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This project began as a mission to correct the mistakes the Grammy's have made over the years.

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1964 Briefly Revisited: AotY, part 2

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/3mMSiIPPJSjUwACLeFZRW8] If you only listen to one song: Autumn Serenade [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsgQCLih118], John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A list of better albums Imagine how awesome it would have been if

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1964 Briefly Revisited: AotY (part 1)

(Abreviated) Playlist of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/4B9Tp0QwzGRkz3HzWgSzy0] If you only listen to one song: "Senor Blues [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UGDUgN8Y6o]" by Anita O'Day -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excitement Building When I think of my favorite music of the

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1964 OMAs: Album of the Year

1964 One Man Academy Album of the Year Rule Zero "If zero albums are up to OMA standards in a given year, none of the albums get an award that year." OMA Rules of the Road Frustrating and also good * The Barbra Streisand Album, Barbra Streisand If you

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1963 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/6UHFSYCAuKw1BpnBNMvUa5] If you only listen to one song: "Night Time Is The Right Time" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNzqDUvods], Ray Charles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Charles and The Cosby Show One "I Believe

1963 OMAs: Album of the Year

1963 One Man Academy Album of the Year Rule Zero "If zero albums are up to OMA standards in a given year, none of the albums get an award that year." OMA Rules of the Road Worth checking out * The two OMA winners from 1962. ('63 wasn&

1962 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: Frankfurt Special, Elvis Presley Elvis and Sinatra Elvis somehow released three albums in the 1962 awards' time frame. * His Hand in Mine[1], Elvis Presley * G.I. Blues, Elvis Presley * Something for Everybody, Elvis

1962 OMAs: Album of the Year

1962 One Man Academy Album of the Year Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland West Side Story Soundtrack, various artists (music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) Hard to find but pretty good * Genius+Soul=Jazz, Ray Charles If you only listen to one song: "Maria"

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OMA Life Changer: Joni Mitchell

If it weren't for Burt Bacharach [http://ckdsn.com/oma-life-changer-burt-bacharach/], Joni certainly would have been the first One Man Academy Life Changer. As it stands, though, life is cruel and she's the second. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Man Academy Life Changer Joni Mitchell Painter, Singer,

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1961 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/1PgPOM7862WVLziGfy8jgC] If you only listen to one song: "Fever", Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5EJ2Lp7I9Q] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two (more) of the Four Titans of 1959 When we revisited 1960, we talked about

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1961 OMAs: Album of the Year

1961 One Man Academy Album of the Year Wild Is Love, Nat King Cole Nice 'n' Easy, Frank Sinatra This was a surprisingly strong candidate * The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, Bob Newhart If you only listen to one song: The Manchurian Candidate rehearsal footage Bob Newhart

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1960 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/1efgD5sBxhh15IjcSA5oud] If you only listen to one song: "I Dig Chicks" by Jonah Jones [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ccbXyzO4iA] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two of the Four Titans of 1959 There's a documentary

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1960 OMAs: Album of the Year

1960 One Man Academy Album of the Year Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, Harry Belafonte Worth a listen (and not just because it's Sinatra[1]): * Come Dance with Me!, Frank Sinatra About Van Cliburn 1960 is Van Cliburn's second and final nomination for Album of the Year,

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1959 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist of music in this post: Spotify Rock and what, now? Let's take a look some of the music that could have been nominated for 1959's Album of the Year. A quick Google search of 1958's albums pulls up: * Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly * One

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1959 OMAs: Album of the Year

1959 One Man Academy Album of the Year Come Fly with Me, Frank Sinatra Definitely check these albums, though[1] * Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, Frank Sinatra * Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook, Ella Fitzgerald YouTube Early Grammy Impressions The early years of the Grammys are weird.

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OMA Life Changer: Burt Bacharach

OMA Life Changer: Burt Bacharach -- Spotify Playlist [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/3pbvbpertYhd8epipDTS6N] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burt Bacharach writes really good songs. When I think of my favorite Bacharach tunes, they aren't particularly groundbreaking. I wouldn't think Close To You pushed the edges of its genre when

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One Man Academy Life Changers

This is a partial list of artists[1] who have shifted the trajectory of my life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Changers * Burt Bacharach [http://ckdsn.com/oma-life-changer-burt-bacharach/] - Songwriter, Singer * Joni Mitchell [http://ckdsn.com/oma-life-changer-joni-mitchell/] - Painter, Songwriter, Singer * Stevie Wonder [http://ckdsn.com/oma-life-