NEWS RELEASE THE RECORDING ACADEMY® ANNOUNCES 2016 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME® INDUCTEES 26 Recordings Added to the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® Residing at the GRAMMY Museum® SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Nov. 18, 2015) — Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating timeless recordings, The Recording Academy® has announced the newest additions to its vaunted GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®. This latest round of inducted recordings continues to highlight diversity and recording excellence, and acknowledges both singles and album recordings of all genres at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance. Recordings are reviewed annually by a special member committee comprised of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts, with final approval by The Recording Academy's National Board of Trustees. With 26 new titles, the list, now in its 43rd year, currently totals 1,013 recordings and is on display at the GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE. "The Recording Academy remains dedicated to celebrating a wide variety of great music through the decades," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Spanning more than 50 years, the 2016 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame entries are an outstanding collection, marked by both historical and cultural significance. These works have influenced and inspired both music creators and fans for generations and we are proud to induct them into our catalog of distinguished recordings." Representing a great variety of tracks and albums, the 2016 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductees range from the Andrews Sisters' "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)" to the Grateful Dead's American Beauty album. Also added to the highly regarded list are Blondie's "Heart Of Glass," Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful," John Coltrane's 1961 album Lush Life, Roberta Flack's 1969 album First Take, Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 album, and the O'Jays' "For The Love Of Money." Other inductees include recordings by Jimmy Buffett, Fats Domino, Bob Dylan And The Band, John Lee Hooker, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, the Pretenders, and the Zombies, among others. 2016 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees (Songwriters of singles in parentheses) AMERICAN BEAUTY Grateful Dead Warner Bros. (1970) Album THE BASEMENT TAPES Bob Dylan And The Band Columbia (1975) Album "BOOM BOOM" John Lee Hooker (John Lee Hooker) Vee-Jay (1962) Single "CELEBRATION" Kool & The Gang (Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Eumir Deodato, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, James Taylor, Dennis Thomas, Earl Toon, Jr.) De-Lite (1980) Single "COLD SWEAT—PART 1" James Brown And The Famous Flames (James Brown, Alfred Ellis) King (1967) Single "THE DARK END OF THE STREET" James Carr (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) Goldwax (1967) Single "DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME)" Andrews Sisters (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charlie Tobias) Decca (1942) Single ELLA AND LOUIS Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong Verve (1956) Album "THE FAT MAN" Fats Domino (Dave Bartholomew, Antoine Domino) Imperial (1949) Single FIRST TAKE Roberta Flack Atlantic (1969) Album FLEETWOOD MAC Fleetwood Mac Reprise (1975) Album "FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY" The O'Jays (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Anthony Jackson) Philadelphia International (1974) Single "HEART OF GLASS" Blondie (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) Chrysalis (1979) Single "I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Jake Hooker, Alan Merrill) Boardwalk (1982) Single "THE LOCO-MOTION" Little Eva (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) Dimension (1962) Single LUSH LIFE John Coltrane Prestige (1961) Album "MARGARITAVILLE" Jimmy Buffett (Jimmy Buffett) ABC (1977) Single MILES SMILES Miles Davis Quintet Columbia (1967) Album PRETENDERS The Pretenders Sire (1980) Album RANDY NEWMAN Randy Newman Reprise (1968) Album "ROCK ISLAND LINE" Lead Belly (Traditional) Asch (1942) Single "SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER" Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm) Tribe (1965) Single "SHE'S NOT THERE" The Zombies (Rod Argent) Parrot (1964) Single "THIS TRAIN" (Traditional) Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca (1939) Single "(WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK AND BLUE" Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) Okeh (1929) Single "YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL" (Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston) Joe Cocker A&M (1974) Single News from The Recording Academy.