The Country Music Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2023. This year’s inductees include Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, making history as two of the most successful women in the genre. Bob McDill, a songwriter who has written some of country music’s biggest hits, also joins the Hall of Fame. Vince Gill made the announcement in Nashville in the Hall of Fame Rotunda. The new inductees bring the total membership of individuals and groups to 152.

Texas-born Bob McDill has written some of country music’s biggest hits of the last 50 years. Those include Alabama’s “Song of the South,” Don Williams’ “Amanda,” and the Mel McDaniel hit, “Louisiana Saturday Night.”