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Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic & More To Be Honored At GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends

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Additional honorees are Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave, and Dionne Warwick
Rachel Brodsky
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Apr 11, 2019 - 6:38 pm

The Recording Academy will honor its 2019 Special Merit Awards recipients with "GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends," an awards ceremony and live tribute concert on Saturday, May 11, at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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This year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave, and Dionne Warwick.

Lou Adler, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and Johnny Mandel are Trustees Award honorees; and Saul Walker is the Technical GRAMMY Award recipient.

Also being honored is Jeffery Redding, this year's recipient of the Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum. 

Led by GRAMMY-nominated industry icon Greg Phillinganes as musical director, the tribute concert will feature rare performances by honorees and never-seen renditions by those they've inspired. Currently scheduled to appear are Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Clinton; GRAMMY winner Bootsy Collins, who will salute Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic; five-time GRAMMY winner Lalah Hathaway and Kenya Hathaway, who will pay tribute to their father Donny; past Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Johnny Mathis, who will honor Warwick; Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Sam Moore; two-time GRAMMY winner Gregory Porter, who will pay tribute to Eckstine; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Simpson; past GRAMMY nominee Snoop Dogg, who will salute Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic; and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Warwick.

Presenters for the evening will include GRAMMY winners Cheech & Chong. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly. Tickets for the event will be on sale via a Ticketmaster pre-sale, beginning today at 10 a.m. PT. The password to access the pre-sale is LEGENDS.

The Recording Academy will produce "GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" in partnership with THIRTEEN as part of the "Great Performances" series on PBS, set to air later this year.

Previously held during GRAMMY Week, this is the fourth year the Recording Academy has celebrated the Special Merit Awards with a stand-alone TV event and musical tribute. In addition to the tribute concert, special celebrity guests will present recipients their award statues and guests will enjoy never-before-seen video packages celebrating each of the honorees' contributions to the music industry and our cultural heritage.

Dionne Warwick, Donny Hathaway & More To Receive Special Merit Awards

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The Recording Academy has announced this year's crop of Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award recipients
Nate Hertweck
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Dec 19, 2018 - 6:31 am

What do Black Sabbath, Sam & Dave and Julio Iglesias all have in common? They are among this year's Recording Academy Special Merit Awards recipients. Today, the Academy announced a prestigious crop of recipients for its Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award.

This year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave and Dionne Warwick. Lou Adler, Ashford & Simpson and Johnny Mandel are Trustees Award honorees; and Saul Walker is the Technical GRAMMY Award recipient.

From their power riffs to their dark, gothic imagery, Black Sabbath arguably invented the heavy-metal signposts and influenced every hard-rock band that followed.

Among the most sampled acts of the funk/R&B era, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic’s spacey and masterfully played funk has laid the foundation for countless hip-hop hits.

Singer Billy Eckstine helped break ground for African-American artists in the '40s and '50s as a distinctive jazz singer and bandleader who crossed over to an equally dazzling career in pop.

Donny Hathaway was a versatile soul stylist who built his legend singing both urban protest songs as well as smooth, signature duets with the likes of Roberta Flack, despite his far-too-short career.

Perhaps the most successful Latin crossover artist of his time, Julio Iglesias became an enduring star on the world stage and Latin music’s most popular ambassador of his era.

Soul duo Sam & Dave (Sam Moore and Dave Prater) were one of the primary chart stars at the Stax and Atlantic labels in the '60s, bringing the passion of gospel to their wailing soul sides.

Singing the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in the ’60s, and then scoring hits that bridged pop and R&B in the '70s and '80s, Dionne Warwick has carved out a unique and stellar career among pop/soul singers.

From the Monterey Pop Festival to L.A.’s iconic Roxy Theatre to the careers of the Mamas And The Papas, Carole King and Cheech & Chong, among others, Lou Adler is one of music’s most noted impresarios.

Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson were among the elite songwriting teams at Motown Records, penning modern classics such as "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough" and "You’re All I Need To Get By."

A versatile composer, arranger and jazz musician, Johnny Mandel’s credits include playing in the bands of Jimmy Dorsey and Count Basie and composing immortal movie and television music such as the M*A*S*H theme "Suicide Is Painless."

Saul Walker was a career-long audio innovator, teacher and mentor. From his early work in rocket telemetry to founding API in 1969, his designs continue to influence the music recording industry.

A special award presentation ceremony and concert celebrating the honorees will be held on May 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. Additional details regarding the ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Charley Pride, Shirley Caesar to perform on GRAMMY PBS special

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"GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" taping will also feature the Velvet Underground's John Cale, jazz pianist Stanley Cowell and R&B singer/songwriter Valerie Simpson
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Jul 7, 2017 - 10:00 am

Looking For Info About 2018's Special Merit Awards? Check out our coverage.

