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Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart and Dean Dillon inducted into Country Hall of Fame - Fox News
Aug 12, 2020 1 min, 7 secs

The Country Music Hall of Fame has three new inductees.

The Country Music Association announced on Wednesday that Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart, and songwriter Dean Dillon have all been bestowed with the prestigious honor.

or the nickname Bocephus, will join his father, country legend Hank Williams Sr., in the Hall of Fame's rotunda.

“I have been making Top 10 records for 56 years," said Williams, 71.

From left: songwriter Dean Dillon, singer Hank Williams, Jr., and singer Marty Stuart, who are the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

1 Billboard Hot Country songs with his first one coming at the age of 21 in 1970.

While Williams' influence on country music has been undeniable, his absence from the Hall of Fame in previous years was widely considered a snub based on his outspoken politics.

Williams has been a vocal critic of former President Barack Obama, falsely calling him a “Muslim president" from the stage and comparing a golf outing between Obama and John Boehner to Hitler playing golf with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Stuart charted six top 10 Billboard Country songs, mostly during the 1990s, with songs like “Hillbilly Rock," “Little Things” and “Tempted.”.

To be officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame is beyond words.

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