Roy Clark Inducted into Country Hall of Fame

Long-time Tulsa resident Roy Clark was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame last night. Clark joined Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy in this year’s class.

Clark becomes the seventh Oklahoman act (born or adopted) to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, joining Bob Wills (1968), Gene Autry (1969), Floyd Tillman (1984), Roger Miller (1995), Johnny Bond (1999) and Vince Gill (2007).

Clark won a Grammy Award in 1982 for Best Country Instrumental Performance for “Alabama Jubilee”, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is a member of The Grand Ole Opry. His hits include “I Never Picked Cotton,” “Tips of My Fingers” and “Yesterday When I Was Young.” In his early years, Clark was a guitarist in Wanda Jackson’s backing band. Jackson will be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2009.

Clark was a co-host of Hee Haw and a frequent performer on The Tonight Show, Hollywood Squares, The Jackie Gleason Show, Town and Country Time, Beverly Hillbillies and other shows. Clark was also the first country music artist to open a theater in Branson, Missouri, in 1983.

Enjoy some old videos of Roy Clark.