Lifetime Achievement Award | GRAMMY.Org
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Lifetime Achievement Award
This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees to performers* who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. (*Through 1972, recipients included non-performers.)
Past Recipients
Roy Acuff The Allman Brothers Band Marian Anderson Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 2012 Awarded: 1991
Julie Andrews Louis Armstrong Eddy Arnold Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 1972 Awarded: 2005
Fred Astaire Chet Atkins Gene Autry Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 1993 Awarded: 2009
Burt Bacharach Joan Baez The Band Awarded: 2008 Awarded: 2007 Awarded: 2008
Count Basie The Beach Boys The Beatles Awarded: 2002 Awarded: 2001 Awarded: 2014
Harry Belafonte Tony Bennett Irving Berlin Awarded: 2000 Awarded: 2001 Awarded: 1968
Leonard Bernstein Chuck Berry Art Blakey Awarded: 1985 Awarded: 1984 Awarded: 2005
Bobby "Blue" Bland The Blind Boys Of Alabama Booker T. & The MG's Awarded: 1997 Awarded: 2009 Awarded: 2007
David Bowie James Brown Dave Brubeck Awarded: 2006 Awarded: 1992 Awarded: 1996
Maria Callas Cab Calloway Glen Campbell Awarded: 2007 file:///C|/Kasfiles/MPART/Lifetime%20Achievement%20Award%20%20%20GRAMMY.org.htm[12/21/2013 8:00:08 PM] Lifetime Achievement Award | GRAMMY.org
Awarded: 2008 Awarded: 2012
Benny Carter (Original) Carter Family Enrico Caruso Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 2005 Awarded: 1987
Pablo Casals Johnny Cash Ray Charles Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 1999 Awarded: 1987
Clifton Chenier Van Cliburn Patsy Cline Awarded: 2014 Awarded: 2004 Awarded: 1995
Rosemary Clooney Leonard Cohen Nat "King" Cole Awarded: 2002 Awarded: 2010 Awarded: 1990
Ornette Coleman John Coltrane Perry Como Awarded: 2007 Awarded: 1992 Awarded: 2002
Sam Cooke Cream Bing Crosby Awarded: 1999 Awarded: 2006 Awarded: 1962
Bobby Darin Sammy Davis Jr. Miles Davis Awarded: 2010 Awarded: 2001 Awarded: 1990
Doris Day Bo Diddley Fats Domino Awarded: 2008 Awarded: 1998 Awarded: 1987
The Doors Bob Dylan David "Honeyboy" Edwards Awarded: 2007 Awarded: 1991 Awarded: 2010
Duke Ellington Bill Evans The Everly Brothers Awarded: 1966 Awarded: 1994 Awarded: 1997
Ella Fitzgerald The Four Tops Aretha Franklin Awarded: 1967 Awarded: 2009 Awarded: 1994
The Funk Brothers Judy Garland Marvin Gaye Awarded: 2004 Awarded: 1997 Awarded: 1996
Dizzy Gillespie Benny Goodman Glenn Gould Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 1986 Awarded: 2013
Morton Gould Stephane Grappelli Grateful Dead Awarded: 2005 Awarded: 1997 Awarded: 2007
Al Green Woody Guthrie Charlie Haden Awarded: 2002 Awarded: 2000 Awarded: 2013
Merle Haggard Roy Haynes Jascha Heifetz Awarded: 2006 Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 1989
Jimi Hendrix Woody Herman Billie Holiday Awarded: 1992 Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 1987
Buddy Holly John Lee Hooker Lightnin' Hopkins Awarded: 1997 Awarded: 2000 Awarded: 2013
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Lena Horne Vladimir Horowitz The Isley Brothers Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 1990 Awarded: 2014
Mahalia Jackson Michael Jackson Etta James Awarded: 1972 Awarded: 2010 Awarded: 2003
Ella Jenkins Antonio Carlos Jobim Robert Johnson Awarded: 2004 Awarded: 2012 Awarded: 2006
George Jones Hank Jones Janis Joplin Awarded: 2012 Awarded: 2009 Awarded: 2005
Juilliard String Quartet B.B. King Carole King Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 2013
The Kingston Trio Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 2014 Awarded: 2014
Led Zeppelin Brenda Lee Peggy Lee Awarded: 2005 Awarded: 2009 Awarded: 1995
John Lennon Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Awarded: 1991 Awarded: 2005 Awarded: 1993
Loretta Lynn Henry Mancini Armando Manzanero Awarded: 2010 Awarded: 1995 Awarded: 2014
Bob Marley Dean Martin Johnny Mathis Awarded: 2001 Awarded: 2009 Awarded: 2003
Curtis Mayfield Paul McCartney The Memphis Horns Awarded: 1995 Awarded: 1990 Awarded: 2012
Glenn Miller Mitch Miller The Mills Brothers Awarded: 2003 Awarded: 2000 Awarded: 1998
Charles Mingus Joni Mitchell Thelonious Monk Awarded: 1997 Awarded: 2002 Awarded: 1993
Bill Monroe Jelly Roll Morton Willie Nelson Awarded: 1993 Awarded: 2005 Awarded: 2000
Jessye Norman Roy Orbison Patti Page Awarded: 2006 Awarded: 1998 Awarded: 2013
Charlie Parker Dolly Parton Tom Paxton Awarded: 1984 Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 2009
Pinetop Perkins Itzhak Perlman Oscar Peterson Awarded: 2005 Awarded: 2008 Awarded: 1997
Maud Powell Elvis Presley André Previn Awarded: 2014 Awarded: 1971 Awarded: 2010
Leontyne Price Richard Pryor Tito Puente
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Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 2006 Awarded: 2003
Ramones Otis Redding Max Roach Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 1999 Awarded: 2008
Paul Robeson Smokey Robinson The Rolling Stones Awarded: 1998 Awarded: 1999 Awarded: 1986
Sonny Rollins Diana Ross Artur Rubinstein Awarded: 2004 Awarded: 2012 Awarded: 1994
Gil Scott-Heron Earl Scruggs Pete Seeger Awarded: 2012 Awarded: 2008 Awarded: 1993
Andrés Segovia Ravi Shankar Artie Shaw Awarded: 1986 Awarded: 2013 Awarded: 2004
George Beverly Shea Simon & Garfunkel Frank Sinatra Awarded: 2011 Awarded: 2003 Awarded: 1965
Bessie Smith Georg Solti The Staple Singers Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 1996 Awarded: 2005
Isaac Stern Igor Stravinsky Barbra Streisand Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 1995
Art Tatum The Temptations Clark Terry Awarded: 1989 Awarded: 2013 Awarded: 2010
Mel Tormé Arturo Toscanini Sarah Vaughan Awarded: 1999 Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 1989
Fats Waller Muddy Waters Doc Watson Awarded: 1993 Awarded: 1992 Awarded: 2004
The Weavers Kitty Wells The Who Awarded: 2006 Awarded: 1991 Awarded: 2001
Hank Williams Bob Wills Stevie Wonder Awarded: 1987 Awarded: 2007 Awarded: 1996
Frank Zappa Awarded: 1997
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