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  Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 1968 to 1969 it was awarded as Best Sacred Performance
In 1970 it was awarded as Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical)
In 1972 it was awarded as Best Sacred Performance
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Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
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 Grammy Awards of 1975
The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television.
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[?]
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gr/Grammy_Awards_of_1975.html   (487 words)

  
 CNN - 1998 Grammy Awards
His performance of the song, "Love Sick," was interrupted by a shirtless dancer with the words "Soy Bomb" painted on his chest.
The same song was honored as the best rock vocal performance by a duo or group.
When Colvin came up to the stage to accept her song of the year award, the microphone was hijacked by another interloper, ODB of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan, who bragged about his group.
us.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/9802/25/grammys   (874 words)

  
 Smooth Jazz Now
The ceremony also proved the luck of the Irish as rockers U2 took a total of four awards, including best rock album, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal, best rock performance by duo or group with vocal, and the prestigious record of the year.
Bob Dylan, who took the Grammy for best contemporary folk album for Love And Theft, performed the track "Cry A While." Mary J. Blige, in a lame pant suit and spiked hair, performed a rousing rendition of "No More Drama," and received a standing ovation for her spirited performance.
Alan Jackson performed the touching "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)," a song he had written about the September 11 terrorist attacks, and he received a standing ovation for his stirring performance.
www.smoothjazznow.com /2002_grammy_award_winners.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Elvis Recorded Live On... [Cassette] - Elvis Presley at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Standout performances include a cover of the Olivia Newton John hit “Let Me Be There” and a rock medley of “Long Tall Sally”, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ on”, “Mama Don’t Dance”, “Flip Flop and Fly”, “Jailhouse Rock” and “Hound Dog”.
This beautiful song is given a throw away performance that does not deserve to even be compared with the classic studio recording.
Possibly the most significant (and justifiable) criticism of this album at the time of its release in 1974 was that it included a number of live versions of songs that were already on other (then) recent live albums.
www.epinions.com /musc-review-27C8-3542E99-39AE35F0-prod1   (794 words)

  
 R. Kelly, Dylan family winners at Grammys: 2/26/98
Kelly received a standing ovation when he performed the song, which won for best male rhythm and blues performance, best rhythm and blues song and best song specifically written for a motion picture.
But as she came up to the stage to accept her award, the microphone was hijacked by ODB of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan, who bragged about his group.
The versatile Kraus, a Grammy favorite, won three awards -- for best country instrumental, best bluegrass album and best country performance by a duo or group with Union Station.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-98/02-26-98/a03ae018.htm   (806 words)

  
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Performing came as naturally to her as her musical ability.
It was also in that year that television producer Marty Krofft, certain of Mandrell’s draw as a multi-faceted star of a television series, convinced both NBC-TV and Mandrell of the potential for a weekly TV show.
She then brought her entire Las Vegas show home to Nashville for three sold-out performances at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, where it was taped for her first HBO cable TV special.
www.countrystars.com /legends/bios/mandrel_b.html   (1558 words)

  
 Always Jaci ~ Your #1 Source For All Things Velasquez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
She won the 1997 Dove Award for New Artist of the Year, and "On My Knees" was named Song of the Year at the 1998 Dove Awards.
In 2000, she won the Premio Lo Nuestro Award for New Artist of the Year, the Dove Award for Spanish Language Album of the Year, and the Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year.
She was also nominated for 2 ALMA Awards, 2 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 3 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, a Grammy, and an American Music Award.
www.jacivelasquez.org /frontrow/albumstats.html   (909 words)

  
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His first Grammy® nomination for a religious album was in 1970, when his album Rapture was nominated for “Best Sacred Recording, Musical.” Five of his albums were nominated for “Best Inspirational Performance” in the Grammy® Awards.
This won her first Grammy® Award, for “Best Gospel Performance, Female.” Grant won a second straight Grammy® Award in the same category for “Angels” from Straight Ahead (1984).
She did; in 1991, she recorded a crossover secular album: Heart in Motion was nominated for three secular Grammy® Awards (Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year).
www.danielmount.net /ccmhistory.txt   (22161 words)

  
 Donna Summer soundcheck
The song itself is quite simple but inspired, and allows Donna to deliver one of her strongest performances -one that seems to spring straight from the bottom of her heart.
Grammy nominations: album of the year, best pop vocal performance female (Bad Girls), best rhythm and blues vocal performance female (Dim all the lights), best disco recording (Bad Girls).
Grammy nominations: best rhythm and blues vocal performance female (Love is in control), best rock vocal performance female (Protection).
www.donnasummer.it /soundcheck.html   (3327 words)

