Terry Britten - 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame

[donna plasky]

For anyone who shares my admiration of Terry Britten, I have posted below a copy of the Grammy's press release which seems to indicate that Terry's song "What's Love Got To Do With It" is being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame next month. Terry co-wrote that song for Tina Turner.

I also found short video clips of Terry accepting his two Grammys in 1984, along side of (co-writer) Graham Lyle and Tina Turner.

Best wishes,
Donna

http://www.grammy.com/videos/27th-annual-grammy-awards-record-of-the-year

http://www.grammy.com/videos/27th-annual-grammy-awards-song-of-the-year

THE RECORDING ACADEMY® ANNOUNCES 2012 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME® INDUCTEES

Diverse Selection of 25 Recordings Added to Collection Residing at the GRAMMY Museum®
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2011) — Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings,The Recording Academy® announces the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® collection. Highlighting diversity and musical excellence, the collection acknowledges both singles and album recordings of all genres at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance. Through a tradition established nearly 40 years ago, recordings are reviewed annually by a special member committee comprising of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts, with final approval by The Recording Academy's National Board of Trustees. With 25 new titles, the list currently totals 906 and is displayed at the GRAMMY Museum®.

"The Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating a wide variety of great music and sound through the decades," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "We are especially honored to welcome this year's selection of some of the most influential recordings of the last century. Marked by both cultural and historical significance, these works truly have influenced and inspired audiences for generations, and we are thrilled to induct them into our growing catalog of outstanding recordings."
Representing a great variety of tracks and albums, the 2012 GRAMMY Hall of Fame inductees range from Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. album to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech from his historic 1963 address at the March on Washington. Also on the highly regarded list are Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," the Rolling Stones' album Exile On Main St., Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's single "The Message," Bill Cosby's comedy album I Started Out As A Child,the Original Broadway Cast recording of "St. Louis Woman," and Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It." Others inductees include the entire Anthology Of American Folk Music,Gene Autry, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Doris Day, the Serge Koussevitzky-conducted Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Panchos, Santana, and Paul Simon, among others.

For more information about the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame or the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (to be broadcast live on Feb. 12, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network), please visit http://www.grammy.com. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: http://www.twitter.com/thegrammys, and http://www.facebook.com/thegrammys.

[Bill Bowley]

Donna,

He (Terry)has come a long way since his first TV appearance! Always enjoyed his music.

[cockroach]

Sorry to be picky Bill, but the Twilights appeared on local TV in South Australia well before that one- miming to their first single in 1965 (I'll be where you are b/w Wanted to sell)

I saw them play live locally a number of times back in those days.....good memories!

[Bill Bowley]

'Roach,

I will of course bow to your 'local knowledge' on that, after all you 'grew up' in the same area musically with the likes of Britten, Tarney, Spencer et al!

[cockroach]

Thanks Bill!

Funnily enough, I remember that when the Twilights released 'Baby Let Me Take You Home', the opinion amongst the local band scene guys was one of shock and horror that the usually superbly tasteful much admired local hero player Terry Britten was making a lot of crass tacky trendy gimmicky fuzz noise as an excuse for a good guitar solo on that track....picky little buggers eh?!