Country Music Hall of Fame Induction, October 2022: Joe Galante, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Keith Whitley

Longtime Nashville record company executive Joe Galante, incendiary pianist and singer Jerry Lee Lewis, and influential country vocal stylist Keith Whitley officially joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 16. The trio of country music luminaries “took very different paths to greatness,” said Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Kyle Young, but together they became the Hall of Fame’s 147th, 148th, and 149th members during a star-studded Medallion Ceremony filled with tributes both heartfelt and humorous and musical performances that ranged from acoustic songs to raucous romps that brought the crowd to their feet.

The ceremony’s musical performers included Country Music Hall of Fame members Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen of Alabama, Bill Anderson, Garth Brooks, and Ricky Skaggs, as well as Kenny Chesney, Mickey Guyton, Chris Isaak, Miranda Lambert, the McCrary Sisters, Justin Moses, Molly Tuttle, and Lee Ann Womack, all backed by the Medallion All-Star Band. Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson and the band led the crowd in the Medallion Ceremony’s traditional finale, a rendition of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”

As is the longstanding custom, each new Country Music Hall of Fame member selected a fellow member to officially induct them into the Hall of Fame. This year, Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn inducted Galante, Garth Brooks inducted Whitley, and Hank Williams Jr. inducted Lewis.

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