Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Dionne Warwick, and extra will obtain Lifetime Achievement Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy announced at present (December 19). According to a press launch, the Lifetime Achievement Award “celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording.” The presentation will happen on Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Los Angeles.
Others who will obtain the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 are: the late singer Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, and soul duo Sam & Dave. In addition, Lou Adler, Ashford & Simpson, and Johnny Mandel are honorees of the Trustees Award, which acknowledges “such contributions in areas other than performance.” And lastly, Saul Walker will posthumously obtain the Technical Grammy Award for “contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording industry.”
Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid.
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