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Aerosmith, Tom Petty Recordings Among 2019 GRAMMY HOF Inductees

The GRAMMY Hall of Fame is a mix of iconic singles and albums that “exhibit qualitative or historical significance,” and the 2019 class certainly meet that criteria. Among this year’s…

Aerosmith, Tom Petty Recordings Among 2019 GRAMMY HOF Inductees

PHOENIX, AZ – MARCH 10: Steven Tyler performs onstage at Celebrity Fight Night XXIV on March 10, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night); NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 09: Tom Petty performs onstage during the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 47th Annual Induction And Awards at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

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The GRAMMY Hall of Fame is a mix of iconic singles and albums that “exhibit qualitative or historical significance,” and the 2019 class certainly meet that criteria.

Among this year’s inductees is Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” from their 1975 album Toys in the Attic and Tom Petty’s 1989 album Full Moon Fever.  Other recordings in the 2019 class include Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up,” Link Wray & His Ray Men’s “Rumble” and The Troggs’ “Wild Thing.” (A full list of the 2019 GRAMMY Hall of Fame induction class is below.)

This is the 46th year of the GRAMMY Hall of Fame’s existence.  It currently features 1,088 recordings, which are on display at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.

2019 GRAMMY Hall of Fame Inductees

BERNSTEIN: MASS-A THEATRE PIECE FOR SINGERS, PLAYERS AND DANCERS
Columbia Masterworks (1971)
Album

"COAT OF MANY COLORS"
Dolly Parton
RCA Victor (1971)
Single

ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN SONG BOOK
Ella Fitzgerald
Verve (1959)
Album

FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Reprise (1967)
Album

FULL MOON FEVER
Tom Petty
MCA (1989)
Album

"HALLELUJAH"
Leonard Cohen
Columbia (1984)
Single

"HARPER VALLEY P.T.A"
Jeannie C. Riley
Plantation (1968)
Single

"I'M WALKIN'"
Fats Domino
Imperial (1957)
Single

JACKSON BROWNE
Jackson Browne
Asylum (1972)
Album

JACO PASTORIUS
Jaco Pastorius
Epic (1976)
Album

"KO KO"
Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys
Savoy (1945)
Single

"LA BAMBA"
El Jarocho
Victor (1939)
Single

"MOVE ON UP"
Curtis Mayfield
Curtom (1972)
Single

"PATA PATA"
Miriam Makeba
Reprise (1967)
Single

"ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE"
Brenda Lee
Decca (1958)
Single

'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT
Miles Davis
Columbia (1957)
Album

"RUMBLE"
Link Wray & His Ray Men
Cadence (1958)
Single

"SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES"
The Platters
Mercury (1958)
Single

"ST. LOUIS BLUES"
W.C. Handy
Columbia (1914)
Single

"TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME"
Edward Meeker With The Edison Orchestra
Edison (1908)
Single

"TENDERLY"
Sarah Vaughan
Mercury (1947)
Single

"TENOR MADNESS"
Sonny Rollins Quartet Featuring John Coltrane
Prestige (1956)
Track

"TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK"
Nina Simone
RCA Victor (1969)
Single

"WALK THIS WAY"
Aerosmith
Columbia (1975)
Single

"WILD THING"
The Troggs
Fontana/Atco (1966)
Single

Erica Banas is rock/classic rock news blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.