Recordings by the Beatles, Ray Charles, Prince, the Animals & 26 More Selected for Grammy Hall of Fame.
The Recording Academy has chosen thirty titles to add to the Grammy Hall of Fame, bringing the total of inducted titles to 881.
Neil Portnow, President and CEO of the Academy, said "The GRAMMY Hall Of Fame represents all genres of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Academy has become renowned. These musical treasures have brought us timeless recordings, and each of them deserves to be memorialized. These recordings are living evidence that music remains an indelible part of our culture."
This year's selections run through almost every genre and come from every era, going back as far as 1927 for Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson and My Mammy by Al Jolson to 1984 and Prince & the Revolutions' Purple Rain.
The recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame are enshrined at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
The following singles/tracks will be inducted:
•Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
•Cissy Strut - Meters
•Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
•Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Featuring Al Hibbler
•Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
•I'll Be There - Jackson 5
•I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
•Ko-Ko - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
•The Letter - Box Tops
•Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
•Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
•My Mammy - Al Jolson
•On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
•Penny Lane - Beatles
•Please Mr. Postman - Marvellettes
•Rockin' Chair - Mildred Bailey
•Steel Guitar Rag - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Featuring Leon McAuliffe
•Summertime - Sidney Bechet
•Take Me to the River - Al Green
•Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino
•We Gotta Get Out of This Place - Animals
The following albums were selected for induction:
•Bogalusa Boogie - Clifton Chenier
•Brigadoon - Original Broadway Cast
•Genius + Soul = Jazz - Ray Charles
•Heavy Weather - Weather Report
•Joan Baez - Joan Baez
•The Koln Concert - Keith Jerrett
•Purple Rain - Prince & the Revolution
•Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
•Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
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