Induction Year: 2001
Birth Name: John Bright Russell
Birth Date: 01-23-1940
Place of Birth: Moorhead, Mississippi
Death Date: 07-03-2001
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee
"Act Naturally"
(written with Voni Morrison)
Buck Owens | 1963 | #1 country |
Loretta Lynn | 1964 |
Kitty Wells | 1964 |
The Beatles | 1965 | #47 pop |
Charley Pride | 1967 |
The Cowsills | 1969 |
The Youngbloods | 1971 |
Buck Owens & Ringo Starr | 1989 | #27 country |
Dwight Yoakam | 2007 |
"Ain't You Even Gonna Cry"
Connie Smith | 2011 |
"Beautiful, Unhappy Home"
(written with Teddy Wilburn)
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn | 1967 |
"Don't Pretend"
(written with Bobby Edwards)
Bobby Edwards | 1963 | #23 country |
"Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home"
Gene Watson | 1985 | #7 country |
"Hurt Her Once for Me"
(written with Vincent Finneran)
Wilburn Brothers | 1967 | #3 country |
"In a Mansion Stands My Love"
Johnny Russell | 1958 |
Jim Reeves | 1959 |
Del Reeves | 1966 |
"Let's Fall to Pieces Together"
(written with Dickey Lee, Tommy Rocco)
George Strait | 1984 | #1 country |
"Making Plans"
(written with Voni Morrison)
Osborne Brothers | 1965 |
The Browns | 1966 |
Dave Dudley | 1967 |
Charlie Louvin | 1966 |
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton | 1980 | #2 country |
Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt | 1988 |
Ricky Van Shelton | 1997 |
"That's What I Tell Them"
Patti Page | 1965 |
"You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)"
(written with Wayland Holyfield)
Johnny Russell | 1978 | #24 country |
The Statler Brothers | 1982 | #3 country |