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Tuesday, March 14, 1972

The Beatles win the Grammy Trustee Award

Last updated on May 6, 2022

The Grammy Trustees Award is awarded by The Recording Academy to “individuals who, during their careers in music, technology, and so on have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording“.

On this day, The Beatles received the Trustee Award in light of their “outstanding talent, originality and musical creativity that have done so much to express the mood and tempo of our times to bridge the culture gap between several generations”.


On the same day, at the 14th Annual Grammy Awards, Paul McCartney won the Grammy Awards for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), for “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey“.


Going further

The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73

The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73

In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed by hundreds of interviews, extensive ground up research, and thousands of never-before-seen documents THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1 is an in depth, revealing exploration of McCartney’s creative and personal lives beyond the Beatles.

The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship.

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