Fleming to be Featured as Next “Poet & Prophet”

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Kye Fleming will be featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s next installment of “Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters” on July 28.

The 90 minute program will begin at 1:30 pm and will be hosted by Museum Editor Michael Gray with recordings, photos, and film clips from the museum’s archive. Following the program, Fleming will sign Hatch Show Print posters. The program is included with admission and free to museum members.

Fleming’s long list of hit songs includes “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” “Smoky Mountain Rain,” “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed,” “Roll On Mississippi” and more.  Her songs have been recorded by Crystal Gayle, Amy Grant, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, Tina Turner, and others. She has won over 40 BMI Awards, including three Songwriter of the Year Honors, and she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.