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Saturday, January 6, 2024

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

B

C

D

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

G

H

I

  • Julio Iglesias (LA: 2019)
  • The Isley Brothers (LA: 2014)

J

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

M

N

O

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

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)

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W-X-Y-Z

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First posted 12/12/2012; last updated 1/6/2024.
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Benny Goodman: Top 100 Songs

First posted 5/30/2012; updated 5/31/2019.

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Jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as “The King of Swing” for ushering in more dance-oriented jazz, fueled by Fletcher Henderson’s arrangements, which appealed to teens. Born Benjamin David Goodman on 5/30/1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Died 6/13/1986. Was in a band by age 14. Worked with Isham Jones, Ted Lewis, Red Nichols, Ben Pollack (25-29), and Ben Selvin. Formed his own band in 1934. He launched the careers of many other jazz musicians including guitarist Charlie Christian and drummer Gene Krupa and was one of the first to lead integrated jazz groups. His 1/16/1938 Carnegie Hall concert in New York is, as All Music Guide’s Bruce Eder called it, “the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history.”

For a complete list of this act’s songs and albums honored by the DMDB, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Top 100 Songs
Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

MB = Mildred Bailey, HF = Helen Forrest, DH = Dick Haymes, PL = Peggy Lee, MT = Martha Tilton, LT = Louise Tobin, HW = Helen Ward. Songs which peaked at #1 on the U.S. pop charts are noted (#1).

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) (1938)
2. These Foolish Things Remind Me of You (w/ HW, 1936) #1
3. Taking a Chance on Love (w/ HF, 1943) #1
4. There’ll Be Some Changes Made (w/ LT, 1941) #1
5. Goody Goody (w/ HW, 1936) #1
6. And the Angels Sing (w/ MF, 1939) #1

DMDB Top 5%:

7. Moonglow (1934) #1
8. Darn That Dream (w/ MB, 1940) #1
9. Don’t Be That Way (1938) #1
10. Jersey Bounce (w/ PL, 1942) #1

11. Goodnight My Love (w/ Ella Fitzgerald, 1937) #1
12. The Glory of Love (w/ HW, 1936) #1
13. This Can’t Be Love (w/ MF, 1938)
14. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place (1942) #1
15. Why Don’t You Do Right? (w/ PL, 1943)
16. Stardust (1936)
17. Stompin’ at the Savoy (1936)
18. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (w/ LT, 1939)
19. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (w/ Peggy Mann, 1945)
20. You Turned the Tables on Me (w/ HW, 1936) #1

21. St. Louis Blues (1936)
22. Gotta Be This Or That (w/ Dottie Reid, 1945)
23. Blue Moon (w/ HW, 1935)
24. Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (w/ PL, 1942)
25. Body and Soul (1935)
26. It’s Been So Long (w/ HW, 1936) #1
27. Blue Skies (w/ Art Lund, 1946)

DMDB Top 10%:

28. Give Me the Simple Life (w/ Liza Morrow, 1946)
29. How High the Moon (w/ HF, 1940)
30. Symphony (w/ Liza Morrow, 1945)

31. This Year’s Kisses (w/ Margaret McRae, 1937) #1
32. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (w/ MF, 1938) #1
33. Goodbye (1936)
34. The Way You Look Tonight (w/ PL, 1942)
35. On a Slow Boat to China (1948) 36. Cabin in the Sky (w/ HF, 1943)
37. The Man I Love (1937)
38. After You’ve Gone (1935)
39. Exactly Like You (w/ Lionel Hampton, 1936)
40. How Deep Is the Ocean? (w/ PL, 1941)

41. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means That You’r-e Grand) (w/ MF, 1938)
42. What’s New? (w/ LT, 1939)
43. Idaho (w/ DH, 1942)
44. The Japanese Sandman (1935)
45. As Long As I Live (1941)
46. Love Me or Leave Me (original, 1934)
47. Love Me or Leave Me (new recording, 1936)
48. Scatter-Brain (w/ LT, 1939)
49. You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes (w/ HW, 1936)
50. Blue Orchids (w/ LT, 1939)

DMDB Top 20%:

