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This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance*, to the field of recording. (*Through 1983, recipients included performers.)

 

 
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Chris Albertson
Awarded: 1971
Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Awarded: 1997
Harold Arlen
Awarded: 1987
George Avakian
Awarded: 2009
Clarence Avant
Awarded: 2008
Estelle Axton
Awarded: 2007
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Awarded: 1997
Béla Bartok
Awarded: 1984
Count Basie
Awarded: 1981
The Beatles
Awarded: 1972
Emile Berliner
Awarded: 1987
Chris Blackwell
Awarded: 2006
Owen Bradley
Awarded: 2006
Hoagy Carmichael
Awarded: 2005
Elliott Carter
Awarded: 2009
Dick Clark
Awarded: 1990
Aaron Copland
Awarded: 1981
Don Cornelius
Awarded: 2005
Pierre Cossette
Awarded: 1995
John Culshaw
(see Solti)
Awarded: 1967
Hal David
(see Bacharach)
Awarded: 1997
Clive Davis
Awarded: 2000
Walt Disney
Awarded: 1989
Thomas A. Dorsey
Awarded: 1992
Tom Dowd
Awarded: 2002
Lamont Dozier
(see Holland/Dozier/Holland)
Awarded: 1998
Thomas A. Edison
Awarded: 1977
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Awarded: 1968
Ahmet Ertegun
Awarded: 1993
Nesuhi Ertegun
Awarded: 1995
Christine M. Farnon
Awarded: 1992
Alan Freed
Awarded: 2002
Milt Gabler
Awarded: 1991
Kenneth Gamble And Leon Huff
Awarded: 1999
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
Awarded: 1986
Ira Gershwin
(see George Gershwin)
Awarded: 1986
Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Awarded: 2004
Berry Gordy
Awarded: 1991
Norman Granz
Awarded: 1994
Oscar Hammerstein II
Awarded: 1992
John Hammond
NOTE: This is different person from John Hammond the blues artist.
Awarded: 1971
W.C. Handy
Awarded: 1993
Lorenz Hart
Awarded: 1992
Larry Hiller
Awarded: 1971
Holland/Dozier/Holland
(Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland)
Awarded: 1998
Jac Holzman
Awarded: 2008
Leon Huff
(see Gamble And Huff)
Awarded: 1999
Eldridge R. Johnson
Awarded: 1985
Quincy Jones
Awarded: 1989
Orrin Keepnews
Awarded: 2004
Jerome Kern
Awarded: 1987
Carole King
(see Goffin)
Awarded: 2004
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Awarded: 1999
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Awarded: 1999
Goddard Lieberson
Awarded: 1979
Alfred Lion
Awarded: 2005
Frederick Loewe
(see Lerner & Loewe)
Awarded: 1999
Alan Lomax
Awarded: 2003
Arif Mardin
Awarded: 2001
George Martin
Awarded: 1996
Cosimo Matassa
Awarded: 2007
Marian McPartland
Awarded: 2004
Johnny Mercer
Awarded: 1987
Willie Mitchell
Awarded: 2008
Robert Moog
Awarded: 1970
Jerry Moss
(see Alpert)
Awarded: 1997
New York Philharmonic
Awarded: 2003
Les Paul
Awarded: 1983
Krzysztof Penderecki
Awarded: 1968
Sam Phillips
Awarded: 1991
Cole Porter
Awarded: 1989
Frances Preston
Awarded: 1998
Phil Ramone
Awarded: 2001
Richard Rodgers
Awarded: 1998
Al Schmitt
Awarded: 2006
George T. Simon
Awarded: 1993
Frank Sinatra
Awarded: 1979
Georg Solti & John Culshaw
Awarded: 1967
Stephen Sondheim
Awarded: 2007
Phil Spector
Awarded: 2000
Leopold Stokowski
Awarded: 1977
Mike Stoller
(see Leiber & Stoller)
Awarded: 1999
Billy Strayhorn
(see Ellington)
Awarded: 1968
Dr. Billy Taylor
Awarded: 2005
Allen Toussaint
Awarded: 2009
Paul Weston
Awarded: 1971
Jerry Wexler
Awarded: 1996
 

 
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