Grammy Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement & Trustees Awards: 1962-2024

As stated at Grammy.org, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is selected by a vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees. It is given to those “who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.” The first recipient was Bing Crosby in 1962. Since 1967, the Grammys have also given a Trustees Award to individuals who have significantly contributed to music in ways other than performance. This would imply that the Lifetime Achievement Award is a performers-only award and that no performers have won the Trustees Award, but the line is not that clearly defined. In fact, a handful of acts have received both awards (Burt Bacharach, Count Basie, The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Frank Sinatra, Georg Solti). This page lists all recipients of either award. See other lifetime achievement awards here. A Roy Acuff (LA: 1987) Lou Adler (TA: 2019) Chris Albertson (TA: 1971) Allman Brothers Band (LA: 2012) Herb Alpert (TA: 1997) Laurie Anderson (LA: 2024) Marian Anderson (LA: 1991) Julie Andrews (LA: 2011) Harold Arlen (TA: 1987) Louis Armstrong (LA: 1972) Eddy Arnold (LA: 2005) Peter Asher (TA: 2024) Ashford & Simpson (TA: 2019) Fred Astaire (LA: 1989) Chet Atkins (LA: 1993) Gene Autry (LA: 2009) George Avakian (TA: 2009) Clarence Avant (TA: 2008) Estelle Axton (TA: 2007) B Babyface (TA: 2021) Burt Bacharach (TA: 1997, LA: 2008) Joan Baez (LA: 2007) The Band (LA: 2008) Count Basie (TA: 1981, LA: 2002) Dave Bartholomew (TA: 2012) Béla Bartok (TA: 1984) The Beach Boys (LA: 2001) The Beatles (TA, 1972, LA: 2014) The Bee Gees (LA: 2015) Harry Belafonte (LA: 2000) Al Bell (TA: 2011) Thom Bell (TA: 2017) Tony Bennett (LA: 2001) Alan Bergman (TA: 2013) Marilyn Bergman (TA: 2013) Irving Berlin (LA: 1968) Emile Berliner (TA: 1987) Leonard Bernstein (LA: 1985) Chuck Berry (LA: 1984) Black Sabbath (LA: 2019) Chris Blackwell (TA: 2006) Hal Blaine (LA: 2018) Art Blakey (LA: 2005) Bobby “Blue” Bland (LA: 1997) The Blind Boys of Alabama (LA: 2009) Booker T. & the MG’s (LA: 2007) Pierre Boulez (LA: 2015) David Bowie (LA: 2006) Harold Bradley (TA: 2010) Owen Bradley (TA: 2006) James Brown (LA: 1992) Ruth Brown (LA: 2016) Dave Brubeck (LA: 1996) C Shirley Caesar (LA: 2017) John Cage (TA: 2016) Maria Callas (LA: 2007) Cab Calloway (LA: 2008) Glen Campbell (LA: 2012) Hoagy Carmichael (TA: 2005) Benny Carter (LA: 1987) Elliott Carter (TA: 2009) The Carter Family (LA: 2005) Enrico Caruso (LA: 1987) Pablo Casals (LA: 1989) Johnny Cash (LA: 1999) Clifton Chenier (LA: 2014) Olumide Chapters (TA: 2008) Ray Charles (LA: 1987) Ed Cherney (TA: 2021) Leonard Chess (TA: 2013) Phil Chess (TA: 2013) Chicago (LA: 2020) Dick Clark (TA: 1990) The Clark Sisters (LA: 2024) Van Cliburn (LA: 2004) Patsy Cline (LA: 1995) George Clinton (LA: 2019) Rosemary Clooney (LA: 2002) Leonard Cohen (LA: 2010) Nat “King” Cole (LA: 1990) Ornette Coleman (LA: 2007) John Coltrane (LA: 1992) Perry Como (LA: 2002) Sam Cooke (LA: 1999) Aaron Copland (TA: 1981) Don Cornelius (TA: 2005) Pierre Cossette (TA: 1995) Cream (LA: 2006) Bing Crosby (LA: 1962) Celia Cruz (LA: 2016) John Culshaw (TA: 1967) D Bobby Darin (LA: 2010) Hal David (TA: 1997) Clive Davis (TA: 2000) Miles Davis (LA: 1990) Sammy Davis Jr. (LA: 2001) Doris Day (LA: 2008) Neil Diamond (LA: 2018) Bo Diddley (LA: 1998) Henry Diltz (TA: 2023) Walt Disney (TA: 1989) DJ Kool Herc (TA: 2024) Fats Domino (LA: 1987) The Doors (LA: 2007) Thomas A. Dorsey (TA: 1992) Tom Dowd (TA: 2002) Lamont Dozier (TA: 1998) Bob Dylan (LA: 1991) E Earth, Wind & Fire (LA: 2016) Billy Eckstine (LA: 2019) Thomas A. Edison (TA: 1977) David “Honeyboy” Edwards (LA: 2010) Ken Ehrlich (TA: 2020) Duke Ellington (LA: 1966, TA: 1968) Ahmet Ertegun (TA: 1993) Nesuhi Ertegun (TA: 1995) Bill Evans (LA: 1994) The Everly Brothers (LA: 1997) F Christine M. Farnon (TA: 1992) Wilma Cozart Fine (TA: 2011) Ella Fitzgerald (LA: 1967) Roberta Flack (LA: 2020) Fred Foster (TA: 2016) The Four Tops (LA: 2009) Aretha Franklin (LA: 1994) Alan Freed (TA: 2002) The Funk Brothers (LA: 2004) G Milt Gabler (TA: 1991) Kenneth Gamble (TA: 1999) Judy Garland (LA: 1997) Marvin Gaye (LA: 1996) George Gershwin (TA: 1986) Ira Gershwin (TA: 1986) Dizzy Gillespie (LA: 1989) Philip Glass (TA: 2020) Gerry Goffin (TA: 2004) Benny Golson (TA: 2021) Benny Goodman (LA: 1986) Berry Gordy Jr. (TA: 1991) Glenn Gould (LA: 2013) Morton Gould (LA: 2005) Bill Graham (TA: 2018) Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (LA: 2021) Norman Granz (TA: 1994) Stephane Grappelli (LA: 1997) Grateful Dead (LA: 2007) Al Green (LA: 2002) Florence Greenberg (TA: 2010) Woody Guthrie (LA: 2000) Buddy Guy (LA: 2015) H Charlie Haden (LA: 2013) Merle Haggard (LA: 2006) Rick Hall (TA: 2014) Oscar Hammerstein II (TA: 1992) John Hammond (TA: 1971) Lionel Hampton (LA: 2021) Herbie Hancock (LA: 2016) W.C. Handy (TA: 1993) Emmylou Harris (LA: 2018) George Harrison (LA: 2015) Lorenz Hart (TA: 1992) Donny Hathaway (LA: 2019) Isaac Hayes (LA: 2020) Roy Haynes (LA: 2011) Heart (LA: 2022) Jascha Heifetz (LA: 1989) Jimi Hendrix (LA: 1992) Woody Herman (LA: 1987) Larry Hiller (TA: 1971) Billie Holiday (LA: 1987) Brian Holland (TA: 1998) Eddie Holland (TA: 1998) Buddy Holly (LA: 1997) Jac Holzman (TA: 2008) John Lee Hooker (LA: 2000) Lightnin’ Hopkins (LA: 2013) Lena Horne (LA: 1989) Marilyn Horne (LA: 2021) Vladimir Horowitz (LA: 1990) Leon Huff (TA: 1999) I Julio Iglesias (LA: 2019) The Isley Brothers (LA: 2014) J Mahalia Jackson (LA: 1972) Michael Jackson (LA: 2010) Ahmad Jamal (LA: 2017) Etta James (LA: 2003) Jefferson Airplane (LA: 2016) Ella Jenkins (LA: 2004) Flaco Jimenez (LA: 2015) Antonio Carlos Jobim (LA: 2012) Steve Jobs (TA: 2012) Eldridge R. Johnson (TA: 1985) Robert Johnson (LA: 2006) George Jones (LA: 2012) Hank Jones (LA: 2009) Quincy