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The Song of the Year is one of the two most prestigious awards in the Grammies, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 to the composer (not the performer) of the song in question. It is always the case that one or more recordings are nominated for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year, and one recording may be awarded both awards. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards, commonly referred to as the Grammys) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in the record industry. ...
The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. ...
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Sometimes You Cant Make It on Your Own is a song from U2s 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. ...
The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. ...
John Mayer with David Ryan Harris playing at the Macworld 2005 in San Francisco. ...
Daughters is the name of the third single from Heavier Things, the fourth album from Pop/Blues singer-songwriter, John Mayer. ...
The 46th Grammy Awards were held on the February 8, 2004. ...
Richard Marx on the cover of his album Paid Vacation Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Winnetka, Illinois) is an adult contemporary singer, songwriter and record producer. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Dance with My Father is the title track from the 2003 Luther Vandross album Dance with My Father. ...
The 45th Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2003. ...
Jesse Harris is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ...
Dont Know Why was the debut single by Blue Note artist Norah Jones from her breakthrough 2002 album Come Away With Me. ...
Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and occasional actress. ...
The 44th Grammy Awards were held on February 27, 2002. ...
Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25, 1981) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, composer, pianist, record producer, philanthropist, and occasional actress and author. ...
Fallin is the first single from R&B/soul musician Alicia Keyss debut album, Songs in A Minor. ...
The 43rd Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 2001. ...
This article is about the Irish rock band. ...
Beautiful Day is the lead single from U2s 2000 album, All That You Cant Leave Behind. ...
The 42nd Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2000. ...
Robert Kelly Rob Thomas (born February 14, 1972 on a military base in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American recording pop-rock artist, the lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty and formerly of the band Tabithas Secret, and also performs as a solo artist. ...
Smooth is a song by Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas (musician). ...
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ...
1990s The 41st Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999. ...
James Horner James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer of orchestral music. ...
Will Jennings (born 1948 in Texas) is a prolific and highly successful American songwriter. ...
My Heart Will Go On is the theme song of the highly popular 1997 film Titanic. ...
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (OC, OQ) (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ...
The 40th Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998. ...
John Leventhal is a grammy award-winning guitarist, composer, and music producer who has worked with singer-songwriters such as Shawn Colvin, Roseanne Cash (to whom he is married), Rodney Crowell, Marc Cohn, David Crosby, Kelly Willis, Johnny Cash, and others. ...
Shawn Colvin. ...
Sunny Came Home is a folk-rock song by American musician Shawn Colvin. ...
The 39th Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1997. ...
Gordon Kennedy (born ????) was the guitarist of Christian rock band White Heart from 1985 to 1989. ...
Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician from Nashville, Tennessee. ...
Tommy Sims (born ???? in Chicago) is an African American musician. ...
Change the World is a song recorded by Eric Clapton. ...
The famous Clapton is God graffiti Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the 20th century[1], garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and...
Kenneth Babyface Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an R&B and pop singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entreprenuer. ...
Wynonna Judd Wynonna Ellen Judd (born May 30, 1964) is an American country music singer. ...
The 38th Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996. ...
In this 2001 Apple Computer video, Seal holds an iPod and sits beside an iBook Seal Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in London, England) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning Afro-European soul vocalist and songwriter. ...
Kiss from a Rose is a song from Seals second self-titled album Seal, subsequently featured on the Batman Forever (1995) film soundtrack. ...
The 37th Grammy Awards were presented March 1, 1995. ...
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...
Streets of Philadelphia is an Academy Award-winning and multiple Grammy Award-winning song written and performed by American singer Bruce Springsteen for the 1993 film Philadelphia. ...
The 36th Grammy Awards were held in 1994. ...
Alan Menken Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and film music composer. ...
Sir Tim Rice & Andrew Llyod Webber in the 70s. ...
Music sample: A Whole New World (1992) ( file info) — 19 second sample of the Aladdin and Jasmine version of A Whole New World. Problems listening to the file? See media help. ...
Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is Grammy award winning singer who sings Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm, Smooth Jazz and Urban contemporary songs. ...
Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peabo Bryson on April 13, 1951) is an American R&B and soul singer, born in Greenville, South Carolina. ...
The 35th Grammy Awards were held in 1993. ...
The famous Clapton is God graffiti Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the 20th century[1], garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and...
Will Jennings (born 1948 in Texas) is a prolific and highly successful American songwriter. ...
Tears in Heaven is a heartfelt ballad written and performed by Eric Clapton about pain he felt from the 1991 death of his 4-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a 53rd story window in his mothers New York City condominium; Clapton was at a nearby hotel at...
The 34th Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1992. ...
Irving Gordon (February 14, 1915-December 1, 1996) was an American songwriter. ...
Unforgettable is a popular song which won the Song of the Year Grammy Award in 1992. ...
Natalie Cole (born Stephanie Natalie Maria Cole on February 6, 1950), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. ...
Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 ?– February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ...
The 33rd Grammy Awards were held on February 20, 1991. ...
Julie Gold is a singer. ...
