Bill Anderson Receives Dr. David Godbold Lifetime Achievement Award

Country Music Hall of Fame member, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and ACM and CMA-award-winning entertainment titan, Bill Anderson, was honored with the 2024 Dr. David Godbold Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 25. Anderson was inducted by the organization in 1994, and is the first Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Anderson was born in Columbia, South Carolina and lived there for the first 8 years of his life until moving to Georgia.

2024-05-03T07:26:21+00:00April 30th, 2024|Bill Anderson, News|

Bill Anderson Releases Lyric Video for “The Country I Grew Up With (Song Featuring Bobby Bare, Jimmy Fortune, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson)”

Entertainment titan and Country Music Hall of Famer, Bill Anderson, releases the sentimental lyric video for "The Country I Grew Up With," available everywhere today. Anderson enlisted four fellow Hall of Famers – Bobby Bare, Jimmy Fortune, Vince Gill and Willie Nelson – for the new collaboration, which was released in 2023 via MCA Nashville/UMe.

2024-03-04T23:38:20+00:00March 1st, 2024|Bill Anderson, Jimmy Fortune, News|

Bill Anderson to be First Lifetime Achievement Honoree by South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame

 Country Music Hall of Fame member, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and ACM and CMA-award-winning entertainment titan, Bill Anderson, will be honored with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame. Anderson was inducted by the organization in 1994, and will be the first Lifetime Achievement Award honoree on April 25, 2024. 

2023-11-02T22:05:20+00:00September 22nd, 2023|Bill Anderson, News|

ICYMI: GRAND OLE OPRY MEMBER BILL ANDERSON’S 62ND ANNIVERSARY, LONGEST-SERVING MEMBER IN SHOW’S HISTORY

Country Music Hall of Fame member, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and entertainment titan, Bill Anderson, was recognized for his indelible 62 years as the longest-serving member in Grand Ole Opry history. Many of Anderson’s Opry family and friends including Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson and Jeannie Seely paid tribute to him throughout the show.

2023-07-27T17:14:50+00:00July 27th, 2023|Bill Anderson, News|

Whisperin’ Bill Anderson Releases ‘1984,’ Available to Stream for the First Time

Prolific songwriter and country music titan, Whisperin' Bill Anderson releases 1984, a ten-song collection he recorded nearly 40 years ago for Swanee Records, available to stream for the first time. This is the 75th album release for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame member, whose illustrious career has spanned through an impressive seven decades. Anderson's prior album release featured a duet with Dolly Parton, "Someday It'll All Make Sense," which inspired the 2023 GRAMMY® nominated bluegrass version.

2023-07-26T20:17:33+00:00July 6th, 2023|Bill Anderson, News|

Whisperin’ Bill Anderson Releases ‘1984,’ Available to Stream for the First Time

Prolific songwriter and country music titan, Whisperin' Bill Anderson releases 1984, a ten-song collection he recorded nearly 40 years ago for Swanee Records, available to stream for the first time. This is the 75th album release for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame member, whose illustrious career has spanned through an impressive seven decades. Anderson's prior album release featured a duet with Dolly Parton, "Someday It'll All Make Sense," which inspired the 2023 GRAMMY® nominated bluegrass version.

2023-06-06T00:13:04+00:00May 26th, 2023|Bill Anderson, News|

Bill Anderson Receives First GRAMMY® Nomination as an Artis

Country music titan Bill Anderson receives his first-ever GRAMMY® nomination as an artist in the Best American Roots Performance category for "Someday It'll All Make Sense" (Bluegrass Version) with Dolly Parton. This is Anderson's fifth nomination overall, after previously being nominated as a songwriter for "Once A Day" recorded by Connie Smith, "Cold Hard Facts of Life" recorded by Porter Wagoner, "Two Teardrops" recorded by Steve Wariner and "Give It Away" recorded by George Strait.

2022-12-02T17:23:32+00:00November 15th, 2022|Bill Anderson, News|
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