Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Bob Wills Recordings Among 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees

Recordings from Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Bob Wills, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers are among the classics to be inducted into the 2015 class of the Grammy Hall of Fame. The 27 new inductees span several decades and musical genres, ranging from a gospel recording from 1909, to recordings from the Abba and the Sex Pistols. “Honky Tonkin,” recorded in 1947 by Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys, made the list, as did Willie Nelson’s 1978 offering “Stardust” and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys’ 1939 recording of “San Antonio Rose.” The 1909 recording of the Fisk Jubilee Singers’ “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” also made the 2015 inductee list.
The new inductees brings the list of Hall of Fame titles (including albums and single recordings) to 987. Each nominee for inclusion into the Grammy Hall of Fame must be at least 25 years old and exhibit historical and/or musical importance.
The complete list of 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees:
“AUTOBAHN”
Kraftwerk
Vertigo (1974)
Album
“BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY”
The 4 Seasons
(Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio)
Vee-Jay (1962)
Single
“BLOOD ON THE TRACKS”
Bob Dylan
Columbia (1975)
Album
“THE BRIDGE”
Sonny Rollins
RCA Victor (1962)
Album
“CALYPSO”
Harry Belafonte
RCA Victor (1956)
Album
“DANCING QUEEN”
ABBA
(Benny Anderson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus)
Atlantic (1976)
Single
“HARVEST”
Neil Young
Reprise (1972)
Album
“HONKY TONKIN’”
Hank Williams And His Drifting Cowboys
(Hank Williams)
Sterling (1947)
Single
“I FOUGHT THE LAW”
Bobby Fuller Four
(Sonny Curtis)
Mustang (1965)
Single
“JITTERBUG WALTZ”
“Fats” Waller, His Rhythm And His Orchestra
(“Fats” Waller)
Bluebird/RCA (1942)
Single
“JOHN PRINE”
John Prine
Atlantic (1971)
Album
“LE FREAK”
Chic
(Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards)
Atlantic (1978)
Single
“NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS”
Sex Pistols
Warner Bros. (1977)
Album
“NICK OF TIME”
Bonnie Raitt
Capitol (1989)
Album
“RESCUE ME”
Fontella Bass
(Raynard Miner, Carl Smith)
Checker (1965)
Single
“SAN ANTONIO ROSE”
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
(Bob Wills)
Vocalion (1939)
Single
“SCHOOL’S OUT”
Alice Cooper
(Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neil Smith)
Warner Bros. (1972)
Single
“THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME”
Ornette Coleman
Atlantic (1959)
Album
“SIXTY MINUTE MAN”
The Dominoes
(Billy Ward, Rose Marks)
Federal (1951)
Single
“SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN”
Leonard Cohen
Columbia (1967)
Album
“STAND!”
Sly And The Family Stone
Epic (1969)
Album
“STARDUST”
Willie Nelson
Columbia (1978)
Album
“SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT”
Fisk Jubilee Singers
(Wallis Willis)
Victor (1909)
Single
“SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT”
Paul Robeson
(Wallis Willis)
Victor (1926)
Single
“TELL IT LIKE IT IS”
Aaron Neville
(George Davis, Lee Diamond)
Par Lo (1966)
Single
“TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS”
Otis Redding
(Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods)
Volt (1966)
Single
“WALK ON THE WILD SIDE”
Lou Reed
(Lou Reed)
RCA Victor (1972)
Single