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Grammy tidbits...
- The first Grammy Awards were presented on May 4th, 1959. There were only 22 awards; now there are over 100.
- Sir Georg Solti holds the record for most Grammys won with 31.
- Alison Krauss holds the record for most Grammys among female artists with 27.
- U2 has the most Grammy Arards for a group with 22.
- In 1989, Milli Vanilli became the first artists to be stripped of their Grammy (for Best New Artist) when it was discovered they weren’t the ones singing on their album.
- Elvis Presley never won a Grammy in a top performing category; he did win in the Gospel music category in 1971.
- Bob Marley, Diana Ross, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, and the Grateful Dead have never won Grammy's.
- In the history of the Grammys, only two comedians have won a major performance award: Bob Newhart, for best new artist in 1961, and Vaughn Meader, album of the year in 1963.
