Brooks & Dunn, Stevens named Hall of Famers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The country hit-making duo of Brooks & Dunn is riding a resurgence of interest in ‘90s-era country music with a longstanding Las Vegas residency, a new album celebrating its top-selling singles and now an invitation to join the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The duo, along with comedic singer Ray Stevens and record-label head Jerry Bradley, were announced Monday as this year’s inductees and will be formally inducted during a ceremony later this year.

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn’s new album, “Reboot,” out April 5, features the duo on new versions of their hits with today’s country stars such as Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs and Kane Brown.

With more than 20

No. 1 country hits, the Grammy-winning pair is the most-awarded duo by the Country Music Association, earning 14 vocal duo awards. They split up in 2010 and both started working on solo projects, but they reunited in Ronnie Dunn, left, and Kix Brooks 2015 for what’s turned into a four-year residency in Las Vegas with Reba Mcentire.

Stevens, 80, is known for singing zany hits like “The Streak” but also sentimental ones like the Grammy-winning “Everything Is Beautiful.” Stevens has been a TV personality, producer, publisher, songwriter and entertainer. He recorded comedy albums and videos and opened a theater in Branson, Missouri. He currently has a dinner theater show in Nashville.

Bradley was the former head of RCA Records’ Nashville office and worked with Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Ronnie Milsap, Charley Pride and Alabama.