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Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
American singer
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Donnie Fritts
Donnie Fritts
American musician
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Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
American singer-songwriter
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Sammi Smith
Sammi Smith
American country music singer and songwriter
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Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
American musician
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Roger Miller
Roger Miller
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)
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June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter and actress (1929-2003)
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
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David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
American country music singer
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The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
American country music supergroup
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Billy Swan
Billy Swan
American musician and songwriter
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Fred Foster
Fred Foster
American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive
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Marijohn Wilkin
Marijohn Wilkin
American songwriter
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John Prine
John Prine
American country singer/songwriter
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Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
American record producer, songwriter, and arranger
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Mac Gayden
Mac Gayden
American musician
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Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare
American singer-songwriter
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Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
American country music singer, songwriter, and musician (1937-2002)
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Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver
American country music singer-songwriter
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Buffy Lawson
Buffy Lawson
American country music singer
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Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck
American musician
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and pianist
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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
American singer
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Jesse Dayton
Jesse Dayton
American musician
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Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees
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Mickey Raphael
Mickey Raphael
American actor
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Guy Clark
Guy Clark
American singer-songwriter
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Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930-1999)
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Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
American recording artist; country music singer, actor (1937-2008)
Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor

Kris Kristofferson

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American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
Awards Received
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Johnny Mercer Award
Rhodes Scholarship
Grammy Award for Best Country Song
"Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award
National Defense Service Medal
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
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Member of, past and present
The Highwaymen

The Highwaymen

Phi Beta Kappa Society

Phi Beta Kappa Society

Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American retired singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.

In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.

In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Lone Star (1996), Stagecoach (1986), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004).