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Grammy Hall of Fame Inducts Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon Hits

Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., Simon's Graceland, and Tina Turner's single "What's Love Got to Do With It" among 25 recordings being inducted Grammy Hall of Fame Inducts Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon Hits

Billboard reported yesterday the 25 recordings being inducted into the 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame.

The list's genres are wide-ranging, from iconic albums like Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. and Paul Simon's Graceland to disco anthem "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony will be on February 12 at Los Angeles's Staples Center. See the full list of nominees below:

ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC 
Various Artists 
Folkways (1952) 
Folk (Album)

 

"ANYTHING GOES" 
Cole Porter 
(Cole Porter) 
His Master's Voice (1934) 
Pop (Single)

 

BORN IN THE U.S.A. 
Bruce Springsteen 
Columbia (1984) 
Rock (Album)

 

"DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS" 
Gene Autry 
(June Hershey & Don Swander) 
Decca (1942) 
Country (Single)

 

DÉJÀ VU 
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 
Atlantic (1970) 
Rock (Album)

 

EXILE ON MAIN ST. 
The Rolling Stones 
Rolling Stones/Atlantic (1972) 
Rock (Album)

 

"FIXIN' TO DIE" 
Bukka White 
(Bukka White) 
Okeh (1940) 
Blues (Single)

 

FOGGY MOUNTAIN JAMBOREE 
Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs 
Columbia (1957) 
Bluegrass (Album)

 

GRACELAND 
Paul Simon 
Warner Bros. (1986) 
Pop (Album)

 

HERB ALPERT PRESENTS SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 
A&M (1966) 
Pop (Album)

 

"HOW LONG, HOW LONG BLUES" 
Leroy Carr 
(Leroy Carr) 
Vocalion (1928) 
Blues (Single)

 

"I HAVE A DREAM" 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
Freedom March On Washington 
20th Century Fox (1963) 
Spoken Word (Track)

 

I STARTED OUT AS A CHILD 
Bill Cosby 
Warner Bros. (1964) 
Comedy (Album)

 

"I WILL SURVIVE" 
Gloria Gaynor 
(Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris) 
Polydor (1978) 
Disco (Single)

 

"KASSIE JONES" 
Furry Lewis 
(Walter "Furry" Lewis) 
Victor (1928) 
Blues (Single)

 

"KEY TO THE HIGHWAY" 
Big Bill Broonzy 
(Big Bill Broonzy & Charles Segar) 
Okeh (1941) 
Blues (Single)

 

"THE MESSAGE" 
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 
Featuring Melle Mel And Duke Bootee 
(Jiggs Chase, Melvin Glover, Sylvia Robinson & Edward Fletcher) 
Sugar Hill (1982) 
Rap (Single)

 

MEXICANTOS 
Los Panchos 
Coda (1945) 
Latin (Album)

 

"PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND" 
Mahalia Jackson 
(Thomas A. Dorsey) 
Columbia (1956) 
Gospel (Single)

 

"QUE SERA, SERA (WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE)" 
Doris Day 
(Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) 
Columbia (1956) 
Pop (Single)

 

ROY HARRIS SYMPHONY NO. 3 
Serge Koussevitzky, cond. 
Boston Symphony Orchestra 
RCA Victor (1940) 
Classical (Album)

 

SANTANA 
Santana 
Columbia (1969) 
Rock (Album)

 

ST. LOUIS WOMAN 
Original Broadway Cast 
Capitol (1946) 
Musical Show (Album)

 

"WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS" 
Freddy Fender 
(Freddy Fender & Wayne Duncan) 
ABC-Dot (1975) 
Country (Single)

 

"WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT" 
Tina Turner 
(Terry Britten & Graham Lyle) 
Capitol (1984) 
Pop (Single)

 

Written on Nov 22 2011 by Justin Alvarez (Google+ profile), writer at KOvideo. Tags: paul simon bruce springsteen tina turner

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