  
 Mark Sonder Productions
Carpenter was named the Top New Female Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music and was nominated for her first Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance/Female.
Carpenter her first Grammy for Best Country Album, along with her fourth consecutive Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance/Female.
Carpenter another Grammy nomination for Best Country Vocal Performance/ Female for the single "Let Me Into Your Heart." The video for "The Better to Dream of You," another single from the album, was based on a concept developed by Ms.
www.marksonderproductions.com /headline/country_carpenter.html   (1086 words)

  
 Elvis The Concert
On either side of the Elvis performance screen are screens that carry live action from this stage.
Then, from the original master multi-track recording of each concert performance, the isolated track that recorded from only Elvis’ microphone is returned to the footage.
The group won a number of Grammy Awards for their gospel music: "No Shortage" (1975), "Sail On" (1977), and "Heed The Call" (1979).
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 Cast Bios: Elvis - In Concert
Elvis Presley was the best and he worked with the best - some of the music industry's finest singers and instrumentalists.
The inspiration came when Guercio and his late first wife saw the now-classic science fiction movie in a theater, for when the music began Mrs.
Their catalog of songs is one of the most enduring in all of gospel music, many of them landmark recordings that raised the standards for the gospel music industry at large.
elvis.com /concert/whoswho   (4330 words)

  
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Ricky Martin, who won the GRAMMY for Best Latin Pop Performance for his album Vuelve, appeared on the television soap opera General Hospital in 1994/1995.
Michael Jackson won eight GRAMMYs at the 26th Annual GRAMMY Awards, for his album Thriller and several of its singles, as well as his narration of the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial album.
At the 44th GRAMMY Awards, the winner of the Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group also received a nomination for Record Of The Year.
www.patrickbennett.us /portfolio_items/verizon_grammys/js/trivia.xml   (4180 words)

  
 Festival of Black Gospel features Richard Smallwood
Grammy Award-winning artist Richard Smallwood, singing with the choir Vision, will headline the 22nd Annual Festival of Black Gospel at Cornell Feb. 20 to 22.
Grammy nominations followed for his subsequent albums, Psalms (1984) and Textures (1986).
The festival continues Saturday, Feb. 21, with a free performance by the Mass Choir at 7 p.m.
www.news.cornell.edu /http://www.news.corne/Chronicle/98/2.12.98/Black_Gospel.html   (549 words)

  
 Steamroller blues
Although he was no longer giving the "totally insane" performances of 69 & 70, he was still very physical in his presentation and his voice had matured into an awesome richness that left nothing out of his reach.
One of the best blues numbers that Elvis incorporated into his live shows was James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues." The version here is one of his very best efforts on this song and the band is right with him.
This is one of a handfull of shows that standout from Elvis' live performance period of 1969 to 1977.
www.elvis-collectors.com /steamroller_blues.html   (1009 words)

  
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His top-selling tribute to the Notorious B.I.G., I'll Be Missing You, won for best rap performance by a duo or group.
The versatile Krauss, a Grammy favorite, won three awards - for best country instrumental, best bluegrass album and best country performance by a duo or group with Union Station.
Winners of the Grammy Awards are determined by the votes of eligible members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/awards/grammy/lgram022.htm   (939 words)

  
 SONY Urban Music Gospel Artists Rack Up an Impressive Seven Grammy Nominations
Already a six-time Grammy winner, veteran contemporary gospel/inspirational songstress CECE WINANS caps off a year of high visibility, singing to Hurricane Katrina victims and the release of her well received Pure Springs Gospel/SONY Urban Music Purified CD, with nominations in the Best Gospel Performance ("Pray") and Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (Purified) categories.
By the time she won the Stellar Award for "New Artist of the Year" in 2005, MARTHA MUNIZZI, the daughter of evangelists, was well known throughout contemporary gospel music circles as both a performer and songwriter.
On the strength of her three enthusiastically received LPs (Say The Name, The Best Is Yet To Come and When He Came), Martha has been a Billboard Top Gospel Album chart mainstay, as well as having been nominated several times for the gospel genre's prestigious Dove and Stellar awards.
www.urbanmecca.com /artman/publish/article_551.shtml   (417 words)

  
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A Best Of album was released, also called Ring Of Fire which was number one on Billboard magazine's first Hot Country Album chart.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, and presented the Grammy Legend Award for ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field in 1992.
Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush in 2001.
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 Bio info on Dr. Bobby Jones Gospel
Bobby Jones Gospel, for which he is best known, has been seen on BET since November 1980 and is one of the network's most popular shows.
In 1980 he wrote and performed in Make A Joyful Noise, a fl gospel opera which aired on PBS; and in 1983, he was a guest on country music star Ronnie Milsap's television special, In Celebration.
He and his group, New Life, were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982 for "Best Performance by a Black Contemporary Gospel Group" for the album Soul Set Free.
www.sarahjeanmusic.com /jones_bio.htm   (523 words)

