Inaugural Grammy Hall of Fame Gala: Andra Day Pays Tribute to Lauryn Hill and More Highlights
The first five inductions into the Grammy Hall of Fame were announced on the Grammy telecast in March 1974, but it has taken the Recording Academy 50 years to produce a stand-alone event to honor the year’s inductees. Better late than never.
To produce the event, the Academy and the Grammy Museum, which co-presented the event, turned to Ken Ehrlich, who guided the Grammy telecast for 40 years. To host, they enlisted CBS broadcast journalist Anthony Mason.William Bell’s “I Feel Love” was obviously hugely influential in paving the way for the mainstream acceptance of EDM. Kid Ory’s Creole Orchestra’s “Ory’s Creole Trombone” from 1922, we were told, was the first recording of Black Creole New Orleans jazz.
In addition to the 10 recordings being inducted, there was a tribute to Atlantic Records on what we were told was its 75th anniversary. Three classic Atlantic recordings were performed on the show. A video presentation included many of the label’s greatest artists, though Genesis and Yes seemed to be missing. Atlantic chairperson/CEO Julie Greenwald and chairman/CEO Craig Kallman accepted the honor.
The duo – Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter – closed the show with an unannounced performance of Ray Charles’ funky R&B classic “What’d I Say,” part of the salute to Atlantic Records. The Trotters were well-served by having the chance to perform two such wildly different songs.The three members of Hanson weren’t even born when “What a Fool Believes” topped the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1979 or when it won Grammys for record and song of the year in February 1980. But they nailed it.
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