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Tuesday 3 May 2022

The Judds, Ray Charles join the Country Music Hall of Fame

By KRISTIN M. HALL young singer and that oth-
AP Entertainment Writer ers tried to imitate Charles,
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — but no one could measure
Ray Charles and The Judds up.
joined the Country Music “There was one of him and
Hall of Fame on Sunday in a only one,” said Milsap. “He
ceremony filled with tears, sang country music like it
music and laughter, just a should be sung.”
day after Naomi Judd died Charles is only the third
unexpectedly. Black artist to be inducted
The loss of Naomi Judd al- into the Country Music Hall
tered the normally celebra- of Fame, alongside Opry
tory ceremony, but the pioneer DeFord Bailey and
music played on, as the Charley Pride.
genre’s singers and musi- The Hall of Fame also in-
cians mourned the country ducted two recordings mu-
legend while also celebrat- sicians who were elemental
ing the four inductees: The to so many country songs
Judds, Ray Charles, Eddie and singers: Eddie Bayers
Bayers and Pete Drake. and Pete Drake.
Garth Brooks, Trisha Year- Bayers, a drummer in
wood, Vince Gill and many Nashville for decades who
more performed their hit worked on 300 platinum re-
songs. Wynonna Judd blows a kiss to attendees during the Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music cords, is a member of the
Naomi and Wynonna Judd Hall of Fame Sunday, May 1, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Associated Press Grand Ole Opry band. He
were among the most regularly played on records
popular duos of the 1980s, ley Judd said of her mother cased his genre-defying sic changed the way the for The Judds, Ricky Skaggs,
scoring 14 No. 1 hits during to the crowd while cry- country releases, which world thought about the George Strait, Alan Jackso-
their nearly three-decade ing. Wynonna Judd talked demonstrated country mu- genre, expanding audi- nand Kenny Chesney. He is
career. On the eve of her about the family gather- sic’s commercial appeal. ences in the Civil Rights era. the first drummer to join the
induction, the family said in ing as they said goodbye The Georgia-born singer Charles’ version of “I Can’t institution.
a statement to The Associ- to her and she and Ashley and piano player grew up Stop Loving You,” spent Drake, who died in 1988,
ated Press that Naomi Judd Judd recited Psalm 23. listening to the Grand Ole five weeks on top of the was a pedal steel guitar
died at the age of 76 due “Though my heart is bro- Opry and in 1962 released Billboard 100 chart and re- player and a member of
to “the disease of mental ken I will continue to sing,” “Modern Sounds in Country mains one of his most pop- Nashville’s A-team of skilled
illness.” Wynonna Judd said. and Western Music,” which ular songs. He died in 2004. session musicians, played
Daughters Wynonna and Fans gathered outside the became one of the best Brooks sang “Seven Span- on hits like “Stand By Your
Ashley Judd accepted the museum, drawn to a white selling country releases of ish Angels,” one of Charles’ Man” by Tammy Wynette
induction amid tears, hold- floral bouquet outside his era. hits with Willie Nelson, while and “He Stopped Lov-
ing onto each other and the entrance and a small Blinded and orphaned at Bettye LaVette performed ing Her Today” by George
reciting a Bible verse to- framed photo of Naomi a young age, Charles is “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Jones. He is the first pedal
gether. Judd below. A single rose best known for R&B, gos- Country Music Hall of Fam- steel guitar player to be-
“I’m sorry that she couldn’t was laid on the ground. pel and soul, but his deci- er Ronnie Milsap said he come part of the Hall of
hang on until today,” Ash- Charles’ induction show- sion to record country mu- met Charles when he was a Fame.q

‘Carpool Karaoke’ king James Corden

leaving late-night show

“When I started this journey, and, he predicted, with “so ger, but we are very proud
it was always going to be many tears.” he made CBS his American
just that. It was going to be In a statement, CBS Presi- home and that this partner-
a journey, an adventure. dent and CEO George ship will extend one more
I never saw it as my final Cheeks lauded Corden for season on ‘The Late Late
destination, you know?” taking “huge creative and Show,’” Cheeks said.
he said. “And I never want comedic swings,” including The network had no further
this show to overstay its wel- the “Carpool Karaoke” vid- comment, including on
come in any way. I always eos in which Corden and who might replace Cor-
want to love making it.” pop stars including Adele den. The show’s previous
Corden, who didn’t offer and Paul McCartney per- host was Craig Ferguson.
James Corden arrives at the 2019 Hollywood Foreign Press
Association’s Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire details on what course his formed sing-alongs on the Corden was considered an
Beverly Hills on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 career might take next, road. unlikely pick when he was
Associated Press said the late-night show Corden’s contract was to named host of “The Late
“has changed my life. expire this August, but the Late Show.” He’d starred
By LYNN ELBER on and see what else might ... I am so proud of what London-born actor and in the British sitcom “Gavin
AP Television Writer be out there.” we’ve achieved. It’s been writer extended the agree- & Stacey” and was a Tony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Corden announced his de- beyond my wildest, wildest ment for another season. Award winner in 2012 for his
Corden said he will be cision during the taping of dreams.” He’ll remain with He will leave the show that Broadway performance in
bowing out of his late-night Thursday’s “The Late Late the show for another year, airs weeknights at 12:37 “One Man, Two Guvnors,”
CBS TV show next year, call- Show,” which he began he said, promising that it a.m. Eastern in spring 2023. but wasn’t widely known
ing it a “good time to move hosting in 2015. will “go out with a bang” “We wish he could stay lon- by U.S. viewers.q