Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Music throughout the years has impacted society and people's lives. Many famous artists have inspired over generations and created some of the world's greatest musicians. Genres of music have always been developed and formed with the help of other genres. From Country to R&B, these genres have helped form rock as we know it today. Frank Sintra got into music after listening to a recording by Bing Crosby, and he was inspired to take up singing as a teenager. He joined a local singing group and…

stardom he was a songwriter writing for singer Connie Francis. His first million seller came in 1958 “Splish Splash”. This was followed by a string of hits such as “Dream Lover”, “Mack the Knife”, and “Beyond the Sea”. In 1962 Darrin won a Golden Globe award for his first movie “Come September” in which he performed with his first wife Sandra Dee. Darrin began having health problems which stemmed from his childhood when he got sick with rheumatic fever and tragically died at the age of 37 after…

Mystery of Life (1991). During the 1990s, Cash received recognition from many organizations: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1992), the Kennedy Center Honors for Lifetime Contribution to American Culture (1996), the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame (1996), and the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement (2000)—one of numerous Grammy Awards he received. In 1994, Cash signed an unlikely contract with rap producer Rick Rubin and American Recordings and released a successful album, American…

The Bee Gees were inducted to the hall of fame and received lifetime rewards. The three Gibb brothers received a lifetime award . The band moved to harder edged disco and made a album in 1976. The Bee Gees were moved to disco music (Talevski, 2018). The Bee Gees won five grammys and were on the charts for twenty-four weeks. The Bee Gees won five grammys for their albums. (Romanowski & Warren, 2001). The gibb brothers got three number one hits. The Bee Gees…

Wagoner. After that, she went solo and had a string of hits including Joshua, Jolene, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, and Islands in the Stream. Her distinctive voice and insightful lyrics have garnered her several accolades, including ten Grammys, and in 1999 she was welcomed into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She is a phenomenally talented singer-songwriter. On the big screen, she has been in 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias, among others. Part of…

Throughout her career, Selena was very successful. Selena won 67 awards total. She also had 86 nominations. In 1986 Selena won “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the Tejano Music Awards. Selena would go on to win this award seven more times. She also won “Female Entertainer of the Year” at the KFLZ Awards. Selena became a spokesperson for Coca Cola in 1987. Selena won “Female Entertainer of the Year” eight times at the Tejano Music Awards. In 1993, Selena won “Female Vocalist of the…

Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton Illinois. Miles Davis was the son of a music teacher and a dental surgeon. He grew up in a middle-class household. At the age of 13 his dad introduced the trumpet to him. Elwood Buchanan wanted to help develop Davis’s style, he was a friend of Davis’s father. Davis played professionally during high school. Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker liked Davis’s work and invited him onstage to perform when a band member was is and wasn’t able to…

in their lifetime. Aretha’s career is such a big success from every part of her early life,the many awards she has earned to her life now. The beginning of Franklin’s childhood is March 25, 1942. He is the daughter of a very skilled Baptist preacher ,C. L. Franklin. Aretha first moved to Detroit, Motor City, known for its many blues stars, in 1948. She was just six when she went to Detroit. Here she recorded her first album. Then moving to New York…

He won a Grammy for Best traditional blues recording for Blue n’ Jazz. Then after appearing on the album Rattle and Hum he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1988 Grammy awards. King also was introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the early 1990’s and earned a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. King was married and divorced twice in his lifetime. He had fifteen children, which he regrets not seeing grow up when…

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928. Maya grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. Maya Angelou is a female that is a black American American that liked to experience. At a very young age Maya parents had split up. At the age of 7, during a visit with her mother, Maya was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Growing up as a teenager Maya had a baby at the age of 16 as a teenage mom that also dropped out of high school. She had a son name Guy Johnson. Maya Angelou…