Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees for 2013

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In 1973, the Recording Academy (more widely known as the Grammys) established a Hall of Fame to, as it says on their website, “honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.” ^GH On November 21, the 2013 class was inducted, marking the 40th anniversary of the Grammy Hall of Fame. ^UT The full list now comes to 933 entries. ^UT

Neil Portnow, the President and CEO of the Recording Academy, echoed the Grammy’s mission by calling this new batch of recordings “memorable for being both culturally and historically significant.” ^HP Inductees include both albums (in italics) and songs (in quotation marks). Here are the 2013 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees:

• AC/DC Back in Black (1980)
• James Brown “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (1965)
• Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (1961)

• John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
• Francis Craig & His Orchestra “Near You” (1947)
• The Drifters “On Broadway” (1963)
• Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (1964)

• Joe Falcon “Allons À Lafayette (Lafayette)” (1928)
• Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & the Foggy Mountain Boys Foggy Mountain Banjo (1961)
• Carols Gardel “El Día Que Me Quieras” (1935)
• Son House “My Black Mama (Parts 1 & 2)” (1930)

• Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985)
• Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1973)

  Piano Man

• Elton John Elton John (1970)
• Louis Jordan “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” (1946)
• Little Richard Here’s Little Richard (1957)
• Memphis Jug Band “Stealin’ Stealin’” (1928)
• Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um (1959)

• Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (1973)
• Buck Owens “Act Naturally” (1963)
• Richard Pryor That N*****’s Crazy (1974)
• Frank Sinatra “Theme from ‘New York New York’” (1980)

• W.H. Stepp “Bonaparte’s Retreat” (1937)
• Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman “The Titanic” (1924)
• Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton “Hound Dog” (1953)

• Lennie Tristano Sextet Crosscurrents (1949)
• Various Artists Lost in the Stars (original Broadway cast, 1949)

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Resources and Related Links:

• ^GH Grammy.org Grammy Hall of Fame (inductees from 1973-2012)
• ^HP Huffington Post Grammy Hall of Fame 2013, 21 November 2012.
• ^UT USA Today Grammy Hall of Fame to enshrine 27 iconic recordings by Elysa Gardner, 21 November 2012.

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