Dolly Parton & Jeannie C. Riley Recordings Picked For GRAMMY Hall Of Fame

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The Recording Academy has revealed the recordings being inducted this year into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame, and Dolly Parton and Jeannie C. Riley were both recognized.  Dolly's classic "Coat of Many Colors" was chosen for induction this year, as ws Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A."

The 25 songs and albums being inducted are all at least 25 years old and are chosen because they exhibit qualitative or historical significance.

Among the recordings getting in this year (click here for the complete list:

• “Bernstein: Mass—A Theatre Piece For Singers, Players And Dancers” (album)
• "Coat Of Many Colors" - Dolly Parton
• “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book - Ella Fitzgerald (album)
• “Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim” - Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (album)
• “Full Moon Fever “ - Tom Petty (album)
• "Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen
• "Harper Valley P.T.A" - Jeannie C. Riley
• "I’m Walkin’" - Fats Domino
• “Jackson Browne” - Jackson Browne (album)
• "Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee (Decca, 1958)
• "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" - Edward Meeker With The Edison Orchestra (Edison, 1908)
• "To Be Young, Gifted And Black" - Nina Simone
• “Walk This Way” – Aerosmith (Columbia, 1975)
• "Wild Thing" - The Troggs (Fontana/Atco, 1966)
• "La Bamba" - El Jarocho (Victor, 1939)

 Source: GRAMMY