The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording" [1]. This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers.

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

The following individuals have received Lifetime Achievement Awards, listed by year.

Year	Recipient
1962	Bing Crosby
1965	Frank Sinatra
1966	Duke Ellington
1967	Ella Fitzgerald
1968	Irving Berlin
1971	Elvis Presley
1972	Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson
1984	Chuck Berry, Charlie Parker
1985	Leonard Bernstein
1986	Benny Goodman, Rolling Stones, Andrés Segovia
1987	Roy Acuff, Benny Carter, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, B. B. King, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Hank Williams Sr.
1989	Fred Astaire, Pablo Casals, Dizzy Gillespie, Jascha Heifetz, Lena Horne. Leontyne Price, Bessie Smith, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan
1990	Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul McCartney
1991	Marian Anderson, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Kitty Wells
1992	James Brown, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters
1993	Chet Atkins, Little Richard, Thelonius Monk, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, Fats Waller
1994	Bill Evans, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Rubinstein
1995	Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee, Henry Mancini, Curtis Mayfield, Barbra Streisand
1996	Dave Brubeck, Marvin Gaye, Georg Solti, Stevie Wonder
1997	Bobby "Blue" Bland, Everly Brothers, Judy Garland, Stephane Grappelli, Buddy Holly, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Frank Zappa
1998	Bo Diddley, Mills Brothers, Roy Orbison, Paul Robeson
1999	Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Mel Tormé
2000	Harry Belafonte, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Mitch Miller, Willie Nelson
2001	Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Marley, The Who
2002	Count Basie, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Al Green, Joni Mitchell
2003	Etta James, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller, Tito Puente, Simon and Garfunkel
2004	Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Staples Singers

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