Jones (TA: 1989) Janis Joplin (LA: 2005) Louis Jordan (LA: 2018) Juilliard String Quartet (LA: 2011) K Joel Katz (TA: 2024) Orrin Keepnews (TA: 2004) Jerome Kern (TA: 1987) B.B. King (LA: 1987) Carole King (TA: 2004, LA: 2013) The Kingston Trio (LA: 2011) Gladys Knight (LA: 2024) Kraftwerk (LA: 2014) Kris Kristofferson (LA: 2014) L Led Zeppelin (LA: 2005) Brenda Lee (LA: 2009) Peggy Lee (LA: 1995) Jerry Leiber (TA: 1999) John Lennon (LA: 1991) Alan Jay Lerner (TA: 1999) Jerry Lee Lewis (LA: 2005) Goddard Lieberson (TA: 1979) Alfred Lion (TA: 2005) Little Richard (LA: 1993) Alan Livingston (TA: 2013) Frederick Loewe (TA: 1999) Alan Lomax (TA: 2003) The Louvin Brothers (LA: 2015) Bruce Lundvall (TA: 2011) Loretta Lynn (LA: 2010) M Henry Mancini (LA: 1995) Johnny Mandel (TA: 2019) Barry Mann (TA: 2015) Armando Manzaner (LA: 2014) Arif Mardin (TA: 2001) Bob Marley (LA: 2001) Ellis Marsalis (TA: 2023) Jim Marshall (TA: 2014) Dean Martin (LA: 2009) George Martin (TA: 1996) Cosimo Matassa (TA: 2007) Johnny Mathis (LA: 2003) Curtis Mayfield (LA: 1995) Paul McCartney (LA: 1990) Bobby McFerrin (LA: 2022) Marian McPartland (TA: 2004) The Memphis Horns (LA: 2012) Johnny Mercer (TA: 1987) The Meters (LA: 2018) Glenn Miller (LA: 2003) Mitch Miller (LA: 2000) Walter C. Miller (TA: 2010) The Mills Brothers (LA: 1998) Charles Mingus (LA: 1997) Joni Mitchell (LA: 2002) Willie Mitchell (TA: 2008) Thelonious Monk (LA: 1993) Bill Monroe (LA: 1993) Robert Moog (TA: 1970) Ennio Morricone (TA: 2014) Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton (LA: 2005) Jerry Moss (TA: 1997) N Willie Nelson (LA: 2000) New York Philharmonic (TA: 2003) Nirvana (LA: 2022) Jessye Norman (LA: 2006) N.W.A. (LA: 2024) O Roy Orbison (LA: 1998) Mo Ostin (TA: 2017) P Patti Page (LA: 2013) Charlie Parker (LA: 1984) Parliament/Funkadelic (LA: 2019) Dolly Parton (LA: 2011) Les Paul (TA: 1983) Tom Paxton (LA: 2009) Ralph Peer (TA: 2017) Krzysztof Penderecki (TA: 1968) Pinetop Perkins (LA: 2005) Itzhak Perlman (LA: 2008) Richard Perry (TA: 2015) Oscar Peterson (LA: 1997) Sam Phillips (TA: 1991) Iggy Pop (LA: 2020) Cole Porter (TA: 1989) Maud Powell (LA: 2014) Elvis Presley (LA: 1971) Frances Preston (TA: 1998) André Previn (LA: 2010) Leontyne Price (LA: 1989) Charley Pride (LA: 2017) Richard Pryor (LA: 2006) Public Enemy (LA: 2020) Tito Puente (LA: 2003) Q-R Queen (LA: 2018) Ma Rainey (LA: 2022) Bonnie Raitt (LA: 2021) Phil Ramone (TA: 2001) Ramones (LA: 2011) Otis Redding (LA: 1999) Max Roach (LA: 2008) Paul Robeson (LA: 1998) Smokey Robinson (LA: 1999) Jimmie Rodgers (LA: 2017) Nile Rodgers (LA: 2022) Richard Rodgers (TA: 1998) The Rolling Stones (LA: 1986) Sonny Rollins (LA: 2004) Linda Ronstadt (LA: 2016) Diana Ross (LA: 2012) Artur Rubinstein (LA: 1994) Run-D.M.C. (LA: 2016) S Salt-N-Pepa (LA: 2021) Sam & Dave (LA: 2019) Al Schmitt (TA: 2006) Gil Scott-Heron (LA: 2012) Earl Scruggs (LA: 2008) Pete Seeger (LA: 1993) Andrés Segovia (LA: 