{"id":179663,"date":"2026-04-29T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179663\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:49:10","slug":"taylor-swift-to-be-inducted-into-central-pa-music-hall-of-fame-berks-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179663\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift to be inducted into Central Pa Music Hall of Fame | Berks Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HERSHEY, Pa. &#8211; The Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame (CPMHOF) will be inducting pop superstar and Berks County native Taylor Swift next year.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say there will be an official ceremony with the date and location to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Before rising to stardom, Swift was raised in Wyomissing until moving to Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The CPMHOF, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, focuses on youth music education. To celebrate the upcoming 2027 induction of Taylor Swift, the Central Pennsylvania Youth All-Star Band has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B4SlgIZxdzs&amp;list=RDB4SlgIZxdzs&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released a cover of Swift\u2019s \u201cYou Belong With Me.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because Swift\u2019s favorite number is 13, 13 females (ages 7-18) sang vocals on the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to celebrate Taylor\u2019s induction. We hope that Swifties love and share this music video and that Taylor herself sees it! We look forward to inducting her into our local Hall of Fame in 2027. She truly \u2018belongs with us\u2019 back in Central PA,\u201d said CPMHOF Executive Director Brandon Valentine.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Central Pennsylvania Youth All-Star Band has received acknowledgement from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who for their music video of \u201cBaba O\u2019Riley,\u201d which now has over 150k views on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The CPMHOF will be celebrating Taylor in advance of the 2027 induction ceremony with Swift themed open mics, concerts, and even a compilation album.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/cpmhof.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cpmhof.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame<\/p>\n<p>The Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame is a 501(c) non-profit organization that is devoted to recognizing, supporting, and growing the local music scene. The Central Pennsylvania Hall of Fame is dedicated to the past, present, and future of our shared musical culture. This is accomplished by recognizing trailblazing musicians through the Hall of Fame and Museum, supporting our live local music scene with artist\/band promotions and the Central Pennsylvania Music Awards (CPMAs), and nurturing and growing the next generation of musicians through our youth music education program.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to request an interview with a CPMHOF representative, please contact:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HERSHEY, Pa. &#8211; The Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame (CPMHOF) will be inducting pop superstar and Berks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,5298,80192,1508,28,128,130,129,5645],"class_list":["post-179663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-central-pennsylvania","tag-central-pennsylvania-music-hall-of-fame","tag-hershey","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}