | 23-Oct-1978 |
| Sara Carter | 21-Jul-1899 | 8-Jan-1979 |
1971 | | Arthur Edward Satherley | 19-Oct-1889 | 10-Feb-1986 |
1972 | | Jimmie H. Davis | 11-Sep-1904 | |
1973 | | Chet Atkins | 20-Jun-1924 | |
| Patsy Cline | 8-Sep-1932 | 5-Mar-1963 |
1974 | | Owen Bradley | 21-Oct-1915 | 7-Jan-1998 |
| Frank "Pee Wee" King | 18-Feb-1914 | |
1975 | | Minnie Pearl | 25-Oct-1912 | 4-Mar-1996 |
1976 | | Paul Cohen | 10-Nov-1908 | 1-Apr-1971 |
| Kitty Wells | 30-Aug-1919 | |
1977 | | Merle Travis | 29-Nov-1917 | 20-Oct-1983 |
1978 | | Grandpa Jones | 20-Oct-1913 | 19-Feb-1998 |
1979 | | Hank Snow | 9-May-1914 | |
| Hubert Long | 3-Dec-1923 | 7-Sep-1972 |
1980 | | Johnny Cash | 26-Feb-1932 | |
| Connie B. Gay | 22-Aug-1914 | 4-Dec-1989 |
| Original Sons Of The Pioneers | | |
| Hugh Farr | 6-Dec-1903 | 17-Mar-1980 |
| Karl Farr | 29-Apr-1909 | 20-Sep-1961 |
| Bob Nolan | 1-Apr-1908 | 15-Jun-1980 |
| Lloyd Perryman | 29-Jan-1917 | 31-May-1977 |
| Roy Rogers | 5-Nov-1911 | 6-Jul-1998 |
| Tim Spencer | 13-Jul-1908 | 26-Apr-1974 |
1981 | | Vernon Dalhart | 6-Apr-1883 | 14-Sep-1948 |
| Grant Turner | 17-May-1912 | 19-Oct-1991 |
1982 | | Lefty Frizzell | 31-Mar-1928 | 19-Jul-1975 |
| Roy Horton | 5-Nov-1914 | |
| Marty Robbins | 26-Sep-1925 | 8-Dec-1982 |
1983 | | Little Jimmy Dickens | 19-Dec-1920 | |
1984 | | Ralph Sylvester Peer | 22-May-1892 | 19-Jan-1960 |
| Floyd Tillman | 8-Dec-1914 | |
1985 | | Flatt And Scruggs | | |
| Lester Flatt | 19-Jun-1914 | 11-May-1979 |
| Earl Scruggs | 6-Jan-1924 | |
1986 | | Benjamin F. Ford | 12-May-1901 | 20-Jun-1986 |
| Wesley H. Rose | 11-Feb-1918 | 26-Apr-1990 |
1987 | | Rod Brasfield | 22-Aug-1910 | 12-Sep-1958 |
1988 | | Loretta Lynn | 13-Apr-1935 | |
| Roy Rogers | 5-Nov-1911 | 6-Jul-1998 |
1989 | | Jack Stapp | 8-Dec-1912 | 20-Dec-1980 |
| Cliffie Stone | 1-Mar-1917 | 17-Jan-1998 |
| Hank Thompson | 3-Sep-1925 | |
1990 | | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 13-Feb-1919 | 17-Oct-1991 |
1991 | | Boudleaux & Felice Bryant | | |
| Boudleaux | 13-Feb-1920 | 25-Jun-1987 |
| Felice | 7-Aug-1925 | |
1992 | | George Jones | 12-Sep-1931 | |
| Frances Williams Preston | 24-Aug-1934 | |
1993 | | Willie Nelson | 30-Apr-1933 | |
1994 | | Merle Haggard | 6-Apr-1937 | |
1995 | | Roger Miller | 2-Jan-1936 | 25-Oct-1992 |
| Jo Walker-Meador | 16-Feb-1925 | |
1996 | | Patsy Montana | 30-Oct-1908 | 03-May-1996 |
| Buck Owens | 12-Aug-1929 | |
| Ray Price | 12-Jan-1926 | |
1997 | | Harlan Howard | 9-Sep-1927 | |
| Brenda Lee | 11-Dec-1944 | |
| Cindy Walker | 20-Jul-1918 | |
1998 | | George Morgan | 28-Jun-1924 | 07-Jul-1975 |
| Elvis Presley | 08-Jan-1935 | 16-Aug-1977 |
| E.W. "Bud" Wendell | 17-Aug-1927 | |
| Tammy Wynette | 05-May-1942 | 06-Apr-1998 |
1999 | | Dolly Parton | 19-Jan-1946 | |
| Conway Twitty | 01-Sep-1933 | 05-Jun-1993 |
| Johnny Bond | 01-Jun-1915 | 12-Jun-1978 |
2000 |
| Charlie Pride | | |
| Faron Young | | |
2001 Extra artists were inducted this year for the opening of the new Hall Of Fame building |
| The Delmore Brothers | | |
| The Everly Brothers | | |
| Don Gibson | | |
| Homer and Jethro | | |
| Waylon Jennings | | |
| The Jordanaires | | |
| Don Law | | |
| The Louvin Brothers | | |
| Ken Nelson | | |
| Webb Pierce | | |
| Bill Anderson | | |
| Sam Phillips | | |
2002 | | Porter Wagoner | 12-Aug-1927 | |
2003 | | Floyd Cramer | 27-Oct-1933 | 31-Dec-1997 |
| Carl Smith | 15-Mar-1927 | |
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