2000 NACMAI Hall of Fame

JEANNIE SEELY This Grand Ole Opry member had her first single, "Don't Touch Me," hit the Top 3 in 1967 and she won a Grammy Award for "Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female." When she isn't performing and writing songs for herself, Jeannie is penning hits for other artists such as Connie Smith, Willie Nelson and Ray Price.

"LITTLE" JIMMY DICKENS Grand Ole Opry member who his peers refer to as the "TATER-The Littlest, but the Biggest Star At The Opry." During the Spring of 1964, Jimmy Dickens became the first Country Music artist to completely circle the globe on a world tour. Everyone remembers hits like: "Sleepin' At The Foot of the Bed", "Take An Old Cold Tater", "Out Behind The Barn", as well as dozens of others.

JIMMY C. NEWMAN Grammy nominee for "Alligator Man" and Grand Ole Opry member is perhaps best known for being a major exponent of Cajun and Country fusion in music. He is the only Cajun artist ever to receive a Gold Record with a Cajun French Song called "Lache Pas La Potate". His hits include "Cry, Cry, Cry Darlin", "Daydreaming", "Blue Darlin" and "A Fallen Star" to name a few.

FREDDY FENDER The only Hispanic artist to win both an award from the ACM and the CMA, along with 2 Grammy's. Country artist known for his Tex-Mex style, saw his self-penned "Wasted Days, Wasted Nights" become one of his first hits followed later by such hits as: "Before The Next Teardrop Falls", CMA "Single of the Year," and "Since I Met You Baby" and "You'll Lose A Good Thing".

JANIE FRICKE With twenty-four albums to her credit and having scored eithteen No. 1 hits, Billboard and Cash Box named her "Top Female Artist of the Year" in 1982 and she was CMA "Female Vocalist of the Year" in 1982 & 1983 receiving the same accolade from the ACM. Some of her many hits are: "Down To My Last Broken Heart", "Sleeping Wiht Your Memory", "It Ain't Easy Being Easy", "You Don't Know Love" and "He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen)".

MARGO SMITH Known in Country Music as the "Tennessee Yodeler", her first self-penned release "There I Said It" remained on the Billboard Charts for more than 20 weeks. Of her many other hits some of the most memorable include: "Little Things Mean A Lot", "It Only Hurts For A Little While", :If I Give My Heart To You" and "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You".

BOB MOORE If one copy of every record this "A-Team" member performed were placed end to end along Nashville's Music Row, they would line both sidewalks of a one mile stretch. Life Magazine named him as the No. 1 "Country Bassist" of all time.

RAY EDENTON This "A-Team" member played on 26 of Webb Pierce's 27 No. 1 country hits and once played 22 sessions in five days. He can play many different instruments and often did, but rhythum guitar is his speciality.

CHARLES MC COY Perhaps the definitive Nashville session musician, this multi-talented "A-Team" member is best known for his harmonica playing and whose mastery of the instrument virtually defined it's role within the context of modern country music.

HARGUS "PIG" ROBBINS For over three decades, this "A-Team" member remained one of the top session keyboardists in Nashville and was named "Keyboardist of the Year" in 1976-77, '79 - '82 & '84 byt the ACM.

BOOTS RANDOLPH This "A-Team" member's saxophone sounds lie it can sing, can talk, can almost speak to deaf ears! His ability is awesome. His versatile style has no equal. He brings audiences to their feet with his signature song "Yakety Sax".

GRADY MARTIN "A-Team" leader, sho, according to Bob Moore, "Could play three or four notes, and they'd mean 100 times more than any other person that would play 100 notes."

ALEX ZANETIS A songwriter whose No. 1 songs include: "As Usual", "Snap Your Fingers" and "Guilty", also wrote and produced "The Carpenters Son", a musical drama on the life of Jesus Christ, and Series 911 tapes, "Safety Tips On Tape For Children".

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