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Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley to join Country Hall of Fame

Music executive Joe Galante speaks the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Lorrie Morgan, widow of country singer Keith Whitley, speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced Whitley will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Music executive Joe Galante, left; singer Jerry Lee Lewis, center; and Lorrie Morgan, right, widow of country singer Keith Whitley; pose in the Country Music Hall of Fame Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Galante, Lewis, and Whitley were announced Tuesday as the newest inductees. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Jerry Lee Lewis is helped to a chair at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) FILE - Music executive Joe Galante accepts the Cliffie Stone Icon Award at the 14th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 25, 2021. Galante was announced as a non-performer inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Music executive Joe Galante speaks the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Lorrie Morgan, widow of country singer Keith Whitley, speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced Whitley will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Music executive Joe Galante, left; singer Jerry Lee Lewis, center; and Lorrie Morgan, right, widow of country singer Keith Whitley; pose in the Country Music Hall of Fame Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Galante, Lewis, and Whitley were announced Tuesday as the newest inductees. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Jerry Lee Lewis is helped to a chair at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) FILE - Music executive Joe Galante accepts the Cliffie Stone Icon Award at the 14th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 25, 2021. Galante was announced as a non-performer inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Jerry Lee Lewis is helped to a chair at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) FILE - Music executive Joe Galante accepts the Cliffie Stone Icon Award at the 14th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 25, 2021. Galante was announced as a non-performer inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame after it was announced he will be inducted as a member Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) FILE - Music executive Joe Galante accepts the Cliffie Stone Icon Award at the 14th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 25, 2021. Galante was announced as a non-performer inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Jerry Lee Lewis performs at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 30, 2009. Lewis and the late country singer Keith Whitley will join the Country Music Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, file) FILE - Jerry Lee Lewis performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans on May 2, 2015. Lewis and the late country singer Keith Whitley will join the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)
Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley to join Country Hall of Fame