abstract:The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". The award honors recordings (singles and albums) in all genres, including classical, rock, country, Hip hop music, R&B, opera, theatre and film, from the turn of the 20th century through the current eligibility cutoff date.
Among them, a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album, the Blues Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the Blues Hall of Fame, and a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award.
VOA: standard.2009.06.18
Since her self-titled debut in 1971, she has released a long string of hits, earned a Grammyaward, an Oscar, and induction into the Songwriters HallofFame -and established herself as one of the most beloved singer-songwriters of her generation.