Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
Located in Carthage, Texas
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame was initiated in 1998 to celebrate the contributions of Texans to the country music profession. The project highlights those individuals, living or dead, who are recognized nationally as outstanding in their field.
The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame/Tex Ritter Museum opened in August 2002 in a $2.5 million state-of-the-art facility. Since that date, over 30,000 country music fans have stepped back in time to re-live great moments in country music history. Fans have come from every state as well as numerous foreign countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Canada, India, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, Germany and Australia.
The museum started in 1993 as the Tex Ritter Museum and expanded to include friends of Tex and other Texas-born country music legends. In August 2004, the museum expanded to add a significant Jim Reeves display which features the radio equipment from Jim's radio station KGRI in Henderson.
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Inductees for Texas Country Music Hall of Fame:
1998
Tex Ritter
Jim Reeves
Willie Nelson
Gene Autry
Cindy Walker
Joe Allison
1999
Ernest Tubb
Hank Thompson
Waylon Jennings
2000
Dale Evans
Charlie Walker
Bob Wills
2001
Ray Price
Billy Walker
Stuart Hamblen
2002
Tanya Tucker
Gene Watson
Nat Stuckey
2003
Kris Kristofferson
Lefty Frizzell
Johnny Bush
2004
Mac Davis
Johnny Lee
J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper)
2005
Roger Miller
Jimmy Dean
Johnny Gimble
Glenn Sutton
2006
The Gatlin Brothers - Larry, Steve, Rudy
Billy Joe Shaver - Honky Tonk Hero
2007
Bob Luman
Red Steagall
Johnny Rodriguez
2008
Buck Owens
The Whites
Mickey Newbury
2009
Linda Davis "Song Stylist"
Michael Martin Murphey "Singing Cowboy Poet"
Neal McCoy "The Entertainer"
2010
George Jones "Ol' Possum"
Al Dexter "Pistol Packin' Mama"
Ray Winkler "Welcome to My World"
2011
Mickey Gilley
Moe Bandy
2014
Duane Allen - The Oak Ridge Boys
2015
Tracy Byrd
Dallas Wayne
2016
Clint Black
2017
Bobbie Lee Nelson
Kenny Rogers