1986) Ravi Shankar (LA: 2013) Artie Shaw (LA: 2004) George Beverly Shea (LA: 2011) Wayne Shorter (LA: 2015) Simon & Garfunkel (LA: 2003) George T. Simon (TA: 1993) Nina Simone (LA: 2017) Frank Sinatra (LA: 1965, TA: 1979) Slick Rick (LA: 2022) Bessie Smith (LA: 1989) Georg Solti (TA: 1967, LA: 1996) Stephen Sondheim (TA: 2007) Phil Spector (TA: 2000) The Staple Singers (LA: 2005) Seymour Stein (TA: 2018) Isaac Stern (LA: 1987) Jim Stewart (TA: 2023) Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart (LA: 2017) Leopold Stokowski (TA: 1977) Mike Stoller (TA: 1999) Chris Strachwitz (TA: 2016) Igor Stravinksy (LA: 1987) Billy Strayhorn (TA: 1968) Barbra Streisand (LA: 1995) Donna Summer (LA: 2024) The Supremes (LA: 2022) T Talking Heads (LA: 2021) Art Tatum (LA: 1989) Billy Taylor (TA: 2005) The Temptations (LA: 2013) Clark Terry (LA: 2010) Sister Rosetta Tharpe (LA: 2020) Mel Tormé (LA: 1999) Arturo Toscanini (LA: 1987) Allen Toussaint (TA: 2009) Tina Turner (LA: 2018) U-V Rudy Van Gelder (TA: 2012) Sarah Vaughan (LA: 1989) Velvet Underground (LA: 2017) W-X-Y-Z Frank Walker (TA: 2020) Fats Waller (LA: 1993) Dionne Warwick (LA: 2019) Muddy Waters (LA: 1992) Doc Watson (LA: 2004) The Weavers (LA: 2006) Cynthia Weil (TA: 2015) George Wein (TA: 2015) Kitty Wells (LA: 1991) Paul Weston (TA: 1971) Jerry Wexler (TA: 1996) The Who (LA: 2001) Hank Williams (LA: 1987) John Williams (TA: 2018) Bob Wills (LA: 2007) Stevie Wonder (LA: 1996) Tammy Wynette (LA: 2024) Frank Zappa (LA: 1997) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Lifetime Achievement Awards” Grammy.org Lifetime Achievement Award (list of recipients, year awarded) Wikipedia.org Trustee Award (list of recipients, year awarded) First posted 12/12/2012; last updated 1/6/2024.

On This Day in Music: The Birth of Hip-Hop

August 11, 1973 The Birth of Hip-Hop

Clive Campbell (aka DJ Kool Herc) and his sister Cindy threw a back-to-school school party in the rec room of an apartment building in the Bronx. DJ Kool Herc played copies of the same record on two turntables, going back and forth between the records to loop the percussion and keep the beat going. Rap, or hip-hop, was born. In 2023 – the 50th anniversary of hip-hop – DJ Kool Herc was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a musical influence. That same year, the Grammys presented a tribute to the 50th anniversary with an all-star, thirteen-minute celebration of the genre. Spotify Podcast: Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode The Birth of Hip-Hop: The 50th Anniversary which highlights 20 of the genre’s most important songs. It debuted August 11, 2023. For more important days in music history, check out the Dave’s Music Database history page. Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “History Index” Dave’s Music Database: “The Top 100 Rap/Hip-Hop Songs” DMDB encyclopedia entry for DJ Kool Herc The50thAnniversaryOfHip-Hop.com First posted 8/24/2023.