![]() ![]() More: Miranda Lambert 'rediscovered' Elton John's music after going 'through some things' "As a piano player, I would try to emulate and play like Elton," Phillip Sweet added. "And no one plays like Elton but Elton." Jimi Westbrook called his catalog "the soundtrack to everyone's lives." "We were coming out of our skin singing with him at soundcheck," Kimberly Schlapman said backstage. "We’ve been starstruck for two days."Īll four members of the group heaped praise upon John, who will embark on a farewell tour later this year. CT Tuesday, April 10, on CBS. Little Big Town also joined John and the rest of the all-star lineup to sing "I'm Still Standing" with him. The show, which taped in January, airs at 8 p.m. That was the case when the country quartet performed "Rocket Man" in New York City for the televised tribute concert "Elton John: I'm Still Standing – A GRAMMY Salute." They've been together for 20 years, but the members of Little Big Town can still have a case of nerves when they take the stage - particularly when they're singing one of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's songs, and the two legendary songwriters are in the front row. Davey Johnstone was nominated for Elton John: I’m Still Standing – a Grammy Salute (2018), and Sheila E, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were nominated for Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince (2020).Watch Video: Little Big Town inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame Rickey Minor was nominated for music direction of two Grammy-branded specials – Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of The Bee Gees (2017) and Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul (2019). Greg Phillinganes won for Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All Star Grammy Salute (2015). Don Was won for The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (2014). The musical directors of several Grammy-branded specials have received Primetime Emmy nominations for outstanding music direction. AEG Ehrlich Ventures, headed by Ken Ehrlich, the former executive producer of the Grammy Awards telecast, oversaw past specials in this series. The Recording Academy, Joel Gallen’s Tenth Planet Productions, and CBS are behind A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys. The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. Three of the members are still living – Brian Wilson, 80 Love, 81 and Jardine, 80. The Beach Boys were formed in Hawthorne, Calif., in 1961. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 – Beach Boys Concert (four weeks in December 1964) and Endless Summer (one week in October 1974). Brian Wilson was not involved with the latter smash, which was featured in the Tom Cruise film Cocktail. ![]() 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 – “I Get Around” (two weeks in July 1964), “Help Me, Rhonda” (two weeks in May/June 1965), “Good Vibrations” (one week in December 1966) and “Kokomo” (one week in November 1988). He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007. Wilson was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000. The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 (with Elton John doing the honors). O’Leary’s Cow” (2004) and best historical album for The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) (2012). Since The Beach Boys’ heyday, Brian Wilson has received six more Grammy nominations, winning twice – best rock instrumental performance for “Mrs. Five Beach Boys recordings have been voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which functions as a second chance for the Grammys to reward worthy records they may have missed the first time around. Wilson was named MusiCares person of the year in 2005. The group received a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2001. Grammy voters have since decided they like it – and The Beach Boys in particular – very much. (During The Beach Boys’ 1960s heyday, Grammy voters were still trying to decide what they thought of contemporary pop/rock.) Even their masterwork “Good Vibrations” went 0-3 at the Grammys. ![]() Here’s something they probably won’t tell you on the “Grammy Salute” special: The Beach Boys never won a Grammy in competition, despite four nominations. ![]()
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