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Elton John, The Police and Eurythmics recordings enter the Grammy Hall of Fame

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 31: Elton John performs on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015 on December 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for dcp)

Elton John, the Police, the EurythmicsNeil DiamondPeter FramptonDevo,  the Allman Brothers BandJoni Mitchell and  Bo Diddley are among the artists to have recordings inducted this year into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Billboard reported, “Recordings are voted on each year by a special member committee, with final approval by the academy’s national board of trustees. Counting these 26 titles, the Hall, now in its 47th year, encompasses 1,114 recordings. Recordings become eligible 25 years after their release.”

The complete list of 2020 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees are:

“Tiny Dancer”
Elton John
Uni (1972)
Single

“Every Breath You Take”
The Police
A&M (1983)
Single

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”
Eurythmics
RCA (1983)
Single

“Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)”
Neil Diamond
Uni (1969)
Single

Frampton Comes Alive!
Peter Frampton
A&M (1976)
Album

Clouds
Joni Mitchell
Reprise (1969)
Album

Eat A Peach
The Allman Brothers Band
Capricorn (1972)
Album

“I’m A Man”
Bo Diddley
Checker (1955)
Single

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Def Jam (1988)
Album

“Miserlou”
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
Deltone (1962)
Single

“Pancho And Lefty”
Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard
Epic (1982)
Single

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo
Warner Bros. (1978)
Album

Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Columbia (1968)
Album

“These Boots Are Made For Walkin'”
Nancy Sinatra
Reprise (1965)
Single

“Walkin’ After Midnight”
Patsy Cline
Decca (1957)
Single

“Wipe Out”
The Surfaris
Dot (1963)
Single

“Devil Got My Woman”
Skip James
Paramount (1931)
Single

“Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite”
Machito
Mercury (1950)
Track

Capitol Presents The King Cole Trio
The King Cole Trio
Capitol (1944)
Album

“Carolina Shout”
James P. Johnson
Okeh (1921)
Single

“How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live”
Blind Alfred Reed
Victor (1930)
Single

“I’ll Fly Away”
The Chuck Wagon Gang
Columbia (1949)
Single

“I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow”
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Columbia (1951)
Single

“Oh Mary Don’t You Weep”
Swan Silvertones
Vee-Jay (1959)
Single

Piano Rags by Scott Joplin
Joshua Rifkin
Nonesuch (1970)
Album

Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams
Asch (1945)
Album

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