The Recording Academy honored Charley Pride with one of its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Awards during a ceremony and tribute concert on July 11 at The Beacon Theatre in New York City. PBS will air the show, Grammy Salute to Music Legends, on Oct. 13 at 9 p.m.
Other 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award winners include Jimmie Rogers, who is known as the âFather of Country Music,â as well as Shirley Caesar, Ahmad Jamal, Nina Simone, Sly Stone and the Velvet Underground.
Dwight Yoakam saluted Jimmie Rodgers with a medley of songs, including âHobo Billâs Last Ride,â âMule Skinner Bluesâ and âT For Texas,â while Neal McCoy paid tribute to Charley by singing âIs Anybody Goinâ to San Antone.â
Charley also performed his well-known hit, âKiss an Angel Good Mornin.ââ
The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording. The recipients are determined by vote of the Recording Academyâs national board of trustees.
The full musical program is below (honorees in bold; performers in parentheses).
Thom Bell
âYou Make Me Feel Brand Newâ (Russell Thompkins Jr.)
âThen Came Youâ (Dionne Warwick)
Ahmad Jamal
âBut Not For Meâ / âAhmadâs Bluesâ / âPoincianaâ (Stanley Cowell)
Nina Simone
âMississippi Goddamâ (Andra Day)
Jimmie Rodgers
âHobo Billâs Last Rideâ / âMule Skinner Bluesâ / âT For Texasâ (Dwight Yoakam)
Ralph S. Peer
âCrazy Bluesâ (Catherine Russell)
âThe Great Pretenderâ (Russell Thompkins Jr.)
âGeorgia on My Mindâ (Andra Day)
The Velvet Underground
âIâm Waiting For The Manâ / âSunday Morningâ (John Cale Band with Maureen âMoeâ Tucker)
Shirley Caesar
Medley: âYou Name Itâ / âItâs Alright, Itâs OKâ / âYouâre Next In Line for a Miracleâ / âSatan, Weâre Going âTo Tear Your Kingdom Downâ (Kirk Franklin with LeâAndria Johnson)
âCaught Upâ / âJesus, I Love Calling Your Nameâ (Shirley Caesar)
Mo Ostin
âA Few Words In Defense Of Our Countryâ / âI Think Itâs Going To Rain Todayâ (Randy Newman)
Charley Pride
âIs Anybody Goinâ To San Antoneâ (Neal McCoy)
âKiss An Angel Good Mornin'â (Charley Pride)
Sly Stone
âI Want To Take You Higherâ / âEverybody Is A Starâ / âSex Machineâ / âDance To The Musicâ (Charlie Wilson, Valerie Simpson, Vernon Reid)
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