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Kenny Rogers to be inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville

Kenny Rogers has announced fans he is “very excited” to learn he is to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.

“I think it’s so cool,” Kenny Rogers said in a personal message posted on video sharing site YouTube.

“I’m glad it happened before I died.”

“Everything pales in comparison to this,” the veteran country singer told reporters later.

Singer Bobby Bare and producer “Cowboy” Jack Clement will also be inducted at a ceremony later this year.

Kenny Rogers is to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville

The new inductees will bring the membership of the Country Music Hall of Fame, founded in 1961, to 121.

Already among that number is singer Dolly Parton, with whom Kenny Rogers, now 74, performed on the 1983 duet Islands in the Stream.

Houston-born Kenny Rogers is also known for such country standards as The Gambler and Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town.

Last month it was announced he would perform on the main Pyramid stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

Bobby Bare, 78, said it was “real huge” to be recognized for a career that has spanned six decades, calling his induction “the culmination of a 19-year-old boy’s dream”.

Jack Clement, 82, played a key role in the careers of Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis and later produced tracks for U2’s Rattle and Hum album.

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