Inducted on August 21, 2018, alongside Brenda Lee, Ben Folds, and Ray Stevens.
Seely was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1967. She also became the first female to regularly host segments of the weekly Opry shows. She's credited for being the first to wear a mini-skirt on the Opry stage, as well as for changing the image of female country performers. On Sept. 16, 2017, Seely celebrated her 50th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Seely's songs have been recorded by Country Music Hall of Fame members Faron Young, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Grandpa Jones, Dottie West, and Little Jimmy Dickens. Her recordings have spanned six decades, and she reached the top of the country music charts and earned a GRAMMY for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female for "Don't Touch Me."
Over the course of her career, she launched a popular road show with Opry member Jack Greene; served as a radio disc jockey on her own Armed Forces Network Show and traveled on military tours throughout Europe and Asia; made numerous appearances on national television shows; and published her own book of witticisms, "Pieces of a Puzzled Mind." She starred in several major stage productions, including "Always, Patsy Cline" and "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" and appeared in Willie Nelson's "Honeysuckle Rose" movie and sang on the platinum soundtrack album, as well as appeared in the movie "Changing Hearts."
