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    • Jan 23, 1986
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds The Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly, Alan Freed, Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Sam Phillips in its inaugural ceremony
    Mar 20, 1989
    Atlantic releases the rock album "Alannah Myles." It yields a major hit with "Black Velvet," which references Jimmie Rodgers, Elvis Presley and "Love Me Tender." "Velvet" is covered one year later by country singer Robin Lee
    Sep 2, 1992
    Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)" ranks #29 as Country America magazine lists the Top 100 Country Songs Of All-Time
    Jan 29, 1993
    Alabama, Tammy Wynette, Jimmie Rodgers and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" songwriter Curly Putman are enshrined in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville
    Aug 19, 1997
    Egyptian Records releases "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute." Among the 14 tracks: Bono's "Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes," Bob Dylan's "My Blue-Eyed Jane" and Willie Nelson's "Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia"
    Sep 21, 1997
    "Waiting For A Train: Jimmie Rodgers' America," a concert honoring the father of country music, features Ricky Skaggs, Junior Brown, Guy Clark, Iris DeMent, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and John Prine at Severance Hall in Cleveland
    Apr 1, 2000
    Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers and Tammy Wynette are among the first 27 inductees in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Also added: Jimmy Buffett, B.B. King, Sam Cooke, James Blackwood and songwriters Ben Peters and Elsie McWilliams
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including more than 50 country recordings. Among them: Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)"
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Library of Congress puts 50 recorded moments in a National Recording Registry documenting the 20th century. The list includes producer Ralph Peer's Bristol sessions of 1927, with Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman and The Carter Family
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Jimmy Rodgers lands six titles on the list: four "Blue Yodel"s, "Waiting For A Train" and "Miss The Mississippi And You"
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