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" Yesterday, country music stars Barbara Mendell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The ceremony, which boasted the musical likings of Reba MacEntire, Alison Krauss and Garth Brooks among others, was &amp;quot;emotional at times.&amp;quot; The three inductees were chosen for their contribution to country television\u2013Clark the co-host and McCoy the 18-year musical director of TV show &amp;quot;Hee Haw,&amp;quot; and Mandrell the host of &amp;quot;Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters&amp;quot;.  The counrty Music Association&amp;#039;s chief executive officer told the Nashville Associated Press that the three inductees were being honored for their forward thinking in terms of how to present country music to a mainstream audience. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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