Santa Monica, CA (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings, The Recording Academy announces the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame collection. This latest round of inducted recordings helps celebrate 40 years of highlighting diversity and recording excellence, and acknowledges both singles and album recordings of all genres at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance. Recordings are reviewed annually by a special member committee comprised of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts, with final approval by The Recording Academy's
National Board of Trustees. With 27 new titles, the list currently totals 933 and is on display at the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE.
"With the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame celebrating 40 years, it's especially important to note that these entries continue the tradition of inducting a wide variety of recordings that have inspired and influenced both fans and music makers for generations," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Memorable for being both culturally and historically significant, we are proud to add them to our growing catalog of outstanding recordings that have become part of our musical, social, and cultural history."
Representing a great variety of tracks and albums, the 2013 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductees range from AC/DC's Back In
Black album to Frank Sinatra's recording of "Theme from 'New York, New York.'" Also added to the highly regarded list are Billy Joel's "Piano Man,"
Paul McCartney & Wings' album Band On The Run, Ray Charles' "Hit The Road Jack," the Drifters' "On Broadway," Charles Mingus' album Mingus Ah Um, and self-titled albums from
Elton John and Whitney Houston. Other inductees include the Broadway cast recording of "Lost In The Stars," and recordings by
James Brown, Bob Dylan,
Carlos Gardel, Buck Owens, Richard Pryor, and
Little Richard, among others.
For more information about the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame or the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (to be broadcast live on Feb. 10, 2013, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network), please visit www.grammy.com. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, and www.facebook.com/thegrammys.
For a complete list of GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductees, please go to:
www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame.
2013 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees
"ACT NATURALLY"
Buck Owens
(Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison)
Capitol (1963)
Country (Single)
"AIN'T NOBODY HERE
BUT US CHICKENS"
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
(Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer)
Decca (1946)
R&B (Single)
"ALLONS À LAFAYETTE (LAFAYETTE)"
Joe Falcon
Columbia (1928)
Folk (Single)
BACK IN BLACK
AC/DC
Albert/Atlantic (1980)
Rock (Album)
BAND ON THE RUN
Paul McCartney & Wings
Apple (1973)
Rock (Album)
"BONAPARTE'S RETREAT"
W.H. Stepp
(Traditional arr. Stepp)
Library of Congress (1937)
Country (Single)
CROSSCURRENTS
Lennie Tristano Sextet
Capitol (1949)
Jazz (Album)
"EL DÍA QUE ME QUIERAS"
Carols Gardel
(Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera)
Paramount (1935)
Latin (Single)
ELTON JOHN
Elton John
Uni Records (1970)
Pop (Album)
FOGGY MOUNTAIN BANJO
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs And The
Foggy Mountain Boys
Columbia (1961)
Country (Album)
HERE'S LITTLE RICHARD
Little Richard
Specialty (1957)
Rock (Album)
"HIT THE ROAD JACK"
Ray Charles
(Percy Mayfield)
ABC-Paramount (1961)
R&B (Single)
"HOUND DOG"
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
(Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)
Peacock (1953)
Blues (Single)
"I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)"
James Brown
(James Brown)
King (1965)
R&B (Single)
JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN
John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman
Impulse! (1963)
Jazz (Album)
LOST IN THE STARS
Original Broadway Cast
Decca (1949)
Musical Show (Album)
MINGUS AH UM
Charles Mingus
Columbia (1959)
Jazz (Album)
"MY BLACK MAMA [PARTS 1 & 2]"
Son House
(Son House)
Paramount (1930)
Blues (Single)
"NEAR YOU"
Francis
Craig And His Orchestra
(Francis
Craig & Kermit Goell)
Bullet (1947)
Pop (Single)
"ON BROADWAY"
The Drifters
(Jerry Leiber, Barry Mann,
Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil)
Atlantic (1963)
R&B (Single)
"PIANO MAN"
Billy Joel
(Billy Joel)
Columbia (1973)
Pop (Single)
"STEALIN' STEALIN'"
Memphis Jug Band
(Will Shade)
Victor (1928)
Blues (Single)
THAT NIGGER'S CRAZY
Richard Pryor
Partee/Stax (1974)
Comedy (Album)
"THEME FROM 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK'"
Frank Sinatra
(Fred Ebb & John Kander)
Reprise (1980)
Traditional Pop (Single)
"THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'"
Bob Dylan
(Bob Dylan)
Columbia (1964)
Folk (Track)
"THE TITANIC"
Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman
(Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman)
Okeh (1924)
Country (Single)
WHITNEY HOUSTON
Whitney Houston
Arista (1985)
Pop (Album)
