NASHVILLE, TN (CelebrityAccess) — The Songwriters Corridor of Fame (SHOF) introduced the posthumous induction of Cindy Walker, the legendary nation music songwriter behind hits corresponding to “Cherokee Maiden” “Bubbles in My Beer”, and “You’re From Texas” which Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys became a high ten hit in 1944.
Walker, who handed away in 2006, was acknowledged for her contributions to songwriting throughout a particular tribute throughout a SHOF Grasp Session with 2023 SHOF inductee Liz Rose which was hosted by Belmont College’s Mike Curb School of Leisure and Music Enterprise.
Throughout the tribute, Rose recalled her previous working relationship with Walker and introduced the award to Walker’s Neice, Molly, who accepted it on behalf of her household.
“This might’ve made her so proud, and the factor that will get me is, after we hear Cindy’s songs she’s nonetheless with us. I can’t inform you how a lot this might have meant to her and her household,” stated Molly Walker.
Walker, who was born in Texas in 1917, Walker wrote “Dusty Skies” which was later recorded by Bob Wills, whereas she was nonetheless a youngster. After relocating to Los Angeles within the Thirties, she started pitching songs for artists corresponding to Bing Crosby, and appeared as a singer in Gene Autry Western Journey, Tenderfoot, Journey.
In 1944, she launched “When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Once more” which peaked at #5 on the nation charts, although it was written by Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan.
Her huge repertoire included hits like “You’re From Texas” and the poignant “You Don’t Know Me,” and different timeless requirements corresponding to “Cherokee Maiden,” “Sugar Moon,” “Within the Misty Moonlight,” “Dream Child,” “Take Me in Your Arms & Maintain Me,” “Triflin’ Gal,” “Miss Molly,” “When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Once more,” and “Distant Drums,” to call a couple of.
Among the hottest artists in historical past have recorded her songs, together with Eddy Arnold, Glen Campbell, Johnny Money, Ray Charles, Cher, Ralph Emery, Mickey Gilley, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, B.B. King, Alison Krauss, Kenny Loggins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dean Martin, Anne Murray, Invoice Monroe, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Patti Web page, Webb Pierce, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Charlie Wealthy, Jerry Reed, Ricky Skaggs, Hank Snow, The Statler Brothers, Jerry Vale, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Wallace, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, amongst many others.
Along with her membership within the SHOF, Walker is a constitution member of the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame and was inducted into the Texas Nation Music Corridor of Fame in 2002.