Monday, December 21, 2020

The
Grammy Hall Of Fame will add 29 new titles in the class of 2021, including albums and singles from
A Tribe Called Quest,
Bruce Springsteen,
Irma Thomas and others. "We Are The World" and "Y.M.C.A." are on the list.
Recording Academy Chair and Interim President/CEO
Harvey Mason Jr. said, "Each recording has had a significant impact on our culture, and it is an honor to add them to our distinguished catalog."
To be eligible a recording needs to be at least 25 years old.
Pearl Jam’s
Ten and
ATCQ’s
The Low End Theory are the most recent records on the list—both are from 1991—while the oldest are 1924’s "Wreck Of The Old 97" by
Vernon Dalhart and
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie’s 1929 rendition of "When the Levee Breaks."
2021 Grammy Hall Of Fame Inductees
"Au Clair De La Lune" -
Édouard-Léon Scott De Martinville
Blues Breakers -
John Mayall With
Eric Clapton Canciones de mi Padre -
Linda Ronstadt "Clean Up Woman" -
Betty Wright "Copenhagen" -
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
"Don't Stop Believin'" -
Journey "Freight Train" -
Elizabeth Cotton
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.-
Bruce Springsteen Horses -
Patti Smith Hot Buttered Soul -
Isaac Hayes In the Right Place -
Dr. John
Licensed to Ill -
Beastie Boys Mad Dogs & Englishmen -
Joe Cocker Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" -
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major -
Leonard Bernstein With
The Philharmonia Orchestra Of London Schoenberg: The Four String Quartets -
Kolisch String Quartet
So -
Peter Gabriel "Solitude" -
Billie Holiday Ten -
Pearl Jam Texas Flood -
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble The Cars -
The Cars
"The Gambler" -
Kenny Rogers The Low End Theory -
A Tribe Called Quest "Time Is on My Side" -
Irma Thomas Trio -
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris "We Are the World" -
USA For Africa "When the Levee Breaks" -
Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie
"Wreck of the Old 97" -
Vernon Dalhart "Y.M.C.A." -
Village People
In a related story, attendees of
Trump rallies still don't get the irony of dancing around to "Y.M.C.A."