Garth Brooks to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Garth Brooks shows off his trophy after his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame June 16 in New York City. The Oklahoma country music superstar will be inducted in October into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Garth Brooks to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Oklahoman will join fellow country music superstar Alan Jackson, along with songsmiths John Bettis, Thom Schuyler and Allen Shamblin, in the hall of fame, which will induct its 2011 class in October.
Oklahoma music megastar Garth Brooks will be inducted this fall into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation Monday (today) announced that Brooks and fellow country music superstar Alan Jackson will join the hall in the songwriter/artist category. Hit writers John Bettis, Thom Schuyler and Allen Shamblin will be inducted in the songwriter division.
The 41st anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for Oct. 16 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. The hall of fame recognizes songwriters whose first significant works achieved commercial success or artistic recognition at least 20 years ago and who have “positively impacted and been closely associated with the Nashville music community and deemed to be outstanding and significant.”
“These five very talented individuals are among an era of powerhouse writers and artists who propelled country music to unparalleled heights beginning in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and also made substantial contributions to popular and rock music,” said John Van Mol, chairman of the foundation, in the announcement. “We look forward to a fantastic evening of recognition for our inductees, and great entertainment for all who attend.”
The foundation’s board of directors increased the number of inductees this year to five from its traditional three. The five honorees were chosen from a field of 15 nominees, including Tulsa Sound pioneer J.J. Cale in the songwriter category and Amy Grant, wife of Oklahoma native and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Vince Gill, in the songwriter/artist category.
“Songwriters and songwriter/artists with ties to Nashville have made our city the songwriting capital of the world,” Van Mol said in the announcement. “This year’s inductees have greatly enhanced that reputation and are richly deserving of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame honors.”
In June, Brooks was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City. The Owasso resident co-wrote several of his chart-toppers, including “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “Unanswered Prayers,” “The Thunder Rolls,” “The River,” “That Summer,” “We Shall Be Free” and “Ain’t Going Down (’Til The Sun Comes Up).”
The Tulsa-born, Yukon-bred superstar also co-wrote Chris LeDoux’s hit “Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy” and a pair of his own duets with wife Trisha Yearwood, “Like We Never Had A Broken Heart” and “In Another’s Eyes.” He was ASCAP’s Country Songwriter of the Year in 1993 and 1994 and Nashville Songwriters Association International’s 1992 Songwriter/Artist of the Year.
A four-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and Grand Ole Opry member, Brooks lived in Nashville from 1987 to 2005, when he moved back to his home state.
Brooks, 49, has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as the top-selling solo artist in U.S. history. An Oklahoma State University alumnus, he has sold more than 128 million albums and is the only solo artist in RIAA history to have six albums top the 10 million mark.
Like Brooks, Jackson is part of country music’s fabled “Class of ’89,” a cluster of stars who released their debut albums in 1989. Jackson created hits from many of his self-penned songs, including “Chattahoochee” and “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).”
Bettis, another 2011 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, wrote the pop/country crossover hits “Top of the World” (recorded by The Carpenters and Lynn Anderson) and “Slow Hand” (The Pointer Sisters and Conway Twitty). Shamblin’s credits include Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert’s career-altering smash “The House That Built Me” and Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Schuyler’s resume features the hits “Love Will Turn You Around” (Kenny Rogers) and “A Long Line of Love” (Michael Martin Murphey).
-BAM
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