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Mylon’s Induction into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – January 13, 2005 – The GMA Foundation (GMAF) will induct Walter Hawkins, Mylon LeFevre, Evie Tornquist and The Lewis Family into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Ron Huff, Don Light and Lou Hildreth will also be inducted as non-performing members into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame during the event on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in Nashville, announced John W. Styll, president of the GMAF.

The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame event will be held on Tuesday, February 22 at Trinity Music City in Hendersonville, Tenn. at 7:30 p.m. The event will be taped as a one-hour special for TBN. Host, performers and ticket information will be announced shortly.

“We congratulate the newest inductees for the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Each is deserving, not only for their individual artistic contributions to gospel music, but for the profound influence they had on artists that followed them,” said Styll. “Their contributions to gospel music will be forever remembered by this honor.”

The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame was established in 1971 and has inducted 137 members since its inception, including Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Amy Grant, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Andrae Crouch, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Oak Ridge Boys, Petra, Bill and Gloria Gaither, the Rambos, Thomas A. Dorsey, the Fairfield Four, Billy Graham and the Jordanaires. Last year, Rev. Al Green, Sandi Patty, Frances Preston and Vestal Goodman were inducted. More . . .  & some more information here

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