26 recordings have been added to the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®, including songs by the Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, Joan Jett, and the Zombies. The newly-announced inductees bring the total of recordings that have earned the honor to 1,013 over the past 43 years.
The inductees represent “singles and album recordings of all genres at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance.”
“The Recording Academy remains dedicated to celebrating a wide variety of great music through the decades,” stated Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “Spanning more than 50 years, the 2016 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame entries are an outstanding collection, marked by both historical and cultural significance. These works have influenced and inspired both music creators and fans for generations and we are proud to induct them into our catalog of distinguished recordings.”
2016 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees
(Songwriters of singles in parentheses)
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Grateful Dead
Warner Bros. (1970)
Album
THE BASEMENT TAPES
Bob Dylan And The Band
Columbia (1975)
Album
“BOOM BOOM”
John Lee Hooker
(John Lee Hooker)
Vee-Jay (1962)
Single
“CELEBRATION”
Kool & The Gang
(Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown,
Eumir Decodato, Robert Mickens, Claydes
Smith, James Taylor, Dennis Thomas,
Earl Toon, Jr.)
De-Lite (1980)
Single
“COLD SWEAT—PART 1”
James Brown And The Famous Flames
(James Brown, Alfred Ellis)
King (1967)
Single
“THE DARK END OF THE STREET”
James Carr
(Chips Moman, Dan Penn)
Goldwax (1967)
Single
“DON’T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME)”
Andrews Sisters
(Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charlie Tobias)
Decca (1942)
Single
ELLA AND LOUIS
Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong
Verve (1956)
Album
“THE FAT MAN”
Fats Domino
(Dave Bartholomew, Antoine Domino)
Imperial (1949)
Single
FIRST TAKE
Roberta Flack
Atlantic (1969)
Album
FLEETWOOD MAC
Fleetwood Mac
Reprise (1975)
Album
“FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY”
The O’Jays
(Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff,
Anthony Jackson)
Philadelphia International (1974)
Single
“HEART OF GLASS”
Blondie
(Deborah Harry, Chris Stein)
Chrysalis (1979)
Single
“I LOVE ROCK ‘N ROLL”
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
(Jake Hooker, Alan Merrill)
Boardwalk (1982)
Single
“THE LOCO-MOTION”
Little Eva
(Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
Dimension (1962)
Single
LUSH LIFE
John Coltrane
Prestige (1961)
Album
“MARGARITAVILLE”
Jimmy Buffett
(Jimmy Buffett)
ABC (1977)
Single
MILES SMILES
Miles Davis Quintet
Columbia (1967)
Album
PRETENDERS
The Pretenders
Sire (1980)
Album
RANDY NEWMAN
Randy Newman
Reprise (1968)
Album
“ROCK ISLAND LINE”
Lead Belly
(Traditional)
Asch (1942)
Single
“SHE’S ABOUT A MOVER”
Sir Douglas Quintet
(Doug Sahm)
Tribe (1965)
Single
“SHE’S NOT THERE”
The Zombies
(Rod Argent)
Parrot (1964)
Single
“THIS TRAIN”
(Traditional)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca (1939)
Single
“(WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK AND BLUE”
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
(Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller)
Okeh (1929)
Single
“YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL”
(Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston)
Joe Cocker
A&M (1974)
Single
