The Lifetime Achievement award is a special award given out by the Recording Academy to performers or artists who during their lifetimes or careers have made creative contributions of outstanding artist significance to the field of recording. In 1972, the award was also presented to non-performers, but in the present day, the Grammy Trustees Award is presented to non-performers and the Grammy Hall of Fame Award honors specific recordings rather than individuals.
Winners: Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Year
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Winner/s
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1962
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Bing Crosby
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1965
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Frank Sinatra
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1966
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Duke Ellington
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1967
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Ella Fitzgerald
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1968
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Irving Berlin
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1971
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Elvis Presley
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1972
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Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson
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1984
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Chuck Berry, Charlie Parker
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1985
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Leonard Bernstein
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1986
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Benny Goodman, The Rolling Stones, Andrés Segovia
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1987
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Roy Acuff, Benny Carter, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, B. B. King, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Hank Williams Sr.
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1989
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Fred Astaire, Pablo Casals, Dizzy Gillespie, Jascha Heifetz, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price, Bessie Smith, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan
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1990
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Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul McCartney
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1991
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Marian Anderson, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Kitty Wells
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1992
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James Brown, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters
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1993
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Chet Atkins, Little Richard, Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, Fats Waller
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1994
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Bill Evans, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Rubinstein
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1995
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Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee, Henry Mancini, Curtis Mayfield, Barbra Streisand
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1996
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Dave Brubeck, Marvin Gaye, Georg Solti, Stevie Wonder
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1997
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Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Everly Brothers, Judy Garland, Stéphane Grappelli, Buddy Holly, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Frank Zappa, Fred Rogers,
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1998
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Bo Diddley, The Mills Brothers, Roy Orbison, Paul Robeson
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1999
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Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Mel Tormé
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2000
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Harry Belafonte, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Mitch Miller, Willie Nelson
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2001
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The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Marley, The Who
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2002
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Count Basie, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Al Green, Joni Mitchell
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2003
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Etta James, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller, Tito Puente, Simon and Garfunkel
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2004
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Van Cliburn, The Funk Brothers, Ella Jenkins, Sonny Rollins, Artie Shaw, Doc Watson
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2005
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Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, The Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, The Staple Singers
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2006
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David Bowie, Cream, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, Richard Pryor, The Weavers
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2007
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Joan Baez, Booker T. & The MG's, Maria Callas, Ornette Coleman, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Bob Wills
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2008
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Burt Bacharach, The Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach, Earl Scruggs
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2009
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Gene Autry, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Four Tops, Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, Tom Paxton
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2010
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Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, André Previn, Clark Terry
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