The Hall of Fame located in L.A.’s Grammy Museum is set to get a bit more crowded.
On Tuesday, The Recording Academy announced that 27 iconic recordings are headed for the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. The new inductees include U2’s 1987 landmark album The Joshua Tree, the classic Dolly Parton number “Jolene”; and the groundbreaking Sugarhill Gang single “Rapper’s Delight.”;
The selections for the 2014 class feature a mix of different styles, eras and levels of popularity. It’s a slate that features Gil Scott-Heron getting cozy with the Mary Poppins soundtrack and Neil Young hanging out with Run-D.M.C.. (We have a list of all of this year’s inductees at the bottom of the post.)
The head of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, accompanied the news with a statement about this year’s inductees: “Memorable and inspiring, these recordings are proudly added to our growing catalog — knowing that they have become a part of our musical, social, and cultural history.”;
Speaking of musical history, the nominees for the 2014 Grammy Awards will be announced on Dec. 6 on CBS in a ceremony/event dubbed The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night.
2014 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees
(Songwriters of singles in parentheses)
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
Neil Young
Reprise (1970)
Album
ALL THINGS MUST PASS
George Harrison
Apple (1970)
Album
THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Chicago
Columbia (1969)
Album
COSMO’S FACTORY
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fantasy (1970)
Album
DOC WATSON
Doc Watson
Vanguard (1964)
Album
“FORTUNATE SON”;
Creedence Clearwater Revival
(John Fogerty)
Fantasy (1969)
Single
“GEORGIA (ON MY MIND)”;
Hoagy Carmichael And His Orchestra
(Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
Victor (1930)
Single
“GET UP — I FEEL LIKE BEING LIKE A SEX MACHINE”;
James Brown
(James Brown)
King (1970)
Single
“HONKY TONK WOMEN”;
The Rolling Stones
(Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
London (1969)
Single
“JOLENE”;
Dolly Parton
(Dolly Parton)
RCA (1973)
Single
THE JOSHUA TREE
U2
Island (1987)
Album
KRISTOFFERSON
Kris Kristofferson
Monuent (1970)
Album
“LOW RIDER”;
War
(Allen, Brown, Dickerson, Goldstein, Jordan, Miller, Oskar & Scott)
United Artists (1975)
Single
MARY POPPINS — ORGINAL CAST SOUND TRACK
Buena Vista (1964)
Album
“NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN”;
Louis Armstrong And The All Stars
(Spiritual Arranged by Henry “Harry”; Thacker Burleigh)
Decca (1938)
Single
“RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD”;
B.J. Thomas
(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
Scepter (1969)
Single
“RAPPER’S DELIGHT”;
Sugarhill Gang
(Bernard Edwards, Nile Rogers)
Sugar Hill (1979)
Single
RELAXIN’ WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET
Miles Davis
Prestige (1958)
Album
“THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED”;
Gil Scott-Heron
(Gil Scott-Heron)
Flying Dutchman (1970)
Single
“STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY”;
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
(Rosetta Tharpe)
Decca (1945)
Single
“SWEET HOME CHICAGO”;
Robert Johnson
(Robert Johnson)
Vocalion (1937)
Single
“3 O’CLOCK BLUES”;
B.B. King
(Lowell Fulson, B.B. King)
RPM (1952)
Single
“UNDER THE BOARDWALK”;
The Drifters
(Artie Resnick, Kenny Young)
Atlantic (1964)
Single
“WALK THIS WAY”;
Run-D.M.C.
(Joe Perry, Steven Tyler)
Profile (1986)
Single
“WONDERFUL WORLD”;
Sam Cooke
(Sam Cook, Herb Albert & Lou Adler)
Keen (1960)
WOODSTOCK — MUSIC FROM THE ORGINAL SOUND TRACK AND MORE
Various Artists
Cotillion (1970)
Album
“YARDBIRD SUITE”;
Charlie Parker Septet
(Charlie Parker)
Dial (1946)
Single
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