Induction Year: 2012
Birth Name: Larry Joel Henley
Birth Date: 06-30-1937
Place of Birth: Arp, Texas
Death Date: 12-18-2014
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee
"'Til I Get it Right"
(written with Red Lane)
Tammy Wynette | 1973 | #1 country |
Jean Shepard | 1973 |
Millie Jackson | 1981 |
Engelbert Humperdinck | 1981 |
Highway 101 | 1991 |
Trisha Yearwood | 1995 |
Solomon Burke | 2006 |
Wynonna Judd | 2009 |
"A Day in the Life of Love"
(written with Jim Hurt, Johnny Slate)
Lobo | 1979 |
"A Patent On Love"
(written with Jess Long)
The Newbeats | 1964 |
"And Then Some"
(written with Mark Gray, Johnny Slate)
Bobby Smith | 1982 | #47 country |
"As Long As I Can Wake Up in Your Arms"
(written with Kenny O'Dell)
Kenny O'Dell | 1978 | #12 country |
"Bally-Hoo Days"
(written with Larry Keith, Steve Pippin, Johnny Slate, Rafe Van Hoy)
Eddy Arnold | 1981 | #32 country |
"Come on Phone"
(written with Johnny Slate)
Jean Shepard | 1974 | #36 country |
"Dance Me Down Easy"
(written with Billy Burnette)
Levon Helm | 1980 |
Irma Thomas | 1981 |
"Girl Like Mine"
(written with Mark Mathis)
Roy Orbison | 1967 |
"He's a Heartache (Lookin' for a Place to Happen)"
(written with Jeff Silbar)
Janie Fricke | 1983 | #1 country |
"Honky Tonk Heaven"
(written with Billy Burnette)
Orion | 1982 | #70 country |
"Hoppy's Gone"
(written with Red Lane, Johhny Slate)
Roger Miller | 1972 | #42 country |
"If It's All Right with You"
(written with Kenny O'Dell)
Dottie West | 1973 | #28 country |
Tina Turner | 1979 |
"Is it Still Over"
(written with Ken Bell)
Randy Travis | 1989 | #1 country |
"Lizzie and the Rainman"
(written with Kenny O'Dell)
Bobby Goldsboro | 1972 |
Tanya Tucker | 1975 | #1 country |
The Cox Family | 1995 |
"Shotgun Rider"
(written with Jim Hurt, Johnny Slate)
Joe Sun | 1980 | #23 country |
Delbert McClinton | 1980 |
"The Wind Beneath My Wings"
(written with Jeff Silbar)
CMA & Grammy Song of the Year
Sheena Easton | 1982 |
Roger Whittaker | 1982 |
Gary Morris | 1983 | #4 country |
B. J. Thomas | 1983 |
Lee Greenwood | 1983 |
Gladys Knight & the Pips | 1983 | #23 adult contemporary, #64 R&B |
Lou Rawls | 1983 | #10 adult contemporary, #60 R&B, #65 pop |
Willie Nelson | 1984 |
Irma Thomas | 1986 |
Patti LaBelle | 1986 |
Perry Como | 1987 |
Jack Jones | 1987 |
Little Milton | 1988 |
Judy Collins | 1988 |
Ray Price | 1988 |
Bette Midler | 1989 | #1 pop, #2 adult contemporary |
Johnny Rodriguez | 1990 |
Shirley Bassey | 1991 |
John Tesh | 1994 |
Eddie & Gerald LeVert | 1995 | #30 R&B |
Floyd Cramer | 1996 |
Kenny Rogers | 1998 |
James Galway | 1999 |
Roger Williams | 1999 |
Connie Francis | 2005 |
"The World Needs a Melody"
(written with Red Lane, Johnny Slate)
Johnny Cash & the Carter Family | 1972 | #35 country |
George Jones & Tammy Wynette | 1973 |
Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely | 1973 |
Bill Anderson | 1975 |
The Chuckwagon Gang | 1987 |
The Kingston Trio | 2000 |
"Thinkin' 'Bout You"
(written with Gene Pistilli)
The Everly Brothers | 1986 |
"To Be with You"
(written with Kenny O'Dell)
Bobby Goldsboro | 1972 |
"Water Color Days"
(written with Kenny O'Dell)
Bobby Goldsboro | 1971 |
"We Ain't Out of Love Yet"
(written with Gene Pistilli)
Randy Travis | 1988 |
"When Love Cries"
(written with Keith Diamond, Eve Nelson, Tony Smith, Donna Summer)
Donna Summer | 1991 | #18 R&B, #77 pop |
"Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love"
(written with Kenny O'Dell)
Sandy Posey | 1972 | #51 country |
Roy Head | 1972 |
Bobby Goldsboro | 1972 |
Charlie Rich | 1974 |
B. J. Thomas | 1975 |
Kenny Rogers & Dottie West | 1978 |
Ray Stevens | 1992 |
"You're Welcome to Tonight"
(written with Grant Boatwright, Jim Hurt)
Lynn Anderson & Gary Morris | 1983 | #9 country |