Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.

Now 60-year-old Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer who is renowned for a 1970s-1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows from 1980-1982. Because of these, she became one of country music’s most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s. Also, she was the first performer and is currently the only female in country music history to win the Country Music Association’s “Entertainer of the Year” award for two times. She has also won the Country Music Association’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” twice.

Roy Linwood Clark, 76, on the other hand, is a versatile and famous country music musician and performer. He is best renowned for hosting Hee Haw, one of the first nationally televised country variety of shows in the United States from 1969 to 1992.

Charles “Charlie” Ray McCoy, on the other, is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing.  In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. He has also recorded eighteen studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records. Thirteen of his singles have entered the Billboard country charts. He was a member of Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry. (Wikipedia)

The hall’s newest member were honored Sunday in a musical salute featuring Garth Brooks, George Jones, Rebe McEntire, Alison Krauss, Josh Turner, Rodney Crowell, Michael McDonald and a lot of more.

“All three of tonight’s inductees looked at the way country music was presented on television and said: ‘We can make this even better. We can present country music to a mainstream audience with respect, love and humor,” said Tammy Genovese, the Country Music Association’s chief executive officer.

With the inductions, the Hall of Fame now has 108 members.

American country music artist John Rich, who was born on January 7, 1974 in Amarillo, Texas, was a former member of Lonestar. In the late 1990s, she embarked on a solo career on BNA records. Later, he and Big Kenny formed the duo Big and Rich. They have recorded three major studio albums to date and even charted multiple singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Also, John has co-written singles for various artists such as Keith Anderson, Cowboy Troy, and Gretchen Wilson and produced records for several other artists.

Rich’s long time girlfriend, Joan Bush, is a former model who, at present, runs a modeling agency in Houston, Texas. Both have been dating quietly for over five years. In order to keep their relationship secret, the pair never attended award shows together or walk on red carpet events together.

And just this Saturday night, the couple finally tied the knot in Nashville as confirmed by Rich’s representative. Only about 24 people of the couple’s family and friends has attended the small wedding ceremony. But a much larger reception was held at Nashville Fontanel Mansion, the former home of country star Barbara Mandrell and the location where john’s show “Gone Country” is filmed, after the wedding.