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TIL Johnny Cash is the only recording artist ever to be inducted in each of these eight music-related halls of fame: Songwriters (1977), Nashville Songwriters (1977), Country Music (1980), Rock n' Roll (1992), Rockabilly (1999), Hit Parade (2007), Gospel Music (2011) and Memphis Music (2013).

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