Induction Year: 1970
Birth Name: Leon Roger Payne
Birth Date: 06-15-1917
Place of Birth: Alba, Texas
Death Date: 09-11-1969
Place of Death: San Antonio, Texas
"Blue Side of Lonesome"
Jim Reeves | 1962 |
Jim Reeves (reissue) | 1966 | #1 country, #59 pop |
George Jones | 1966 |
Hank Locklin | 1967 |
Hank Snow | 1968 |
Charley Pride | 2001 |
Daniel O'Donnell | 2004 |
John Prine & Mac Wiseman | 2007 |
"Cry-Baby Heart"
George Morgan | 1949 | #5 country |
Conway Twitty | 1994 |
"Doorstep to Heaven"
Carl Smith | 1956 | #6 country |
"Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Leave 'Em"
Leon Payne | 1949 |
"For Now and Always"
Hank Snow | 1953 | #10 country |
"I Love You Because"
Leon Payne | 1950 | #1 country |
Ernest Tubb | 1950 | #2 country |
Clyde Moody | 1950 | #8 country |
Elvis Presley | 1956 |
Margaret Whiting | 1958 |
Jean Shepard | 1958 |
Johnny Cash | 1960 | #20 country |
Bob Luman | 1960 |
Eddy Arnold | 1961 |
George Jones | 1961 |
Al Martino | 1963 | #1 adult contemporary, #3 pop |
Jim Reeves | 1963 |
Brenda Lee | 1964 |
Willie Nelson | 1966 |
Bill Anderson & Jan Howard | 1967 |
Carl Smith | 1969 | #14 country |
Dottie West & Don Gibson | 1969 |
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1969 |
Jack Greene | 1969 |
Billie Jo Spears | 1971 |
Jim Reeves (re-issue) | 1976 | #54 country |
Don Gibson | 1978 |
Roger Whittaker | 1983 | #91 country |
Barbara Mandrell | 1991 |
Daniel O'Donnell | 2004 |
Johnny Cash & June Carter | 2007 |
Lisa Marie Presley & Elvis Presley | 2012 |
"Jitter Bug Jive"
(written with Bill Boyd)
Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers | 1941 |
"Lifetime to Regret"
Leon Payne | 1947 |
Red Sovine | 1968 |
George Jones | 1971 |
"Lost Highway"
Leon Payne | 1949 |
Hank Williams | 1949 | #12 country |
Skeets McDonald | 1958 |
The Osborne Brothers | 1959 |
Johnny Horton | 1959 |
Elton Britt | 1960 |
Hank Thompson | 1961 |
Roy Acuff | 1969 |
Ernest Tubb | 1966 |
Jimmy Martin | 1966 |
Bob Dylan | 1965 |
Don Gibson | 1967 | #51 country |
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1972 |
Leon Russell | 1973 |
Carl Smith | 1975 |
Gary Stewart | 1979 |
Jason & the Scorchers | 1985 |
Jeff Buckley | 1995 |
Chris Hillman | 1996 |
David Allan Coe | 1997 |
Townes Van Zandt | 1997 |
Billy Bob Thornton | 2001 |
Jerry Lee Lewis & Delaney Bramlett | 2006 |
Mark Chesnutt | 2006 |
Willie Nelson & Ray Price | 2009 |
"More Than Anything Else in the World"
Carl Smith | 1954 | #5 country |
"Pride Goes Before a Fall"
Jim Reeves | 1962 | #18 country |
Ray Price | 1969 |
Johnny Bush | 2000 |
"Psycho"
Eddie Noack | 1968 |
Elvis Costello | 1981 |
"Take Me"
(written with George Jones)
George Jones | 1966 | #8 country |
Conway Twitty | 1966 |
Mike Auldridge | 1972 |
George Jones & Tammy Wynette | 1972 | #9 country |
Johnny Paycheck | 1996 |
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | 2004 |
"Teach Me to Forget"
Leon Payne | 1941 |
Tex Ritter | 1946 |
Leon Payne (remake) | 1951 |
Merle Haggard | 1968 |
"Tell Her Lies and Give Her Candy"
Charlie Walker | 1954 |
Jimmy Dean | 1955 |
Joe & Rose Lee Maphis | 1958 |
Porter Wagoner | 1963 |
Jim & Jesse | 1964 |
Jerry Douglas | 1982 |
The Sadies | 1998 |
"The Selfishness in Man"
George Jones | 1971 |
Freakwater | 1991 |
Ricky Skaggs | 1997 |
Bobby Osborne | 2000 |
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | 2007 |
Buddy & Julie Miller | 2009 |
"They'll Never Take Her Love From Me"
Leon Payne | 1949 |
Hank Williams | 1950 | #5 country |
Johnny Horton | 1961 |
Roy Acuff | 1958 |
Jack Scott | 1960 |
Billy Walker | 1961 |
George Jones | 1962 |
Hank Locklin | 1963 |
Charlie Rich | 1967 |
Don Gibson | 1968 |
Marty Robbins | 1968 |
Johnny Darrell | 1970 | #74 country |
George Jones | 1971 |
Conway Twitty | 1971 |
Hank Williams Jr. | 1971 |
Sammi Smith | 1975 |
Mel McDaniel | 1978 |
Emmylou Harris | 1979 |
Elvis Costello | 1986 |
John Prine | 1986 |
Waylon Jennings | 1996 |
Jo-El Sonnier | 2002 |
Willie Nelson | 2006 |
"Things Have Gone to Pieces"
George Jones | 1965 | #9 country |
Little Jimmy Dickens | 1965 |
Jimmy Dean | 1966 |
Conway Twitty | 1967 |
Lonnie Mack | 1969 |
Don Gibson | 1971 |
Johnny Paycheck | 1996 |
Evan Dando | 2004 |
Van Morrison | 2006 |
"You Are the One"
Carl Smith | 1956 | #4 country |
Jim & Jesse | 1987 |
Carlene Carter | 1990 |
"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"
Leon Payne | 1950 |
Glen Campbell | 1967 |
Don Gibson | 1968 |
Dean Martin | 1968 | #7 adult contemporary, #60 pop |
Floyd Cramer | 1968 |
Dottie West | 1968 |
Skeeter Davis | 1968 |
Hank Locklin | 1968 |
Rex Allen | 1968 |
Roy Drusky | 1968 |
Jack Greene | 1968 |
The Wilburn Brothers | 1969 |
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1969 |
Ray Charles | 1970 |
Ronnie Milsap | 1976 |
Con Hunley | 1978 | #14 country |
George Jones | 1984 | #3 country |
Charlie McCoy | 1991 |