Saturday, October 31, 2009

Did the Beatles Ever Win a Grammy?

Yes, the Beatles won several (11, to be exact) Grammys over the duration of their career. These included the following:
  • Best New Artist: The Beatles (1964)
  • Best Performance By A Vocal Group: A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles - George Martin, producer (1964)
  • Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Paul McCartney - "Eleanor Rigby" (1966)
  • Best Album Cover / Package: Revolver - The Beatles - Klaus Voormann, artist (1966)
  • Song Of The Year: "Michelle" - The Beatles (1966)
  • Album Of The Year: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - George Martin, producer (1967)
  • Best Contemporary Rock 'N' Roll Recording: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - George Martin, producer (1967)
  • Best Album Cover: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Peter Blake & John Haworth, art directors (1967)
  • Best Engineered (Non-Classical) Recording: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Geoff Emerick, engineer (1967)
  • Best Engineered (Non-Classical) Recording: Abbey Road - The Beatles - Geoff Emerick, engineer (1969)
  • Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or TV Special: Let It Be - The Beatles
1965 was the biggest Grammy-losing year for the Beatles, being nominated for 11 awards related to their soundtrack album Help! and winning none. The Beatles never appeared as a group in person to accept their Grammy Awards. However, they did pre-record a segment with Peters Sellers for NBC's Grammy Awards show The Best On Record in 1965 (accepting for their wins from 1964).



Paul McCartney became the only group member to accept one in person when he showed up at the 1971 Grammy Awards ceremony (where for the Beatles won for Let It Be):

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Beatles Let It also won an Oscar for the score of Let It Be.

Anonymous said...

They also won 17 Ivor Novello awards in just an 8 year recording career, the first in 1963 for John & Paul as great singer song writers