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Louisiana Music at the Grammy Awards
Recordings by Louisiana music artists in the Grammy Hall of Fame

The GRAMMY Hall of Fame was established by the Recording Academy's National Trustees in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Inductees are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts. Listen to the NOLA Grammy Hall of Fame Playlist on YouTube.

Inducted
Artist (s)
Recording Title & YouTube Link
Released
2005
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra All of Me
1932
2016
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald Ella and Louis (album)
1956
1999
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five Heebie Jeebies
1926
2001
Louis Armstrong Hello, Dolly!
1964
2010
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Lazy River
1931
2010
Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (album)
1954
1997
Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars Mack The Knife
1955
2014
Louis Armstrong Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
1938
2001
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald Porgy & Bess (album)
1958
2018
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five Savoy Blues
1927
2008
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra St. Louis Blues
1925
2009
Louis Armstrong Star Dust
1931
2008
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines Weather Bird
1928
1974
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five West End Blues
1928
1999
Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World
1967
2016
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue
1929
2017
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra When The Saints Go Marching In
1938
2011
Sidney Bechet Summertime
1939
2013
Ray Charles (see notes) Hit The Road Jack
1961
1999
Ray Charles (see notes) I've Got A Woman
1954
2011
Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie (album)
1975
2002
Van Cliburn Piano Concerto No. 1
1958
1999
The Coasters (see notes) Yakety Yak
1958
2004
Floyd Cramer Last Date
1960
1999
Jimmie Davis You Are My Sunshine
1940
2002
Fats Domino Ain't It A Shame
1955
1987
Fats Domino Blueberry Hill
1956
2016
Fats Domino The Fat Man
1949
2019
Fats Domino I'm Walkin'
1957
2011
Fats Domino Walking to New Orleans
1960
2021
Dr. John In The Right Place (album)
1973
2013
Joe Falcon (with Cléoma Breaux) Lafayette (Allons à Lafayette)
1928
1982
Benny Goodman (see notes) Sing, Sing, Sing
1937
2008
Slim Harpo I'm A King Bee
1957
2000
Johnny Hartman (with John Coltrane) Lush Life
1963
2013
Johnny Hartman (with John Coltrane) John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (album)
1963
1998
Mahalia Jackson Move On Up A Little Higher
1948
2010
Mahalia Jackson His Eye Is On The Sparrow
1958
2012
Mahalia Jackson Precious Lord, Take My Hand
1956
2024
Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra
as Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra
Ory's Creole Trombone
1922
1996
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Chimes Blues
1923
2010
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Dipper Mouth Blues
1923
1999
The Kingsmen (see notes) Louie Louie
1963
2003
LaBelle (see notes) Lady Marmalade
1975
2002
Lead Belly (aka Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly) Goodnight Irene
1936
2002
Lead Belly (aka Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly) Midnight Special
1940
1998
Lead Belly (aka Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly) Negro Sinful Songs (album)
1939
2016
Lead Belly (aka Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly) Rock Island Line
1942
1998
Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire
1957
1999
Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
1957
1999
Little Richard (see notes) Here's Little Richard (album)
1957
1999
Little Richard (see notes) Long Tall Sally
1956
2002
Little Richard (see notes) Lucille
1957
1998
Little Richard (see notes) Tutti-Frutti
1955
2008
Little Walter Juke
1952
1999
Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone to Love
1950
2021
Memphis Minnie (w/ Kansas Joe) When The Levee Breaks
1929
2011
The Meters Cissy Strut
1969
1980
Jelly Roll Morton The Saga of Mister Jelly Lord (album)
1949
2010
Jelly Roll Morton Kansas City Stomps
1928
2015
Aaron Neville Tell It Like It Is
1966
2006
Original Dixieland Jass Band Darktown Strutters' Ball
1917
1999
Louis Prima f/ Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses The Wildest! (album)
1956
1998
Professor Longhair & His Blues Scholars Tipitina
1953
2007
Jimmie Rodgers with Louis Armstrong Blue Yodel #9
1930
1993
Bessie Smith (with Louis Armstrong) St. Louis Blues
1929
2006
Bessie Smith (with Clarence Williams) Down Hearted Blues
1923
2021
Irma Thomas Time Is On My Side
1964
2026
Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (album)
1998
2000
Faron Young Hello Walls
1961
Notes: The Ray Charles single "Hit The Road Jack" was written by Percy Mayfield. - The Ray Charles single "I've Got A Woman" was co-written by Renald Richard. - The Coasters single "Yakety Yak" featured vocals by Shreveport native Will "Dub" Jones. - The Benny Goodman single "Sing, Sing, Sing" was written by Louis Prima. - The Kingsmen single "Louie Louie" was written by Richard Berry. - LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" was produced and arranged by Allen Toussaint. Personnel on the track included Toussaint, Art Neville, George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, Edward Levone 'Rev' Batts, Herman "Roscoe" Ernest, James "Budd" Ellison, Earl Turbinton, Alvin Thomas, Clyde Kerr Jr., Lester Caliste, Carl Blouin, and Clarence Ford. It was recorded at Sea-Saint Studios in New Orleans. - The Little Richard album "Here's Little Richard" was primarily recorded at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studios in New Orleans. Backing musicians included NOLA legends Earl Palmer, Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Renald Richard, Frank Fields, Lloyd Lambert, Justin Adams, Edgar Blanchard, and Huey "Piano" Smith. See "Here's Little Richard" Wikipedia Page. - The Little Richard single "Tutti Frutti" featured backing by Justin Adams, Frank Fields, Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler, and Earl Palmer. The song was co-written by Dorothy LaBostrie. It was recorded at J&M Studios in New Orleans. - The Little Richard single "Long Tall Sally" featured backing by Edgar Blanchard, Frank Fields, Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler, and Earl Palmer. It was recorded at J&M Studios in New Orleans. - The Little Richard single "Lucille" featured backing by Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Roy Montrell, Frank Fields, and Earl Palmer. It was recorded at J&M Studios in New Orleans. - See the complete list of Grammy Hall of Fame recordings at grammy.com. * The 2026 inducted recordings will be honored at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala on May 8 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

Louisiana Music at the Grammy Awards

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