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Were created in 1957 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Gramophone Awards--as originally named, the Grammys. The music industry launched its own awards thirty years after the Academy Awards were established. Grammy Awards are the Oscars of the music industry.

Most innovators never won any awards for years to come, country etc, randB, classical, jazz, although the committee consisted of representatives from pop. Since it was considered a fad, rock and roll was not included in the nominations, at that time. The Grammys were conservative.

The King wasn't even nominated, although Elvis Presley's records were half of the music sold that year. 1959, on May 4, the first Grammy Awards were presented for the year 1958.

Sinatra recorded the same song, however, during the later years. " Sinatra despised the new music even more, when Bobby Darin was granted the Record of The Year Award for 1959 for "Mack the Knife, and in the second year, since he did not appreciate Rock'n Roll, had a hand in this, the chairman of the board, it is said that Frank Sinatra.

" "Aquarius--Let the Sunshine in, winning two awards for the same song, the group 5th Dimension proved to be a godsend with their soft jazzy rock music, in 1969. The middle-of-the-road choices started to take hold, although with Woodstock and with the push for following along with the times, the end of the sixties still stayed conservative.

The traditionalist view lost its hold during the seventies when the Grammys relaxed the strict judging criteria and included the rock music artists like the Eagles and Stevie Wonder.

" "We made a pact with the devil, their German producer said afterwards. But lip-synched, it was later discovered that the two never sang any of their songs. Milli Vanilli were a twosome who had three singles at the number one spot. A slap in the face came to Grammys with their biggest scandal when the Best New Artist Award was given to Milli Vanilli.

New York and Los Angeles have competed for hosting the Grammys, for years. The Grammys were held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium for several years and then moved to the Staples Center because of the increase in the size of the audience and the categories. The Grammys were broadcast on television for the first time by ABC until CBS bought the rights of telecast in 1973.

D.C, and Washington, texas, san Francisco, philadelphia, pacific Northwest, new York, nashville, memphis, los Angeles, florida, chicago, the Grammys now boast 108 categories with more than 20 genres of music and chapters in Atlanta.

California, los Angeles, a milestone in the music awards business and will be held on a date to be yet announced at Staples Center, grammy Awards will celebrate its fiftieth year, in 2008. California with Dixie Chicks becoming the big winners, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the 49th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place on February 11.