2003 CMA Awards Patrick Wall - pwall@iol.ie - Posted November 7, 2003            Spot who's left out! This is the list of CMA inductees thus far. With the CMA awards on TV this week, it is interesting to review the relevance of these. While a lot of my alltime favorites that are included (Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Lefty Frizzell), others (Moon Mullican, Ralph Stanley/Stanley Brothers and, of course, Jerry Lee come to mind immediately) are left out for reasons I can't understand.            For me, any mention of postwar country music should mention Jerry Lee as one of the top 10 stylists of that era. Taking the 1930s-1950s era into account, Moon and The Stanley Brothers should be in that top 10.            Somehow, the CMA do not see this. While I admire a lot of the great producers mentioned here like Art Satherley (Bill Monroe, Cliff Bruner, Moon Mullican, Robert Johnson, etc.), Sam Phillips (Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, etc.), Owen Bradley (Bill Monroe, Moon Mullican, Patsy Cline, Jimmie Martin, etc.), I fundamentally think the artists should come first - and then everyone else! Since it is obvious that so many country music stylists are STILL NOT inducted (and that includes our idol, Jerry Lee), they should be there before we get around to talking about the great producers, etc.            On a positive note, the Johnny Cash tribute and the induction of Carl Smith (which was long overdue) was very welcome (although the latter as said belated). Sincerely, Patrick. JIMMIE RODGERS: Sept. 8, 1897 - May 26, 1932 (elected 1961) FRED ROSE: Aug. 24, 1897 - Dec. 1, 1954 (elected 1961) HANK WILLIAMS: Sept. 17, 1923 - Jan. 1,1953 (elected 1961) ROY ACUFF: Sept. 15, 1903 - Nov. 23, 1992 (elected 1962) TEX RITTER: Jan. 11, 1907 - Jan. 2, 1974 (elected 1964) ERNEST TUBB: Feb. 9, 1914 - Sept. 6,1984 (elected 1965) EDDY ARNOLD: May 15, 1918 (elected 1966) JAMES R. DENNY: Feb. 28, 1911 - Aug. 27, 1963 (elected 1966) GEORGE D. HAY: Nov. 9, 1895 - May 8, 1968 (elected 1966) UNCLE DAVE MACON: Oct. 7, 1870 - Mar. 22, 1968 (elected 1966) RED FOLEY: June 17, 1910 - Sept. 19, 1968 (elected 1967) J.L. (JOE) FRANK: Apr. 15, 1900 - May 4, 1952 (elected 1967) JIM REEVES: Aug. 20, 1924 - July 31, 1964 (elected 1967) STEPHEN H. SHOLES: Feb. 12, 1911 - Apr. 22, 1968 (elected 1967) BOB WILLS: Mar. 6, 1905 - May 13, 1975 (elected 1968) GENE AUTRY: Sept. 28, 1907 - Oct. 2, 1998 (elected 1969) BILL MONROE: Sept. 13, 1911 - Sept. 9, 1996 (elected 1969) ORIGINAL CARTER FAMILY: (elected 1970)            A.P. Carter: Dec. 15, 1891 - Nov. 7, 1960            Maybelle Carter: May 10, 1909 - Oct. 23, 1978            Sara Carter: July 21, 1899 - Jan. 8, 1979 ARTHUR EDWARD SATHERLEY: Oct. 19, 1889 - Feb. 10, 1986 (elected 1971) JIMMIE H. DAVIS: Sept. 11, 1904 - Nov. 5, 2000 (elected 1972) CHET ATKINS: June 20, 1924 - June 30, 2001 (elected 1973) PATSY CLINE: Sept. 8, 1932 - Mar. 5, 1963 (elected 1973) OWEN BRADLEY: Oct. 21, 1915 - Jan. 7, 1998 (elected 1974) FRANK "PEE WEE" KING: Feb. 18, 1914 - March 7, 2000 (elected 1974) MINNIE PEARL: Oct. 25, 1912 - March 4, 1996 (elected 1975) PAUL COHEN: Nov. 10, 1908 - Apr. 1, 1971 (elected 1976) KITTY WELLS: Aug. 30, 1919 (elected 1976) MERLE TRAVIS: Nov. 29, 1917 - Oct. 20, 1983 (elected 1977) GRANDPA JONES: Oct. 20, 1913 - Feb. 19, 1998 (elected 1978) HANK SNOW: May 9, 1914 - Dec. 20, 1999 (elected 1979) HUBERT LONG: Dec. 3, 1923 - Sept. 7, 1972 (elected 1979) JOHNNY CASH: Feb. 26, 1932 - Sept. 12, 2003 (elected 1980) CONNIE B. GAY: Aug. 22, 1914 - Dec. 4, 1989 (elected 1980) ORIGINAL SONS OF THE PIONEERS: (elected 1980)            Hugh Farr: Dec. 6, 1903 - Mar. 17, 1980            Karl Farr: Apr. 29, 1909 - Sept. 20, 1961            Bob Nolan: Apr. 1, 1908 - June 15, 1980            Lloyd Perryman: Jan. 29, 1917 - May 31, 1977            Roy Rogers: Nov. 5, 1911 - July 6, 1998            Tim Spencer: July 13, 1908 - Apr. 26, 1974 VERNON DALHART: Apr. 6, 1883 - Sept. 14, 1948 (elected 1981) GRANT TURNER: May 17, 1912 - Oct. 19, 1991 (elected 1981) LEFTY FRIZZELL: Mar. 