Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » Country Music Hall of Fame http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:43:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 2013 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees Announced http://wyrk.com/2013-country-music-hall-of-fame-inductees/ http://wyrk.com/2013-country-music-hall-of-fame-inductees/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:32:53 +0000 Christina Vinson http://tasteofcountry.com/?p=168456 The Country Music Hall of Fame just added a little more fame to its halls with the pending induction of Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare and Cowboy Jack Clement. It's country music's highest honor, and the three join the ranks of artists such as Reba McEntire and Vince Gill.

]]> http://wyrk.com/2013-country-music-hall-of-fame-inductees/feed/ 0 Rick Diamond/Paul Hawthorne/Erika Goldring Reba McEntire Exhibit to Open at Country Music Hall of Fame http://wyrk.com/reba-mcentire-exhibit-country-music-hall-of-fame/ http://wyrk.com/reba-mcentire-exhibit-country-music-hall-of-fame/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:37 +0000 Sterling Whitaker http://tasteofcountry.com/?p=163769 Country superstar Reba McEntire is one of the most successful female performers in country music history. Her long and varied career will be celebrated in an upcoming exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville titled 'Reba: All the Woman I Am.'

]]> http://wyrk.com/reba-mcentire-exhibit-country-music-hall-of-fame/feed/ 0 Jason Kempin, Getty Images When Elvis Got His First Guitar http://wyrk.com/when-elvis-got-his-first-guitar/ http://wyrk.com/when-elvis-got-his-first-guitar/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:00:40 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=160214 Most boys his age might have wanted a bike or a rifle, but an 11-year old boy in Tupelo, Mississippi asked his mom for a guitar on his birthday and that’s what he got. Elvis Presley and his mom went to the Tupelo Hardware Store on this date in 1946 and she paid $6.95 for a guitar that changed his life and set him on a course to stardom.

]]> http://wyrk.com/when-elvis-got-his-first-guitar/feed/ 0 (Getty Images) Kitty Wells Passes Away at 92 Years Old http://wyrk.com/kitty-wells-passes-away-at-92-years-old/ http://wyrk.com/kitty-wells-passes-away-at-92-years-old/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:11:43 +0000 Brett Alan http://wyrk.com/?p=106283 She was considered the first female superstar of country music.  According to Huffington Post Kitty Wells passed away today at 92 from complications of a stroke.

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Sidelined with bronchitis, Don Williams was unable to attend what he calls "the biggest honor of my life," the Medallion ceremony celebrating his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday night. The singer was taken to a Kentucky hospital for treatment on Friday (October 22), although he was not admitted. He told sold-out crowds at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium last Wedn

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