Every year, starting in January:
20 songs & sheet music pieces (including 5 themes/scores/compositions)
10 albums (with an additional 5 compilations and 5 soundtracks/cast recordings)
10 musical artists & performers (with an additional 2 musical composers/conductors)
5 songwriters & lyricists
3 producers, arrangers, & engineers
3 session musicians & vocalists
3 record labels & executives
are inducted into Frequent Rewind’s Musical Honors, acknowledging notable musical texts & figures in the realm of the recorded
music period.
There are also an additional two special yearly awards:
The “Outstanding Preservation & Historical Documentation Award” category selects one organization or document that preserves musical history
The “Pre-Recorded Era Celebratory Award” highlights pivotal figures before the recorded music period
Records & Sheet Music
Blue Moon of Kentucky (1947) – Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie (1946) – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Crazy Blues (1920) – Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds
The Girl from Ipanema (1964) – Getz/Gilbert (vocal by Astrud Gilberto)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965) – The Rolling Stones
I Got the Blues (1908) – Antonio Maggio
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968) – Marvin Gaye
I Will Survive (1978) – Gloria Gaynor
In the Mood (1939) – Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Israelites (1968) – Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Lili Marlene (1945) – Marlene Dietrich
Losing My Religion (1991) – R.E.M.
My Country, ‘Tis of Thee (1939) – Marian Anderson (Lincoln Memorial, April 9, 1939)
My Generation (1965) – The Who
Planet Rock (1982) – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
Respect (1967) – Aretha Franklin
Stairway to Heaven (1971) – Led Zeppelin
Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukō) (1961/1963) – Kyu Sakamoto
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909) – Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
The Theme from “A Summer Place” (1959) – Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Themes/Scores/Compositions
An American in Paris (1929) – Victor Symphony Orchestra with George Gershwin
In C (1968) – Terry Riley
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) – Ennio Morricone
Rhapsody in Blue (1924) – Paul Whiteman & His Concert Orchestra with George Gershwin
Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Theme from “Cheers”) (1982) – Gary Portnoy
Albums
21 (2011) – Adele
A Love Supreme (1964) – John Coltrane
Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) – Glenn Gould
Buena Vista Social Club (1997) – Buena Vista Social Club
Calypso (1956) – Harry Belafonte
Control (1986) – Janet Jackson
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) – Pink Floyd
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) – Public Enemy
No Fences (1990) – Garth Brooks
Paranoid (1970) – Black Sabbath
Compilations
The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001) – Muddy Waters
Anthology of American Folk Music (1952) – various, Folkways Records
The Golden Age of American Rock ‘N’ Roll, vols. 1-17 (Ace Records, U.K.)
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (2000) – various
Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey (1973) – various
Soundtracks/Cast Recordings
Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978) – various
Pulp Fiction (1994) – various
The Sound of Music (1965) – Rodgers & Hammerstein and Julie Andrews
Superfly (1972) – Curtis Mayfield
Wild Style Original Soundtrack (1983) – various
Artists & Performers
Beatles
B.B. King
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
James Brown
Julio Iglesias
Lata Mangeshkar
Louis Armstrong
Mahalia Jackson
Michael Jackson/Jackson 5
Musical Composers & Conductors
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Songwriters & Lyricists
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, & Eddie Holland
Chuck Berry
George Gershwin
Hank Williams
Joni Mitchell
Producers, Arrangers, & Engineers
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Tom Dowd
Session Musicians & Vocalists
Chet Atkins
Hal Blaine
Record Labels & Executives
Blue Note Records
Clive Davis
Def Jam Recordings
Pre-Recorded Era Celebratory Award
Henry Clay Work
Outstanding Preservation & Historical Documentation Award
Billboard magazine