Recording Academy 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients Shirley Caesar, Charley Pride and the Velvet Underground's John Cale have been added to the lineup for the "GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" taping on July 11 at The Beacon Theatre in New York.

Jazz pianist Stanley Cowell and GRAMMY nominee Valerie Simpson have also been added to the performance lineup.

Previously announced performers include GRAMMY winners Dionne Warwick, Dwight Yoakam, Randy Newman, and Kirk Franklin, and GRAMMY nominees Charlie Wilson, Catherine Russell, and Andra Day. GRAMMY winner Paul Shaffer will serve as musical director.

Kirk Franklin to pay tribute to Shirley Caesar: What songs will he pick?

The tribute concert will honor 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees Caesar, Ahmad Jamal, Pride, Jimmie Rodgers, Nina Simone, Sly Stone, and the Velvet Underground, as well as Trustees Award recipients Thom Bell, Mo Ostin, and Ralph Peer. Also being recognized are Technical GRAMMY Award recipient Alan Dower Blumlein and Music Educator Award honoree Keith Hancock.

In addition to the tribute concert, celebrity guests will present recipients with their award statues and guests will enjoy never-before-seen video packages celebrating each of the honorees' contributions to our cultural heritage.

Now in its second year, "GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" will be produced in partnership with PBS' "Great Performances" series, and will air on the network later this year.

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Find out who's been added to the excellent lineup of GRAMMY winners and past nominees who will be honor this year's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients
Brian Haack
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Jun 27, 2017 - 5:52 pm

Tickets are now on sale for the second annual "GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" concert on Tuesday, July 11 at the historic Beacon Theatre in New York City.

Five-time GRAMMY winner Dionne Warwick and GRAMMY nominees Charlie Wilson and Catherine Russell have been added to an all-star lineup of performers that includes GRAMMY nominee Andra Day, two-time GRAMMY winner Dwight Yoakam, six-time GRAMMY winner Randy Newman, and 12-time GRAMMY winner Kirk Franklin.

The live concert, which will honor The Recording Academy's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients, will feature a series of live tribute performances by GRAMMY-winning and -nominated artists celebrating the songs that made the recipients famous.

Who are the 2017 Special Merit Awards honorees?

Russell will perform in honor of trailblazing music publisher Ralph S. Peer; Warwick will pay tribute to Philadelphia sound architect Thom Bell, and Wilson will salute funk/soul pioneer Sly Stone.

Day will pay homage to the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone; Franklin will salute the First Lady of Gospel, Shirley Caesar; Newman will honor venerable Warner Bros. executive Mo Ostin; and Yoakam will tip his cap to the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers.

"GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" will air on PBS as part of the network's "Great Performances" series on later this year.​

Be a part of music history: Get your tickets to the "GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends" now!

 

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Music Journalist Nick Tosches Dead At 69

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The bold writer was known as one of the trio of "Noise Boys," writing for publications including the Rolling Stone, Creem and Vanity Fair during his illustrious career
Ana Yglesias
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Oct 21, 2019 - 1:33 pm

Music journalist and biographer Nick Tosches passed away yesterday, Oct. 20, at age 69, The New York Times reports. He profiled the likes of Debbie Harry, Dean Martin and Jerry Lee Lewis, wrote for publications including Rolling Stone, Creem and Vanity Fair and published several biographies and novels over the course of his career.

RIP Nick Tosches. One of the truly great dark wizards of words. We’ve re-released my talk with him from 2015. Take him in. Read him. https://t.co/kegjxqMLVv

— marc maron (@marcmaron) October 20, 2019

Known as one of the three "Noise Boys," along with fellow unorthodox music writers Richard Meltzer and Lester Bangs, Tosches was fascinated with celebrity and the shadows it creates. As The Times notes, his 1992 book on Martin, "Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams," was "one of his most attention-getting biographies."

"Recordings, movies, radio, television: He would cast his presence over them all, a mob-culture Renaissance man," he wrote of Martin in "Dino." "And he would come to know, as few ever would, how dirty the business of dreams could be."

"I would describe Dean as a noble character in an ignoble racket in an ignoble age," Tosches told The New York Times back in 1992. "Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket."

He had fun while he was at it—at times, he would write reviews for non-existent albums, or without listening to them. His infamous review of Black Sabbath's 1970 album Paranoid didn't really talk about the music, but instead Satanism and Charles Manson. It was rumored that he didn't listen to the album before writing the review. According to Variety, he hacked his online biography to mark his death at 2021, because it was the anniversary of Dante's death in 1321.

His books also include 1982's "Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story," 2000's "Nick Tosches Reader," which collects the first three decades of his work and 2002's "In The Hand Of Dante," a novel about author Dante and a protagonist named Nick Tosches.

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