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The Grammy Hall of Fame song chart |
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Song chart Grammy Hall of Fame
The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". A list of recordings awarded this title appear at //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_F ame_Award. The year noted in the entry is the year on which the song won the award. The chart here shows the years when the songs were released.
One of the users pointed out that some entries listed on the Grammy website are missing from the Wikipedia page. This data has been extended with the information from //www.grammy.com/. The years up to 2011 have been loaded here.
Attributes
This chart has the following attributes:
artist
Nine artists have been awarded five or more times:
| # | Artist | Entries |
| 1 | Duke Ellington | 11 |
| 2 | Louis Armstrong | 10 |
| 3 | The Beatles | 8 |
| 4 | Nat King Cole | 6 |
| 4= | Frank Sinatra | 6 |
| 4= | Elvis Presley | 6 |
| 7= | Al Jolson | 5 |
| 7= | Billie Holiday | 5 |
| 7= | Ray Charles | 5 |
name
Only one song has been given more than two awards (by different artists), that is Stardust with the versions by Hoagy Carmichael, Louis Armstrong and Artie Shaw having been honoured. The following songs have had two different versions awarded:
| Title | Artist 1 | Artist 2 |
| Blowin' in the Wind | Bob Dylan | Peter, Paul & Mary |
| Cocktails for Two | Duke Ellington | Spike Jones |
| Everyday I have The Blues | BB King | Count Basie |
| Goodnight, Irene | Leadbelly | Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers |
| How High the Moon | Les Paul & Mary Ford | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Lovesick Blues | Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers | Hank Williams |
| Mack the Knife | Louis Armstrong | Bobby Darin |
| Misty | Erroll Garner | Johnny Mathis |
| Mr Tambourine Man | The Byrds | Bob Dylan |
| Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Ike & Tina Turner |
| Puttin' on The Ritz | Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra | Harry Richman |
| St Louis Blues | Bessie Smith | Louis Armstrong |
| Unforgettable | Nat King Cole | Dinah Washington |
| You've Got a Friend | Carole King | James Taylor |
year
The year that the song was a hit, see the year plot above.awarded
The rules of the award insist that songs can only be inducted more that 25 years after they were a hit. The following songs were inducted after 26 years.
| Title | Artist | Label | Year | Award Year |
| Superstition | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | 1972 | 1998 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich | Epic | 1973 | 1999 |
| Get Up, Stand Up | The Wailers | Island | 1973 | 1999 |
| Killing Me Softly with His Song | Roberta Flack | Atlantic Records | 1973 | 1999 |
| Midnight Train to Georgia | Gladys Knight & the Pips | Buddah Records | 1973 | 1999 |
| Hotel California | Eagles | Asylum | 1977 | 2003 |
| Just The Way You Are | Billy Joel | Columbia | 1978 | 2004 |
| Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1982 | 2008 |
Two songs were awarded more than 100 years after being hits, "Yankee Doodle (Song)" and "Give My Regards to Broadway" both by Billy Murray.
Here is a plot showing the delays before awards are given:
category
The majority of the entries are classified as "Single" by Grammy, 11 of them are classified as "Track".
genre
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The most common genre is "Traditional Pop" with 95 awards.
label
The following record labels have 5 or more entries each.
| Label | Count |
| Columbia | 66 |
| Victor | 42 |
| Decca | 41 |
| Capitol | 38 |
| RCA Victor | 33 |
| Brunswick | 20 |
| Okeh | 19 |
| Atlantic | 18 |
| Tamla | 11 |
| MGM | 10 |
| Bluebird | 9 |
| Chess | 9 |
| Elektra | 9 |
| Mercury | 9 |
| Vocalion | 9 |
| Reprise | 8 |
| A&M | 7 |
| Motown | 7 |
| Atco | 6 |
| Sun | 6 |
| ABC-Paramount | 5 |
| Blue Note | 5 |
| Epic | 5 |
| King | 5 |
| Liberty | 5 |
| Stax | 5 |
| United Artists | 5 |