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Inside an Emotional Country Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Honoring Toby Keith, John Anderson & James Burton

Keith Richards, Post Malone, Blake Shelton, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Brad Paisley were among those celebrating this year's inductees.

In the 1980s, he earned several top 10 singles and a trio of chart-toppers (“Wild and Blue,” “Swingin'” and “Black Sheep”), before falling from the upper echelons of the chart until his career shifted into an upward trajectory yet again in 1992 with “Straight Tequila Night,” followed by “Seminole Wind,” “Money in the Bank,” “I Wish I Could’ve Been There,” and more songs that would become Anderson’s signature hits. !, spurred by the hit title track, and in the process, began displaying what would become his signature assertive persona on songs such as “I Wanna Talk About Me,” written by Bobby Braddock. Earlier in the evening, Young also took a moment to recognize two Country Music Hall of Fame members who passed away in recent months: Kris Kristofferson and The Oak Ridge Boys’ Joe Bonsall.

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