51. I Thought about You (w/ MB, 1939)
52. Sometimes I’m Happy (1935)
53. Flying Home (1939)
54. King Porter Stomp (1935)
55. Intermezzo (Souvenir De Vienne) (w/ HF, 1941)
56. A Gal in Calico (w/ Eve Young, 1947)
57. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good (w/ PL, 1941)
58. It’s Only a Paper Moon (1945)
59. For Every Man There’s a Woman (w/ PL, 1948)
60. Please Be Kind (w/ MF, 1938)

61. I Know That You Know (1936)
62. You’re a Heavenly Thing (w/ HW, 1935)
63. Oh Babe! (1950)
64. China Boy (1936)
65. Afraid to Dream (w/ Betty Van, 1937)
66. The Dixieland Band (w/ HW, 1935)
67. We’ll Meet Again (w/ PL, 1942)
68. Serenade in Blue (w/ DH, 1942)
69. Yours (Quiereme Mucho) (w/ HF, 1941)
70. Basin Street Blues (1934)

71. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) (w/ MF, 1937)
72. Rose of Washington Square (1939)
73. I Want to Be Happy (1937)
74. I Don’t Know Enough About You (w/ Art Lund, 1946)
75. My Sister and I (1941)
76. Basin Street Blues (1934)
77. Air Mail Special (w/ HF, 1941)
78. In a Sentimental Mood (1936)
79. Solo Flight (w/ Charlie Christian, 1941)
80. I’m Gonna Love That Guy (w/ Dottie Reid, 1945)

81. It Isn’t Fair (w/ Buddy Greco, 1950)
82. Can’t Teach My Old Heart New Tricks (w/ MF, 1937)
83. Jingle Bells (1935)
84. Wang Wang Blues (1941)
85. Close As Pages in a Book (w/ Jane Harvey, 1945)
86. Bugle Call Rag (1934)
87. The Flat Foot Floogee (1938)
88. Perfidia (Tonight) (w/ HF, 1941)
89. Clouds (w/ Ray Hendricks, 1935)
90. A String of Pearls (w/ PL, 1942)

91. Lullaby in Rhythm (1938)
92. Stompin’ at the Savoy (new recording, 1937)
93. Organ Grinder’s Swing (1936)
94. Eenie Meenie Miney Mo (w/ HW, 1935)
95. My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms (w/ MF, 1939)
96. Swingtime in the Rockies (1936)
97. No Other One (w/ HW, 1935)
98. I Was Lucky (w/ HW, 1935)
99. I Have Eyes (w/ MT, 1938)
100. I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Just Dreamin’ (w/ Jack Teagarden, 1934)

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Friday, February 1, 2019

100 years ago: Marion Harris hit #1 with “After You’ve Gone”

After You’ve Gone

Marion Harris

Writer(s): Turner Layton, Harry Creamer (see lyrics here)

First Charted: January 18, 1919

Peak: 13 US, 7 GA (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 0.18 video, -- streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

John Turner Layton, born in Washington, D.C. in 1894, was a rarity in his time – a black composer. He teamed with lyricist Harry Creamer as a vaudeville act PS and they contributed to many Broadway shows. The pair had hits with “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” (1922) and “Dear Old Southland” (1921), PS but their greatest success came from “After You’ve Gone.”

This “sultry ballad” PS has been called “one of the first meaningful torch songs.” MM It featured darker lyrics than the usual Tin Pan Alley fare of the day MM and its timeless melodic style and lyrical construct make it feel like a song which could have been written yesterday. PS

From 1918 to 1937, ten different versions of this song hit the top 20. The first, a 1918 rendition by Henry Burr and Albert Campbell, peaked at #2. Billy Murray, Bessie Smith, Sophie Tucker, Paul Whiteman, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Lionel Hampton were among the others to chart with the song. PM Because it can easily be improvised over, it has become a favorite of even modern-day jazz-oriented artists, WK being covered by Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and Jamie Cullum.

However, the most successful version was Marion Harris’ 1919 take which went to #1. She became widely known as the first white singer to tackle jazz and blues. From 1916 to 1930, she charted 43 songs, hitting #1 with “St. Louis Blues” (1920), “Look for the Silver Lining” (1921), and “Tea for Two” (1925). PM

The song also appeared in film, including For Me and My Gal (1942), Make Mine Music (1946), Jolson Sings Again (1949), The Five Pennies (1959), the Oscar-winning film, All That Jazz (1979), PS and The Aviator (2004).

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First posted 2/1/2013; last updated 3/16/2023.

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