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975 (elected 1982) ROY HORTON: Nov. 5, 1914 - Sept. 23, 2003 (elected 1982) MARTY ROBBINS: Sept. 26, 1925 - Dec. 8, 1982 (elected 1982) LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS: Dec. 19, 1920 (elected 1983) RALPH SYLVESTER PEER: May 22, 1892 - Jan. 19, 1960 (elected 1984) FLOYD TILLMAN: Dec. 8, 1914 - Aug. 22, 2003 (elected 1984) FLATT AND SCRUGGS: (elected 1985)            Lester Flatt: June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979            Earl Scruggs: Jan. 6, 1924 BENJAMIN F. FORD: May 12, 1901 - June 20, 1986 (elected 1986) WESLEY H. ROSE: Feb. 11, 1918 - April 26, 1990 (elected 1986) ROD BRASFIELD: Aug. 22, 1910 - Sept. 12, 1958 (elected 1987) LORETTA LYNN: Apr. 14, 1935 (elected 1988) ROY ROGERS: Nov. 5, 1911 - July 6, 1998 (elected 1988) JACK STAPP: Dec. 8, 1912 - Dec. 20, 1980 (elected 1989) CLIFFIE STONE: Mar. 1, 1917 - Jan. 17, 1998 (elected 1989) HANK THOMPSON: Sept. 3, 1925 (elected 1989) TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Feb. 13, 1919 - Oct. 17, 1991 (elected 1990) BOUDLEAUX & FELICE BRYANT: (elected 1991)            Boudleaux: Feb. 13, 1920 - June 25, 1987            Felice: Aug. 7, 1925 - Apr. 22, 2003 GEORGE JONES: Sept. 12, 1931 (elected 1992) FRANCES WILLIAMS PRESTON: Aug. 24, 1934 (elected 1992) WILLIE HUGH NELSON: Apr. 30, 1933 (elected 1993) MERLE HAGGARD: Apr. 6, 1937 (elected 1994) ROGER MILLER: Jan. 2, 1936 - Oct. 25, 1992 (elected 1995) JO WALKER-MEADOR: Feb. 16, 1925 (elected 1995) PATSY MONTANA: Oct. 30, 1908 - May 3, 1996 (elected 1996) BUCK OWENS: Aug. 12, 1929 (elected 1996) RAY PRICE: Jan. 12, 1926 (elected 1996) HARLAN HOWARD: Sept. 9, 1927 - March 3, 2002 (elected 1997) BRENDA LEE: Dec. 11, 1944 (elected 1997) CINDY WALKER: July 20, 1918 (elected 1997) GEORGE MORGAN: June 28, 1924 - July 7, 1975 (elected 1998) ELVIS PRESLEY: Jan. 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977 (elected 1998) BUD WENDELL: Aug. 17, 1927 (elected 1998) TAMMY WYNETTE: May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998 (elected 1998) DOLLY PARTON: Jan. 19, 1946 (elected 1999) CONWAY TWITTY: Sept. 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993 (elected 1999) JOHNNY BOND: June 1, 1915 - June 12, 1978 (elected 1999) FARON YOUNG: Feb. 25, 1932 - Dec. 10, 1996 (elected 2000) CHARLEY PRIDE: March 18, 1938 (elected 2000) BILL ANDERSON: November 1, 1937 (elected 2001) THE DELMORE BROTHERS: (elected 2001)            Alton Delmore - Dec. 25, 1908 - June 8, 1964            Rabon Delmore - Dec. 3, 1916 - Dec. 4, 1952 THE EVERLY BROTHERS: (elected 2001)            Don Everly - Feb. 1, 1937            Phil Everly - Jan. 19, 1939 DON GIBSON: April 3, 1928 (elected 2001) HOMER AND JETHRO: (elected 2001)            Henry (Homer) Haynes - July 27, 1920 - Aug. 7, 1971            Kenneth (Jethro) Burns - March 10, 1920 - Feb. 4, 1989 WAYLON JENNINGS: June 15, 1937 - Feb. 13, 2002 (elected 2001) THE JORDANAIRES: (elected 2001)            Hoyt Hawkins - March 31, 1927 - Oct. 23, 1982            Neal Matthews, Jr. - Oct. 26, 1929 - April 21, 2000            Gordon Stoker - Aug. 3, 1924            Ray Walker - March 16, 1934 DON LAW: Feb. 24, 1902 - Dec. 20, 1982 (elected 2001) THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: (elected 2001)            Charlie Louvin - July 7, 1927            Ira Louvin - April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965 KEN NELSON: Jan. 19, 1911 (elected 2001) SAM PHILLIPS: Jan. 5, 1923 - July 30, 2003 (elected 2001) WEBB PIERCE: Aug. 8, 1921 - Feb. 24, 1991 (elected 2001) BILL CARLISLE: Dec. 19, 1908 - March 12, 2003 (elected 2002) PORTER WAGONER: Aug. 12, 1927 - (elected 2002) FLOYD CRAMER: Oct. 27, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1997 (elected 2003) CARL SMITH: March 15, 1927 - (elected 2003) Back to the "Take Note" Main Page HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: CHECK ON THIS FINE PRINTING COMPANY: Promotional Products, Discount Labels, Post-it Notes, Rubber Stamps, etc.