Grammy Hall of Fame Awards

[GoodOldDreams]

Some months back I noted how the Carpenters' "Close to You" is listed as an "essential recording" as part of the webpage on Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss' 2006 induction into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame.

Now I have also discovered that special member committees for the Grammy Hall of Fame awards, established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance," have also inducted the Carpenters' recordings of "We've Only Just Begun" in 1998 and "(They Long to be) Close to You" in 2000 for this great honor. Check them out at:

www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame/#w

www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame/#t

[wisejester7]

I hope they add a few more. Top Of The World comes to mind.

[Rick Henry]

It's grea to see Carpenters represented so well in the Grammy Hall Of Fame.

I agree that a few more songs should be inducted. Primarily "Goodbye To Love" as the song has a great amount of historical significance for Tony Peluso's fuzz guitar solo - this song is often a topic of conversation on many web sites across the internet because of Peluso's guitar work. I also feel "Rainy Days And Mondays" has a place in the Grammy Hall Of Fame as it is also quite a famous song.