Tom Petty’s “Full Moon Fever” album, Leonard Cohen’s smash single “Hallelujah” and Fats Domino’s hit “I’m Walkin”’ were among 25 recordings announced Thursday as inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Recordings chosen for induction must be at least 25 years old and “exhibit qualitative or historical significance.”
With the latest 25 inductees, the Grammy Hall of Fame includes 1,088 recordings, which are commemorated at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles.
“We are proud to acknowledge the ever-changing landscape and evolution of musical expression for which the Academy has become known,” Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow said. “We’re honored to add these masterpieces to our growing catalog and are delighted to celebrate the impact they’ve had on our musical, social and cultural history.”
A full list of recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame is available at www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame. Here is a complete list of the new nominees announced Thursday:
— “Bernstein: Mass – A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers,” Columbia Masterworks (1971) Album
— “Coat of Many Colors,” Dolly Parton, RCA Victor (1971) Single
— “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book,” Ella Fitzgerald, Verve (1959) Album
— “Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim,” Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, Reprise (1967) Album
— “Full Moon Fever,” Tom Petty, MCA (1989) Album
— “Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen, Columbia (1984) Single
— “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” Jeannie C. Riley, Plantation (1968) Single
— “I’m Walkin’,” Fats Domino, Imperial (1957) Single
— “Jackson Browne,” Jackson Browne, Asylum (1972) Album
— “Jaco Pastorius,” Jaco Pastorius, Epic (1976) Album
— “Ko Ko,” Charlie Parker’s Ri Bop Boys, Savoy (1945) Single
— “La Bamba,” El Jarocho, Victor (1939) Single
— “Move on Up,” Curtis Mayfield, Curtom (1972) Single
— “Pata Pata,” Miriam Makeba, Reprise (1967) Single
— “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee, Decca (1958) Single
— “`Round About Midnight,” Miles Davis, Columbia (1957) Album
— “Rumble,” Link Wray & His Ray Men, Cadence (1958) Single
— “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” The Platters, Mercury (1958) Single
— “St. Louis Blues,” W.C. Handy, Columbia (1914) Single
— “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” Edward Meeker With The Edison Orchestra, Edison (1908) Single
— “Tenderly,” Sarah Vaughan, Mercury (1947) Single
— “Tenor Madness,” Sonny Rollins Quartet Featuring John Coltrane, Prestige (1956) Track
— “To be Young, Gifted and Black,” Nina Simone, RCA Victor (1969) Single
— “Walk This Way,” Aerosmith, Columbia (1975) Single
— “Wild Thing,” The Troggs, Fontana/Atco (1966) Single