  
 ISP Artist
The performance in New Orleans was reviewed by Billboard Magazine and included the following - "The Emmit Powell Gospel Elites tore the roof off the tent with their half hour set … perpetuated by hand-claps, tambourines and call and answer-gymnastics, the performance was spine-chilling in its intensity".
In 1996 the groups performance at the Dresden Cathedral was broadcast nationwide in Germany.
perform a repertoire of fabulous original compositions (deeply based in the blues tradition) mostly written for them by Roy Hundley, acclaimed songwriter and the group's bandleader, as well as traditional gospel/spiritual music.
www.radix.net /~stage/powell.html   (557 words)

  
 The Renaissance Center - Home - News - BJ Thomas 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Five-time Grammy winner B.J. Thomas will be presenting an early Christmas present when he performs a holiday-themed concert at The Renaissance Center in Dickson Oct. 29.
Thomas is best known for his 1969 smash hit Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, which won the Academy Award for Best Song from the soundtrack to the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
He won the Grammy for Best Inspirational Performance in 1977 (Home Where I Belong), 1978 (Happy Man), 1979 (You Gave Me Love) and 1981 (Amazing Grace), while earning a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance in 1980 as part of an ensemble recording of the Lord’s Prayer.
www.rcenter.org /Home/News/Concerts/BJThomas2K4.asp   (812 words)

  
 T-Best Talent Agency :: Talent Rosters
All this is captured on The Best of Jennifer Holliday (Geffen Records), the first CID retrospective of Holliday's recording career and a powerful testament to her superlative skills and soulful artistry.
The Best of Jennifer Holliday, released Sept. 10, 1996, opens with the two songs from "Dreamgirls," which catapulted the singer to national attention.
Her portrayal of the heroine Effie "Melody" White earned her the 1982 Tony Award for Best Actress; Holiday's rendition of "And I Am Telling You" on the "Drearngirls" soundtrack, released by Geffen Records in 1982, resulted in her first Grammy Award (also in 1982, for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female).
www.t-besttalentagency.com /2_roster_display.asp?talentID=46   (877 words)

  
 Gospel Campaign
It was also the only genre of music which he received Grammy Awards during his lifetime.
Campaign theme: That Elvis Presley, as the world's most popular recording and performing artist, brought gospel music to a global, mainstream audience by incorporating both gospel songs and gospel singers into his recording sessions and live performances.
And he didn't use them simply as background performers, he drew attention to them and their musical talent.
www.elvisinfonet.com /gospelcampaign.html   (784 words)

  
 ForeFrontRecords.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
GRAMMY Award winning Audio Adrenaline has once again struck a chord with listeners with their latest single, “Leaving 99,” which claimed the #1 spot on CHR charts this week and continues to climb landing on #3 on AC radio (R&R).
The 46th Annual GRAMMY® Awards were successful for Christian rock band, Audio Adrenaline who received the award for "Best Rock Gospel Album" for the album, Worldwide.
Audio Adrenaline took home the award for Rock Album of the Year for their late 2001 release Lift at the Dove Awards.
www.forefrontrecords.com /artist/template.aspx?act=news&artistid=67394   (1294 words)

  
 New Interactive Praise and Worship Series Features Country and Pop Music Legends Crystal Gayle and B.J. Thomas
Worship in Song" is the latest creative endeavor of award-winning producers Roger Hatfield and Joseph Porrello, whose CD/DVD project "Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers" garnered a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children.
With all tracks engaged, the powerful visuals complement the performer’s lead voice, the backup singers, and the moving instrumental arrangement.
Each video can also be played without the performer’s voice, leaving the inspirational images and words, the back-up vocals, and instrumental accompaniment.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/4/prweb377649.htm   (709 words)

  
 Elvis on Tour Video
Named One of the Ten Outstanding Men of the Nation by the Jaycees, he also triumphantly returned to live performance, reaching a new level of superstardom.
He had it all; at 36 he won the 1971 Bing Crosby Award (later renamed the Lifetime Achievement award) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; he broke attendance records wherever he appeared in concert; and he took home his second Grammy Award (Best Inspirational Performance, "He Touched Me," 1972).
Winner of the 1972 Golden Globe for Best Documentary, Elvis on Tour electrifies as it displays the King in top form and all the magic intact.
www.lagiftshop.com /elvis.html   (202 words)

  
 ELVISBLOG :: ELVIS AND THE GRAMMY AWARDS
Most fans are aware Elvis won only three Grammy Awards, and that they were all for Gospel recordings.
Elvis was off in Germany in the Army when the Grammy Awards were created in 1958,and he had no nominations.
In 1967, he finally won a Grammy for Best Sacred Performance for the album How Great Thou Art, which sold over a million copies and reached #18 in the Top Albums Chart.
www.elvisblog.net /blog/_archives/2006/1/8/1631100.html   (755 words)

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