Grammy Legend Award

The Grammy Legend Award, or the Grammy Living Legend Award,[1][2] is a special award of merit given to recording artists by the Grammy Awards, a music awards ceremony that was established in 1958.[3][4] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.[5][6]

Grammy Legend Award
Awarded forongoing contributions and influence in the music industry
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Recording Academy
First awarded1990
Websitegrammy.com

The first Grammy Legend Awards were issued in 1990 to Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Liza Minnelli. The honor was inaugurated to recognize "ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field".[7] The next year four more musicians (Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash and Quincy Jones) were acknowledged with Grammy Legend Awards. The award was given to Barbra Streisand in 1992 and Michael Jackson in 1993.

After 1994, when the American musicians Curtis Mayfield and Frank Sinatra were both issued Grammy Legend Awards, the honors have been given to recording artists intermittently. Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti was the 1998 recipient of the award. The following year, British singer-songwriter Elton John was recognized with the honor. The Bee Gees became the first recipients of the award in the 21st century when the brothers were acknowledged by the Grammys in 2003. Overall, fourteen solo musicians and one band have received the Grammy Legend Award.

Recipients
Year[I] Image Recipient Ref.
1990 Andrew Lloyd Webber [8]
Liza Minnelli [1]
Smokey Robinson [9]
Willie Nelson [7]
1991 Aretha Franklin [10]
Billy Joel [11]
Johnny Cash [12]
Quincy Jones [13]
1992 Barbra Streisand [14]
1993 Michael Jackson [15]
1994 Curtis Mayfield [16]
Frank Sinatra [17]
1998 Luciano Pavarotti [18]
1999 Elton John [7]
2003 Bee Gees [19]

^[I] Each year is linked to an article about the Annual Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.

See also

References
General
  • "Grammy Legend Award Winners". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
Specific
  1. Kotb, Hoda (March 12, 2004). "Liza: Life in the limelight". NBC News. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Billy Joel biography". MTV. Archived from the original on December 27, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  3. "Seen and heard at the 50th Grammy Awards". USA Today. Gannett Company. February 11, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  4. Henken, John (February 18, 2001). "The 2001 Grammys" (Payment required to access full article). Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  5. Hilburn, Richard (March 13, 1970). "Top Grammy Winners Announced" (Payment required to access full article). Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  6. "The Prem Rawat Foundation Presents Its Initiatives at the Grammy Awards". America's Intelligence Wire. February 9, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  7. "Grammy Legend Award". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  8. Cader Books, p. 545
  9. Kalte, p. 117
  10. Barrera, Sandra (September 6, 2005). "Franklin not ready to rest on another laurel". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Journal Communications. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  11. Gunderson, Edna (March 16, 1999). "Billy Joel enters his classical period Joining Hall of Fame, he leaves rock behind" (Payment required to access full article). USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  12. "Critic's choice" (Payment required to access full article). Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company. February 15, 1991. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  13. Ballasy, Nicholas (October 29, 2009). "'Melody' Missing from Music Industry, Quincy Jones Says". CNSNews.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  14. "The 1992 Grammys an 'unforgettable' night for Natalie Cole, Bonnie Raitt and R.E.M" (Payment required to access full article). The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Holdings. February 26, 1992. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  15. McShane, Larry (February 25, 1993). "Grammy moments - memorable and forgettable". Deseret News. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  16. "Curtis Mayfield, 57, entertainer, songwriter" (Payment required to access full article). Telegram & Gazette. The New York Times Company. December 27, 1999. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  17. Harrington, Richard (March 2, 1994). "The Grammy Whammy" (Payment required to access full article). The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  18. Shmith, Michael (September 7, 2007). "Prince among tenors, undisputed king of high C's". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  19. "The 45th Annual Annual Grammy Awards" (Payment required to access full article). The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Holdings. February 24, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
Bibliography
  • People (2000). 2001 People Entertainment Almanac. Cader Books. People Books. ISBN 1-929049-07-2.
  • Kalte, Pamela M. (2005). Contemporary Black Biography. Gale Group. ISBN 0-7876-7921-6.

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