SANTA MONICA, California (Grammys Website) - R&B singer Etta James, crooner Johnny Mathis and folk duo Simon & Garfunkel are among the recipients of lifetime achievement awards from the Grammy organization. Posthumous honorees include big-band leader Glenn Miller and Latin jazz performer Tito Puente. Folk music archivist Alan Lomax and the New York Philharmonic will receive Trustees Awards. The awards were announced Wednesday, but formal acknowledgments from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences are scheduled to be made at the 45th annual Grammy telecast Feb. 23 in New York's Madison Square Garden. The show is scheduled to be broadcast live on CBS.
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