Wynette to receive country honour

Late country star Tammy Wynette is to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, organisers have said.

The singer, who died in 1998 aged 55, was best remembered for her hit song Stand By Your Man.

She will be inducted alongside writers Kye Fleming and Mark D Sanders.

Awards will also be handed out for the year's best song, songwriter and songwriter/artist at the ceremony to be held on 18 October.

"Kye, Mark and Tammy have made many poignant and enduring contributions to the music world and certainly deserve to take their places among their gifted peers," said Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation Chairman Roger Murrah.

"It's an honour for us to recognise them for their outstanding accomplishments."

Fleming was named BMI's country songwriter of the year three times during the early 80s and wrote hits including Ronnie Milsap's Smoky Mountain Rain and Barbara Mandrell's I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool.

Grammy-winning Sanders penned Lee Ann Womack's best-seller I Hope You Dance and Faith Hill's It Matters To Me.

Among the other stars to have previously been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame include Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Vince Gill and Kris Kristofferson.

Wynette, who dominated the country charts throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame shortly after her death.

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