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Latin Grammy Hall Of Fame
The Latin Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize "early recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that were released more than 25 years ago". LARAS is also the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards. The albums and songs are picked by a panel of recording-arts professionals, such as musicologists and historians, and selected from all major categories of Latin music. The first inductions were made in 2001 to honor 17 recordings. These included Santana's cover of Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va", Javier Solís's rendition of "Sabor a Mí" and the 1948 performance of Joaquín Rodrigo's ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' by Regino Sainz de la Maza and the Orquesta Nacional de España. The inductions have each occurred six years apart from one another. " La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens and ''Chega de Saudade'' by João Gilberto were also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. ''Getz/Gilberto'' by Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Recording Academy
The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., trading as The Latin Recording Academy (; ), is a multinational membership-based association composed of Latin music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals. The Latin Academy of Recording places greater emphasis on aesthetic and technical accomplishments than on sales or chart positions. They aim to provide a broader platform and raise the profile of Latino artists and creators, both domestically and internationally. They promote the genre and its makers, both inside and outside the United States. The Academy is internationally known for its annual Latin Grammy Awards. It is headquartered in Miami and is led by president and CEO Manuel Abud. Historical highlights * 1997: The Recording Academy establishes the Latin Recording Academy as a Latin counterpart to expand its operation in Latin America and Spain. * 2002: Elected its first independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chega De Saudade (album)
''Chega de Saudade'' () is the debut album by Brazilian musician João Gilberto and is often credited as the first bossa nova album. The title can be translated roughly as "enough with longing", though the Portuguese word ''saudade'' carries with it more complex meaning. In 2001, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In the same year, it was made an inaugural member of the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame. It was listed by ''Rolling Stone'' Brazil as the fourth best Brazilian album in history. By the time of the album's release, newspaper ''O Estado de S. Paulo ''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to Berliner (format), ...'' stated that Gilberto "is one of the most musical of our popular singers, a certainty which broadly compensates for his lack of volume. In this regard, it is wort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mocedades
Mocedades () is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the hit song "Eres tú". Since June 2014, ''Mocedades'' has been the name of two bands: one with Izaskun Uranga as its leader and the other with Javier Garay. A third group, El Consorcio, is composed of former Mocedades members who left the group but have continued a career together outside the Mocedades brand. Group formation In 1967, in the Basque city of Bilbao, three young sisters, Amaya, Izaskun and Estíbaliz Uranga, formed a vocal trio named ''Las Hermanas Uranga'' (''The Uranga Sisters''). They sang at various venues in Bilbao. During their rehearsals, their brothers and friends joined. Eventually they decided to form a vocal group named ''Voces y guitarras'' ("Voices and Guitars") with folk and spiritual music and The Beatles as their influences. The members of ''Voces y guitarras'' were Amaya Uranga, Izaskun Uranga, Estibaliz Uran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eres Tú
"Eres tú" (; "It's You") is a song recorded by Spanish band Mocedades, written by Juan Carlos Calderón. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 held in Luxembourg placing second which was followed by a global success. It is one of the few musical acts from Spain to have scored a top ten hit in the United States, being the only one sung entirely in Spanish. In 2005, it was one of fourteen songs chosen to compete in '' Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest'' placing eleventh. In 2013, it was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2015, "Eres tú" ranked #47 on ''Billboards 50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time. Mocedades also released the song in English, French, German, Italian, and Basque versions. The song was subsequently covered many times and released by different singers in different languages and genres. Background Conception Juan Carlos Calderón wrote "Eres tú" and Mocedades recorded it for their fourth studio album '. The group was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Recording Registry
The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress. The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 established a national program to guard America's sound recording heritage. The Act created the National Recording Registry, the National Recording Preservation Board, and a fundraising foundation. The purpose of the Registry is to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cachao