From a Distance is a song written by Julie Gold, and recorded by Nanci Griffith, Bette Midler and Simon Nicol (of Fairport Convention). ...
Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ...
The 32nd Grammy Awards were held in 1990. ...
The Wind Beneath My Wings is the #1 single by Bette Midler from the soundtrack of the movie Beaches. ...
Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ...
1980s The 31st Grammy Awards were held in 1989. ...
Bobby McFerrin Bobby McFerrin (born New York City, March 11, 1950) is a jazz-influenced a cappella vocal performer and conductor. ...
Simple Pleasures, 1988 Dont Worry, Be Happy is the title and famous principal lyric of a song by jazz composer Bobby McFerrin, the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, holding that position for two weeks in September of 1988. ...
The 30th Grammy Awards were held March 2, 1988. ...
James Horner James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer of orchestral music. ...
Barry Mann (born Barry Iberman on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music. ...
Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1937 in New York City) is a prominent American songwriter. ...
Somewhere Out There may refer to: A song from the film An American Tail. ...
James Ingram (born February 16, 1956 in Akron, Ohio) is an American soul musician, famous for his vocal performance. ...
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum American singer most closely associated with the folk rock and country rock genres prevalent in the 1970s. ...
The 29th Grammy Awards were held in 1987. ...
Burt Bacharach, c. ...
Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8, 1947 in New York City, New York) is an American lyricist, songwriter and singer best-known for writing the lyrics to many popular songs performed on Broadway and in Hollywood films. ...
Thats What Friends Are For is a song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, as the end theme for the Ron Howard film Night Shift (1982). ...
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE[1][2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B/soul singer and actress. ...
Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an African-American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ...
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] a singular musical talent, is an African American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and social activist. ...
The 28th Grammy Awards were held in 1986. ...
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. ...
For other people named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ...
Not to be confused with We Are Here To Change The World, a song that featured in Captain EO. We Are the World is a 1985 song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced and conducted by Quincy Jones and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians billed as...
USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), was the name under which forty-five U.S. artists, led by Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single We Are the World in 1985. ...
The 27th Grammy Awards were held February 26, 1985, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Singer/songwriter who has written songs for Tina Turner. ...
The Scottish pairing of Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle joined forces in 1964, initially as songwriters. ...
Whats Love Got to Do with It was the second single from Tina Turners album Private Dancer. ...
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer, Buddhist and occasional actress. ...
The 26th Grammy Awards were held in 1984, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Sting in Budapest, 2000 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), usually known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. ...
Every Breath You Take, a song written by Sting and originally performed by The Police, was first released on Synchronicity, a blockbuster 1983 album (see 1983 in music). ...
The Police are a three-piece British rock band, which were strongly influenced by reggae. ...
The 25th Grammy Awards were held in 1983. ...
Always On My Mind is a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee and released on 12 June 1972, with music and lyrics by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson. ...
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. ...
The 24th Grammy Awards were held in 1982, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. ...
Bette Davis Eyes is the name of a song, best known for being performed by Kim Carnes. ...
Kim Carnes Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter. ...
The 23rd Grammy Awards were held in 1981, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Geppert on May 3, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American singer and songwriter. ...
Sailing is a song performed by Christopher Cross, featured in his 1979 self-titled debut album, also featuring the songs Ride Like the Wind (featuring backing vocals by Michael McDonald) and Never Be the Same. ...
The 22nd Grammy Awards were held in 1980, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Kenny Loggins on the cover of his collection Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits of Kenny Loggins Kenny Loggins (born Kenneth Clark Loggins on January 7, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. ...
Cover of The Ultimate Collection from 2005 Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952, in St. ...
What a Fool Believes is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, and recorded by The Doobie Brothers for their 1978 album Minute by Minute (with McDonald singing lead vocals). ...
Doobie Brothers in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on August 31, 2006. ...
1970s The 21st Grammy Awards were held in 1979, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949, in Bronx, New York) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. ...
Just the Way You Are is a love song from Billy Joels 1977 pop rock album, The Stranger. ...
The 20th Grammy Awards were held in 1978, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ...
Paul Hamilton Williams (born September 19, 1940, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American composer, songwriter, and actor. ...
Evergreen is the well known theme song from the 1976 film A Star is Born. ...
You Light Up My Life was a song written by Joseph Brooks and performed by Kasey Cisyk. ...
Debby Boone on the cover of her 2001 collection You Light Up My Life: Greatest Inspirational Songs Debby Boone (b. ...
The 19th Grammy Awards were held in 1977, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
‎ Bruce Johnston as featured on a 1977 solo album. ...
I Write The Songs is a 1976 #1 hit song for Barry Manilow, and is one of his signature tunes. ...
Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943[1] in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer and songwriter best known for his hit recordings I Write the Songs, Mandy and Copacabana. He has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. ...
The 18th Grammy Awards were held in 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ...
Send in the Clowns is a song by Stephen Sondheim, from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music. ...
Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards singer. ...
The 17th Grammy Awards were held in 1975, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Alan Bergman (born 11 September 1925) is a prolific lyricist and songwriter, particularly of music for stage and film. ...
