The Recording Academy™ honored its 2019 Special Merit Awards recipients with “GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends®,” an awards ceremony and live tribute concert that took place on May 11, 2019 that will premiere on Great Performances on PBS.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave, and Dionne Warwick. Lou Adler, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and Johnny Mandel are Trustees Award honorees; and Saul Walker is the Technical GRAMMY® Award recipient. Also being honored is Jeffery Redding, this year’s recipient of the Music Educator Award™.
The star-studded event will include appearances by:
Black Sabbath
Parliament-Funkadelic
George Clinton
Dionne Warwick
Sam Moore
Lou Adler
Valerie Simpson
Johnny Mandel
Garth Brooks
William “Bootsy” Collins
Snoop Dogg
Sheila E
Johnny Mathis
Patti Austin
Cheech & Chong
Rival Sons
Gregory Porter
Lalah Hathaway
Kenya Hathaway
Jessie Mueller
Fernando Varela