Israel López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao ( ), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo (music), mambo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa music, salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s. Born into a family of musicians in Havana, Cachao and his older brother Orestes López, Orestes were the driving force behind one of Cuba's most prolific Charanga (Cuba), charangas, Arcaño y sus Maravillas. As members of the Maravillas, Cachao and Orestes pioneered a new form of ballroom music derived from the danzón, the danzón-mambo, which subsequently developed into an international genre, mambo (music), mambo. In the 1950s, Cachao became famous for popularizing im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Jam Sessions In Miniature
''Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature'' is the debut album by Cuban double bassist Cachao, released in 1957 by Panart. The album is composed of descargas, improvised jam sessions with Cuban themes. It was the fourth installment in Panart's ''Cuban Jam Session'' series after Julio Gutiérrez's ''Cuban Jam Session Vol. 1'' and ''Vol. 2'', and Niño Rivera's ''Vol. 3''. Unlike the other installments, Cachao's session comprised short improvisations instead of extended jams. The album sold over a million copies and became "a Latin music milestone". In 2013, it was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry. Background and recording Israel López, better known as Cachao, and his brother Orestes López, nicknamed Macho, were founding members of Cuba's most popular charanga during the late 1930s and 1940s, Arcaño y sus Maravillas, directed by flautist Antonio Arcaño. The repertoire of the group consisted almost exclusively of compositions by the Lópe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Azpiazu
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (other), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy *Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States *Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland People and characters Role or title *Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia People with the name *Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Dona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peanut Vendor
"El manisero", known in English as "The Peanut Vendor", is a Cuban son (music), son-pregón (street vendor's cry) composed by Moisés Simons. The song has been recorded more than 200 times,Listed in Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal 1988. ''Si te quieres por el pico divertir: historia del pregón musical latinoamericano''. Cubanacan, San Juan P.R. p317–322. [fairly complete up to 1988] Sales of its sheet music topped 1 million, and it also was the first million-selling 78rpm, 78 rpm recording of Cuban music in the U.S.< "The Peanut Vendor" was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 and was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2005. It also has appeared in more than a half-dozen films, from the 1930s through the 2020s. History The score and lyrics of "El manisero" were by Moises Simons (1889–1945), the Cuban son of a Spanish people, Spanish musician. It sold over a million c ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Annual Grammy Awards
The 7th Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 13, 1965, at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1964. João Gilberto & Stan Getz won 4 awards. Award winners The following awards were the winners and nominees of the 7th annual awards ceremony: *Record of the Year **Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz for "The Girl from Ipanema" **Barbra Streisand for "People" **The Beatles for "I Want To Hold Your Hand" **Louis Armstrong for " Hello, Dolly!" **Petula Clark for "Downtown" * Album of the Year **João Gilberto & Stan Getz for '' Getz/Gilberto'' **Henry Mancini for ''The Pink Panther'' **Barbra Streisand for ''People'' **Barbra Streisand for '' Funny Girl'' **Al Hirt for ''Cotton Candy'' * Song of the Year **Jerry Herman (songwriter) for " Hello, Dolly!" performed by Louis Armstrong **Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) for " Who Can I Turn To?" performed by Anthony Newley **Bob Merrill & Jule Styne (songwriters) for "Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Album Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the The Recording Academy, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Commonly known as "The Big Award", Album of the Year is the most prestigious category at the Grammy Awards and is one of the general field categories that have been presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959 alongside Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year, and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year. Credit rules Over the years, the rules on who was presented with an award have changed: *1959–1965: Artist only. *1966–1998: Artist and producer. *1999–2002: Artist, producer, and recording engineer or mixer. *2003–2017: Artist, featured artist, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Getz
Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single " The Girl from Ipanema". Early life Stan Getz was born Stanley Gayetski on February 2, 1927, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Getz's father Alexander ("Al") was born in Mile End, London, in 1904, while his mother Goldie (née Yampolsky) was born in Philadelphia in 1907. His paternal grandparents Harris and Beckie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