Marilyn Bergman (née Keith, born 1929) is a composer, songwriter and author. ...
Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is a successful composer of film scores. ...
The Way We Were is a 1973 film which tells the story of an intense Jewish woman who marries a carefree WASP following World War II. Fundamental differences in the way they engage the world – as revealed in their responses to the rise of McCarthyism – eventually pull them apart. ...
Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ...
The 16th Grammy Awards were held in 1974, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
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Norman Gimbel (born November 16, 1927) is an American song lyricist. ...
Killing Me Softly with His Song is a song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. ...
Roberta Flack Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. ...
The 15th Grammy Awards were held in 1973, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Ewan MacColl (25 January 1915 - 22 October 1989) was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. ...
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face A breakout hit song for Roberta Flack. ...
Roberta Flack Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. ...
The 14th Grammy Awards were held in 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States. ...
Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...
Youve Got a Friend is a song from the early 1970s which marked the singer-songwriter movement. ...
The 13th Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, and were broadcast live on American television. ...
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. ...
Bridge over Troubled Water is the title song of Simon and Garfunkels final album together, Bridge over Troubled Water. ...
Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ...
The 12th Grammy Awards were held in 1970. ...
Joseph Alfred Souter, known as Joe South (born February 28, 1940, in Atlanta, Georgia), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter with a distinctive guitar sound. ...
Games People Play is a song by singer Joe South. ...
1960s The 11th Grammy Awards were held in 1969. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
A section of the album jacket for Golden Hits. ...
O.C. Smith (21 June 1932 - November 23, 2001) was a Grammy Award winning musician. ...
The 10th Grammy Awards were held in 1968. ...
Jimmy Webb (born August 5, 1946) is an idiosyncratic American popular music composer. ...
Up, Up and Away is the debut album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1967 (see 1967 in music). ...
The 5th Dimension is an American popular music group, best-known during the late 1960s and 1970s for popularizing hits of songwriters like Jimmy Webb, Laura Nyro, Ashford & Simpson, and others, and helping to popularize flower power music with both white and black middle-class Americans. ...
The 9th Grammy Awards were held in 1967. ...
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. ...
Michelle is the title of a love ballad by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney which is featured on their Rubber Soul album. ...
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...
The 8th Grammy Awards were held in 1966. ...
Johnny Mandel (born November 23, 1925, New York) is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. ...
Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907-March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist. ...
The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper) is a popular song. ...
For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ...
The 7th Grammy Awards were held in 1965. ...
Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ...
One of the most famous Broadway showtunes ever written, Hello, Dolly! is the title song of the popular 1964 musical Hello, Dolly!. The music and lyrics were written by Jerry Herman who also wrote the scores for many other popular musicals including Mame and La Cage aux Folles. ...
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901[1] – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo, for satchel-mouth, and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ...
The 6th Grammy Awards were held in 1964. ...
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...
Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) is regarded as one of Americas greatest songwriters. ...
Days of Wine and Roses is a popular song. ...
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...
The 5th Grammy Awards were held in 1963. ...
Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is a British lyricist. ...
George Anthony Newley (born on September 24, 1931 in the London Borough of Hackney; died on April 14, 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. ...
George Anthony Newley (born on September 24, 1931 in the London Borough of Hackney; died on April 14, 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. ...
The 4th Grammy Awards were held in 1962. ...
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...
Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) is regarded as one of Americas greatest songwriters. ...
Moon River is a song composed by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini in 1961. ...
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...
The 3rd Grammy Awards were held in 1961. ...
Ernest Gold (born July 13, 1921, Vienna, Austria; died March 17 Santa Monica, California, 1999) was an Austrian-born Jewish-American Academy Award winning composer of the theme from the movie Exodus. ...
Exodus Exodus is a 1960 film starring Paul Newman. ...
The 2nd Grammy Awards were held in 1960. ...
James Corbitt Morris (20 June 1907 - July 12, 1998) – better known as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood – was a prolific United States folk songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs The Battle of New Orleans and Tennessee Stud. ...
For other uses of the name, see Battle of New Orleans (disambiguation). ...
1950s *indicates this recording also won Record of the Year. The 1st Grammy Awards were held in 1959. ...
Domenico Modugno (January 9, 1928 – August 6, 1994) was an Italian singer and songwriter. ...
Volare (Italian for the verb to fly) is another popular name for Domenico Modugnos signature song Nel blu dipinto di blu (literally In the blue painted blue). // Written by Domenico Modugno (music and lyrics) and Franco Migliacci (lyrics), Nel blu dipinto di blu was presented by Domenico Modugno and...
Confusion Every year produces much confusion between the Grammy categories, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the performing artist and the producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer for that song. Song of the Year is also awarded for a single or individual track, but the recipient of this award is the songwriter who actually created the song in the first place. Album of the Year is awarded for a whole album, and the award is presented to the artist, producer, and recording engineer for that album. The Record of the Year is an award created by record producer Jonathan King voted for by the UK public. ...
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category. ...
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