Induction Year: 2025
Birth Name: Emmylou Harris
Birth Date: 04-02-1947
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, AL-born Emmylou Harris was raised in NC and VA. By high school, she was obsessed with playing guitar. Graduating as valedictorian, she eventually left college for the Folk music scene in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Signing with Jubilee Records, she released her debut album in 1970 with five self-penned songs. Moving to Washington, D.C., she met Gram Parsons, joined his band and discovered a passion for Country music.
Following Parson’s untimely death, Emmylou formed her own band and signed with Reprise Records. Her 1975 release featured only one song from her pen — her classic “Boulder To Birmingham.”
Though Emmylou recorded her own songs sporadically until the 2000s, her “White Line” reached #14 Country in 1985, and her “Heartbreak Hill” reached #8 Country in 1989.
Her co-written “In My Hour Of Darkness,” recorded by Gram Parsons in 1973, re-emerged in 2007 as a #15 Bluegrass hit for John Starling & Carolina Star. Emmylou’s “Sweetheart Of The Pines” from 1986 became a #17 Bluegrass hit for Dale Ann Bradley in 2016.
Other songs from Emmylou include “A River For Him,” “Amarillo,” “Red Dirt Girl,” “The Pearl” and “Woman Walk The Line.” She is a 1995 inductee into the SPBGMA Hall of Greats, a 2008 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and a 2018 recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
"A River For Him"
| Emmylou Harris | 1989 |
| Linda Ronstadt | 1993 |
"Amarillo"
(written with Rodney Crowell)
| Emmylou Harris | 1975 |
| Kathy Mattea | 1992 |
"Belle Starr"
| Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris | 2006 |
"Boulder To Birmingham"
(written with Bill Danoff)
| Emmylou Harris | 1975 |
| Dolly Parton | 1976 |
| Joan Baez | 1976 |
| Starland Vocal Band | 1976 |
| The Hollies | 1976 |
| Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris | 2006 |
| The Fray w/ Emmylou Harris | 2012 |
"Diamond In My Crown"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1985 |
| Patty Loveless | 2009 |
"Heartbreak Hill"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1989 | #8 Country |
"In My Hour Of Darkness"
(written with Gram Parsons)
| Gram Parsons | 1973 |
| John Starling & Carolina Star | 2007 | #15 Bluegrass |
"Prayer In Open D"
| Emmylou Harris | 1993 |
| Patty Griffin | 2016 |
"Raise The Dead"
| Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | 1999 |
| Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle | 2016 |
"Red Dirt Girl"
| Emmylou Harris | 2000 |
| Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris | 2006 |
| Shawn Colvin | 2016 |
| Sunny Sweeney & Jamie Lin Wilson | 2023 |
"Rhythm Guitar"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1985 | #44 Country |
"So You Think You're A Cowboy"
| Willie Nelson w/ Emmylou Harris | 1980 |
"Sweetheart Of The Pines"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1986 |
| Dale Ann Bradley | 2016 | #17 Bluegrass |
"The Ballad Of Sally Rose"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1985 |
| Tom Russell w/ Nanci Griffith | 2003 |
"The Pearl"
| Emmylou Harris | 2000 |
| Conor Oberst, Shawn Colvin & Patty Griffin | 2016 |
"Timberline"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1985 | #55 Country |
| The New Coon Creek Girls | 1991 |
"Time In Babylon"
(written with Jill Cunniff)
| Emmylou Harris | 2003 |
| Larry Norman | 2004 |
"Tulsa Queen"
(written with Rodney Crowell)
| Emmylou Harris | 1976 |
"White Line"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1985 | #14 Country |
"Woman Walk The Line"
(written with Paul Kennerley)
| Emmylou Harris | 1985 |
| Highway 101 | 1987 |
| Trisha Yearwood | 1992 |
Induction Year: 2025
