It's hard to fault your logic although I've never considered June Carter
a likely candidate for the Hall, certainly not an early one. I don't see
many contributions to Country music she made unless being Mrs. Johnny
Cash is enough. I'd think Anita has as much justification to belong as
June. She had all those duets with Hank Snow, Waylon Jennings and Johnny
Darrell. The rest of your ordering seems fairly plausible although I'd
but Jan Howard in there somewhere. I wonder if Tammy Wynette would even
be in the Hall if she hadn't died so young and so unexpectedly?

Larry Davis

allmovieblondes wrote:
> I'm a little late getting into this subject but I've pretty much
> given up on the CMA giving Skeeter this richly deserved honor.
> After all look how long not only Webb Pierce but Carl Smith and
> Sonny James had to wait - and they had far greater chart success
> than Skeeter did and are all members of the CMA's preference - men.
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> I don't fault Emery's induction because he was a trailblazing disc
> jockey. I do think it is way too soon for Vince Gill to be getting
> in there - I mean his consistent hit days didn't really start until
> 1989! Of course he was wonderful to Skeeter so you have to love the
> guy and he has a well-deserved rep as a nice guy which probably
> helped his induction as much as any career accomplishments.
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> I think the next women to be inducted, in approximate order will be -
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> 1 - Reba McEntire, almost certainly a shoo-in for the post-1975
> position (which I incidentally feel is not necessary given the huge
> number of PRE-1975 stars who need to get in there.)
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> 2 - Emmylou Harris - very much in the "in" crowd in Nashville, and
> well-liked and respected in the industry to boot whereas many
> a "veteran" female singer is completely ignored.
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> 3 - Barbara Mandrell - her CMA awards and non-Nashville fame help
> boost her past a couple of women who arguably were actually bigger
> record sellers.
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> 4 - June Carter Cash - never a major solo star but certainly one of
> the most famous country stars of alltime thanks to her connections
> with Johnny Cash and the Carter Family and of course her last years
> produced some very well-received solo work that won her three solo
> Grammys when women two decades her junior were consigned to "has
> beens" - and Reese Witherspoon's Best Actress Oscar for playing her
> only increases her legend. Frankly, I was surprised the CMA didn't
> capitalize on that Oscar win and June's late successes and put her
> in the HOF in the last few years but I guess her being a woman
> penalized her in the CMA's eyes.
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> 5 - Connie Smith - Jean Shepard was more of a trailblazer and Lynn
> Anderson was a bigger star but Connie has a lot going for her with
> 20 top tens, one of the Opry's most promenient female vocalists, and
> particularly being Mrs. Marty Stuart - Marty of course is at the
> front of the country music historian/torch bearers and one of the
> few stars of more recent years who really gives a hoot about country
> music's history.
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> the dark horses, possibly on the large list of possibilities but I
> think it will be sometime before these ladies get a shot at
> induction:
> 6-Jean Shepard
> 7-Dottie West
> 8-Crystal Gayle
> 9-Skeeter Davis
> 10- (tie) Lynn Anderson, Wanda Jackson
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