NEWS RELEASE GLENN GOULD, CHARLIE HADEN, LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS, CAROLE KING, PATTI PAGE, RAVI SHANKAR AND THE TEMPTATIONS HONORED WITH THE RECORDING ACADEMY® LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MARILYN & ALAN BERGMAN, LEONARD & PHIL CHESS AND ALAN LIVINGSTON HONORED WITH TRUSTEES AWARD IKUTARO KAKEHASHI & DAVE SMITH AND ROYER LABS TO RECEIVE TECHNICAL GRAMMY® AWARD SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Dec. 12, 2012) The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's honorees are: Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Patti Page, Ravi Shankar and the Temptations as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Marilyn & Alan Bergman, Leonard & Phil Chess and Alan Livingston as Trustees Award honorees; and Ikutaro Kakehashi & Dave Smith and Royer Labs as Technical GRAMMY® Award recipients. A special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. News from The Recording Academy®.