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Posted: Tuesday, 02 December 2008 4:00AM

28 Titles Being Added to Grammy Hall of Fame



SANTA MONICA, CA (AP / WCBS 880)  -- ``For Once In My Life'' by Stevie Wonder and ``Sweet Home Alabama'' by Lynyrd Skynyrd are getting special recognition from the Recording Academy.

READ: Full List of Inductees

They are among the 28 titles that will be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year, which honors recordings of lasting significance.

Other songs that make the list include ``Wooly Bully'' by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, ``We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You'' by Queen and ``Ohio'' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Jimi Hendrix's rendition of ``The Star-Spangled Banner'' also makes the cut.

FULL LIST OF 2009 INDUCTEES TO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME:

"BANANA BOAT (DAY-O)"
Harry Belafonte
RCA (1956) Calypso (Single)

"BRAZIL (AQUARELA DO BRASIL)"
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Decca (1942) Latin (Single)

"CARAVAN"
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
Master (1937) Jazz (Single)

"COPLAND: APPALACHIAN SPRING"
Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic
Columbia (1961)
Classical (Single)

"COPLAND: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN"
Aaron Copland cond. the London Symphony Orchestra
Columbia (1968) Classical (Single)

"FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE"
Stevie Wonder
Tamla (1968) R&B (Single)

"GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT"
Wynonie Harris
King (1948) R&B (Single)

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Ennio Morricone
United Artists (1967) Film & TV Soundtracks (Album)

"GREAT SPECKLED BIRD"
Roy Acuff & The Crazy Tennesseans
Vocalion (1936) Country (Single)

"HAPPY TRAILS"
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
RCA Victor (1952) Country (Single)

HEAD HUNTERS
Herbie Hancock
Columbia (1973)
Jazz (Album)

I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU
Aretha Franklin
Atlantic (1967) R&B (Album)

"I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU"
Helen Kane
Victor (1928) Pop (Single)

"THE 'IN' CROWD"
The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Argo (1965) Jazz (Single)

"LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL"
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca (1946) R&B (Single)

"LOVE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER"
Carlo Savina
Paramount (1972) Film & TV Soundtracks (Track)

MAN OF LA MANCHA
Original Broadway Cast with Richard Kiley, Irving Jacobson, Joan Diener, Robert Rounseville & Ray Middleton
Kapp (1965) Musical Show (Album)

"MULE SKINNER BLUES"
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
Bluebird (1940)
Country (Single)

"MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE"
Marian Anderson
Victor (1939) Pop (Single)

"OHIO"
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Atlantic (1970) Rock (Single)

PROKOFIEV: PIANO CONCERTO NO.3 IN C MAJOR, OP.26
Sergei Prokofiev
His Master's Voice (1932) Classical (Album)

"STAR DUST"
Louis Armstrong
Okeh (1931) Jazz (Single)

"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"
Jimi Hendrix
Cotillion (1970) Rock (Track)

"SWEET HOME ALABAMA"
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sounds Of The South/MCA (1974) Rock (Single)

SYNCHRONICITY
The Police
A&M (1983) Rock (Album)

TIME OUT
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Columbia (1959) Jazz (Album)

"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS/WE WILL ROCK YOU"
Queen
Elektra (1977) Rock (Single)

"WOOLY BULLY"
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
MGM (1965) Rock (Single)


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