The Lifetime Achievement Award
This is a special award given by the Recording Academy to performers who have, over the span of their lifetime, made outstanding artistic achievements and contributions in the field of recording. Though awarded to Bing Crosby in 1962, the Lifetime Achievement Award did not become an established part of the GRAMMY Awards until 1965. Prior to 1972, this award was also given out to non-performers. The award is determined by a vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees.
Name |
Date |
Bing Crosby |
1962 |
Frank Sinatra |
1965 |
Duke Ellington |
1966 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
1967 |
Irving Berlin |
1968 |
Elvis Presley |
1971 |
Louis Armstrong |
1972 |
Mahalia Jackson |
1972 |
Chuck Berry |
1984 |
Charlie Parker |
1984 |
Leonard Bernstein |
1985 |
Benny Goodman |
1986 |
Andrés Segovia |
1986 |
Rolling Stones |
1986 |
Roy Acuff |
1987 |
Benny Carter |
1987 |
Enrico Caruso |
1987 |
Ray Charles |
1987 |
Fats Domino |
1987 |
Woody Herman |
1987 |
Billie Holiday |
1987 |
B.B. King |
1987 |
Isaac Stern |
1987 |
Igor Stravinsky |
1987 |
Arturo Toscanini |
1987 |
Hank Williams, Sr. |
1987 |
Fred Astaire |
1989 |
Pablo Casals |
1989 |
Dizzy Gillespie |
1989 |
Jascha Heifetz |
1989 |
Lena Horne |
1989 |
Leontyne Price |
1989 |
Bessie Smith |
1989 |
Art Tatum |
1989 |
Sarah Vaughan |
1989 |
Nat "King" Cole |
1990 |
Miles Davis |
1990 |
Vladimir Horowitz |
1990 |
Paul McCartney |
1990 |
Marian Anderson |
1991 |
Bob Dylan |
1991 |
John Lennon |
1991 |
Kitty Wells |
1991 |
James Brown |
1992 |
John Coltrane |
1992 |
Jimi Hendrix |
1992 |
Muddy Waters |
1992 |
Chet Atkins |
1993 |
Little Richard |
1993 |
Thelonius Monk |
1993 |
Bill Monroe |
1993 |
Pete Seeger |
1993 |
Fats Waller |
1993 |
Bill Evans |
1994 |
Aretha Franklin |
1994 |
Arthur Rubenstein |
1994 |
Patsy Cline |
1995 |
Peggy Lee |
1995 |
Henry Mancini |
1995 |
Curtis Mayfield |
1995 |
Barbra Streisand |
1995 |
Dave Brubeck |
1996 |
Marvin Gaye |
1996 |
Georg Solti |
1996 |
Stevie Wonder |
1996 |
Bobby "Blue" Bland |
1997 |
Everly Brothers |
1997 |
Judy Garland |
1997 |
Stephane Grapelli |
1997 |
Buddy Holly |
1997 |
Charles Mingus |
1997 |
Oscar Peterson |
1997 |
Frank Zappa |
1997 |
Bo Diddley |
1998 |
Mills Bros. |
1998 |
Roy Orbison |
1998 |
Paul Robeson |
1998 |
Johnny Cash |
1999 |
Sam Cooke |
1999 |
Otis Redding |
1999 |
Smokey Robinson |
1999 |
Mel Tormé |
1999 |
Harry Belafonte |
2000 |
Woody Guthrie |
2000 |
John Lee Hooker |
2000 |
Mitch Miller |
2000 |
Willie Nelson |
2000 |
Beach Boys |
2001 |
Tony Bennett |
2001 |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
2001 |
Bob Marley |
2001 |
The Who |
2001 |
Count Basie |
2002 |
Rosemary Clooney |
2002 |
Perry Como |
2002 |
Al Green |
2002 |
Joni Mitchell |
2002 |
Etta James |
2003 |
Johnny Mathis |
2003 |
Glenn Miller |
2003 |
Tito Puente |
2003 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
2003 |
Van Cliburn |
2004 |
The Funk Brothers |
2004 |
Ella Jenkins |
2004 |
Sonny Rollins |
2004 |
Artie Shaw |
2004 |
Doc Watson |
2004 |
Eddy Arnold |
2005 |
Art Blakey |
2005 |
(Original) Carter Family |
2005 |
Morton Gould |
2005 |
Janis Joplin |
2005 |
Led Zeppelin |
2005 |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
2005 |
Jelly Roll Morton |
2005 |
Pinetop Perkins |
2005 |
The Staple Singers |
2005 |
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