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Doris Day is shown in Los Angeles, Calif., in this photo.
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Burt Bacharach is shown at Lacco Ameno di Ischia, near Naples, Italy, in this photo.
Burt Bacharach, Doris Day to get lifetime Grammy Awards
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published Thursday December 20th, 2007
NEW YORK - Burt Bacharach, Doris Day and Earl Scruggs will receive 2008 Grammy Awards for lifetime achievement.
Also on the list are Cab Calloway, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach and The Band, the Canadian-American rock group that backed Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan, before becoming stars on their own, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.
The award honours "lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium."
The awards will be presented Feb. 9, one day before the Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which will air live on CBS.
"This year's recipients are a prestigious group of diverse and influential creators who have crafted or contributed to some of the most distinctive recordings in music history," Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, said in a statement.
"These profoundly inspiring figures are being honoured as legendary performers, creative architects and technical visionaries," he said. "Their outstanding accomplishments and passion for their craft have created a timeless legacy."
Recipients of the lifetime achievement award are determined by a vote of The Recording Academy's National Board of Trustees.