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MUSIC NEWS - The Recording Academy has announced their newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, adding 25 recordings to a list that now includes 851 titles. The selections are drawn from all genres of music and acknowledge the diversity of musical expression. The list and recordings now reside as a collection on display at the GRAMMY Museum in L.A.

The selected recordings range from 1923's "Dipper Mouth Blues" by King Oliver & His Jazz Band to 1977's "Birdland" by Weather Report is the most recent of the inductees, which have to be at least 25 years old. Other recordings chosen this year include Louis Armstrong's "Lazy River," the Beach Boys' "California Girls," James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World," George's Carlin's Class Clown, the Doors' "Riders On The Storm," Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad," and Bob Marley & The Wailers' Catch A Fire. Other artists with selections include the Isley Brothers, Bo Diddley, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Mahalia Jackson, Harry James & His Orchestra, Janis Joplin, Johnny Mercer, Jelly Roll Morton, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Mr Bojangles) .

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2010 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees-

"AS TIME GOES BY", Dooley Wilson, Decca (1944)

"BIRDLAND", Weather Report, Columbia (1977) 

"CALIFORNIA GIRLS", The Beach Boys, Capitol (1965)   

CATCH A FIRE, Bob Marley & The Wailers   Island (1973) 

CLASS CLOWN, George Carlin   Little David (1972) 

"CRAZY HE CALLS ME" , Billie Holiday   Decca (1949)    

"DIPPER MOUTH BLUES" , King Oliver & His Jazz Band Okeh (1923) 

"DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (NEVER NO LAMENT)". Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra   Victor (1940)    

ELLA AND BASIE!, Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie Verve (1963) 

 "FELIZ NAVIDAD", Jose Feliciano RCA Victor (1970) 

"FOR ME AND MY GAL", Judy Garland & Gene Kelly  Decca (1942)   

"HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW", Mahalia Jackson Columbia (1958) 

"I FEEL LIKE GOING HOME" , Muddy Waters    Aristocrat (1948) 

"IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD", James Brown King (1966)    

JAZZ SAMBA, Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd  Verve (1962)    

"KANSAS CITY STOMPS", Jelly Roll Morton  Victor (1928)    

"LAZY RIVER" , Louis Armstrong    Okeh (1931)    

LOUIS ARMSTRONG PLAYS W. C. HANDY, Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Columbia  (1954)  

"MR. BOJANGLES", Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  Liberty (1970)    

PEARL, Janis Joplin   Columbia (1971)    

"RIDERS ON THE STORM", The Doors  Elektra (1971)    

"TWIST AND SHOUT", The Isley Brothers  Wand (1962)

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