The Grammy Hall of Fame’s Newest Inductees

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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.” 40 years later, nearly 1000 albums and songs have been inducted (see the full list here). Here are this year’s inductees: Albums:

• Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
• Miles Davis Relaxin’ (1958)
• George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
• Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson (1970)
• U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
• Doc Watson Doc Watson (1964)
• Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
• Various Artists Mary Poppins (soundtrack, 1964)
• Various Artists Woodstock (soundtrack, 1970)

The Joshua Tree and After the Gold Rush ranked in the DMDB’s Top 100 Albums of All Time already. All Things Must Pass, Cosmo’s Factory, Mary Poppins, Woodstock, and Chicago Transit Authority all ranked in the top 1000.

Songs:

• Louis Armstrong “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” (1938)
• James Brown “Get Up – I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine” (1970)
• Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra “Georgia on My Mind” (1930)
• Sam Cooke “Wonderful World” (1960)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
• The Drifters “Under the Boardwalk” (1964)
• Robert Johnson “Sweet Home Chicago” (1937)
• B.B. King “3 O’Clock Blues” (1952)
• Charlie Parker “Yardbird Suite” (1946)
• Dolly Parton “Jolene” (1973)
• The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
• Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
• Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (1970)
• Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (1945)
• B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (1969)
• War “Low Rider” (1975)

Six of the songs were already listed in the DMDB’s Top 1000 of All-Time: “Honky Tonk Women,” “Walk This Way,” “Rapper’s Delight,” “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” “Fortunate Son,” and “Under the Boardwalk.” “Honky Tonk Women” also ranks as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era.

Honky Tonk Women

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Resources and Related Links:

• Grammy Hall of Fame
• NBC Southern California Grammy Hall of Fame: 27 New Recordings Inducted by Alysia Gray Painter (12/3/13)

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