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15 FEBRUARY 2002
An eclectic range of classic records including Bob Dylan’s first full-blown rock album Highway 61 Revisited and crooner Bing Crosby’s Swinging On A Star were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame on Thursday.
Bob’s 1965 album, which marked his transformation from folk icon to rock troubadour, and Bing’s playful Forties pop tune were among 55 recordings to receive Hall of Fame awards this year. Others included Willie Nelson’s breakthrough album Red Headed Stranger from 1975, Sammy Davis Junior’s 1962 version of What Kind Of Fool Am I and Nat King Cole’s 1946 rendering of Route 66.
The 15 albums and 40 singles honoured at the lavish ceremony in Los Angeles brings to 585 the total number of titles recognised since 1973 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for their enduring artistic quality and cultural influence.
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 | Bob Dylan's 1965 album Highway 61 Revisted was greeted with cries of "Judas" at the time of its release for its blend of folk guitar and electric rock'n'roll
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 | Unlike last year's Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, when all but two inductees were from the Fifties and Sixties, the 2002 list was more chronologically diverse with everything from Bing Crosby's Swinging On A Star to Don McClean's 1971 classic American Pie honoured |
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