Grammy Special Merit Awards Announced

Recipients of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Award were announced December 19, 2006 by The Recording Academy®. ASCAP members Joan Baez, Ornette Coleman, the Doors, the Grateful Dead and Bob Wills will receive The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Stephen Sondheim will be honored with The Academy's Trustees Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium while the Trustees Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the industry in a non-performing capacity. Both awards are decided by vote of The Recording Academy's National Board of Trustees.

Formal acknowledgment of these special merit awards will be made at an invitation-only ceremony during GRAMMY Week, as well as during the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

Joan Baez

Ornette Coleman

The Doors

The Grateful Dead

Bob Wills

Trustees Award Honoree

Stephen Sondheim

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