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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

May 4th

On this day - May 4th 1959 - The first Annual Grammy Award 

The Grammy awards is a music award ceremony held in the US. The first of the annual Grammy award was held in 1959 in two separate ceremonies held at the same time. One was hosted in New York while the other was held in Beverly Hills, California. Record, album and song of the year went to Domenico Modugno. Best Country song went to The Kingston Trio for the still well-known song "Tom Dooley".Best Jazz performance went to Ella Fitzgerald (individual) and Count Basie (Group). Best Album cover went to Frank Sinatra! The Grammy awards was not televised before the second award show in November the same year.


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