Ever since AP reported yesterday that the Grammy’s had inducted twenty-five new songs to their hall of fame I have been in search of the names of the nineteen songs not included in AP’s report.
All anybody has is what AP reported.
Nothing on the Grammy’s website.
Billboard, Reuters, MSN, the washington Post, the Stamford Advocate, the Daily Mirror: everybody has the same bloody story. I thought Rock NYC deserved a little more. It took me a day to find it but you deserve the best!! taken off gigwise.com (god bless em) here is the complete list.
As Time Goes By – Dooley Wilson (1944)
Birdland – Weather Report (1977)
California Girls – The Beach Boys (1965)
Catch A Fire – Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973)
Class Clown – George Carlin (1972)
Crazy He Calls Me – Billie Holiday (1949)
Dippermouth Blues – King Oliver & His Jazz Band (1923)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington (1940)
Ella and Basie – Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie (1963)
Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano (1970)
For Me And My Gal – Judy Garland & Gene Kelly (1942)
His Eye Is On The Sparrow – Mahalia Jackson
I Feel Like Going Home – Muddy Waters
It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown (1966)
Jazz Samba – Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd (1962)
Kansas City Stomps – Jelly Roll Morton (1928)
Lazy River – Louis Armstrong (1931)
…Plays WC Handy – Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (1954)
Mr Bojangles – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1970)
Pearl – Janis Joplin (1971)
Riders On The Storm – The Doors (1971)
Twist And Shout – The Isley Brothers (1962)
Who Do You Love – Bo Diddley (1956)
You Made Me Love You – Harry James & His Orchestra (1941)
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Johnny Mercer (1947)
Of all these, Armstrong’s Plays WC Handy is one of the greatest albums of all time. I posted about the ten minute version of “St. Louis Woman” six months ago or so and it will always be one of Armstrong’s dozen best best recorded songs.