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Beach Boys, Bob Marley Join Grammy Hall of Fame

Sara Harowitz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:45:16 +0000

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Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, James Brown and the Doors are among the songs that have been named as the 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame, reports rollingstone.com.

Twenty-five recordings from various genres will be added to the Hall, which currently includes 851 songs altogether. Songs are eligible 25 years after their release and the picks are all approved by Recording Academy Trustees. The Beach Boys’ “California Girls,” The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm,” and Janis Joplin’s final album Pearl are among the recordings added to the collection.

“This year’s Grammy Hall of Fame inductees highlight a diverse array of masterpiece recordings that have had a profound impact on our musical history,” said a statement by Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow. “The selections are timeless staples that span six decades and represent a wide range of genres from comedy to rock, reggae, jazz and R&B. They all greatly deserve to be memorialized.”

The complete list of the recordings entering the Grammy hall of Fame according to rollingstone.com are:

Dooley Wilson – “As Time Goes By”
Weather Report – “Birdland”
The Beach Boys – “California Girls”
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire
George Carlin – Class Clown
Billie Holiday – “Crazy He Calls Me”
King Oliver & His Jazz Band – “Dipper Mouth Blues”
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)”
Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie – Ella and Basie!
Jose Feliciano – “Feliz Navidad”
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly – “For Me and My Gal”
Mahalia Jackson – “His Eye on the Sparrow”
Muddy Waters – “I Feel Like Going Home”
James Brown – “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World”
Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
Jelly Roll Morton – “Kansas City Stomps”
Louis Armstrong – “Lazy River”
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars – Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – “Mr. Bojangles”
Janis Joplin – Pearl
The Doors – “Riders on the Storm”
The Isley Brothers – “Twist and Shout”

Bob Marley Documentary Has New Director

andPOP Staff — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:28:11 +0000

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Martin Scorsese is stepping aside as the director of an upcoming documentary about legendary reggae artist, Bob Marley.

Jonathan Demme who directed the Academy Award winning “The Silence of the Lambs” has signed on to direct the documentary.

Marley’s son, Ziggy is an executive producer on the project.

The documentary is set to be released on February 6th, 2010; to coincide with, what would have been Marley’s 60th birthday.

Marley died from cancer in 1981.

Battle Over Bob Marley Biopic

andPOP Staff — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:35:14 +0000

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There are two Bob Marley biopics in the works but the late reggae star’s family is only showing love to one of the highly anticipated films.

Marley’s heirs are holding out on licensing the music for a Weinstein Company-backed movie about the reggae icon’s life that will be executive-produced by his widow, Rita Marley.

The family is allegedly not releasing the rights because their company, Tuff Gong Pictures is already rallying behind a documentary project by Martin Scorsese.

The Marleys agreed to license the musician’s entire song catalog for Scorcese’s documentary and is worried Weinstein’s biopic will conflict with the film to be released in February 2010.

“Martin Scorsese doesn’t want to go out with a competing project, and [producer] Steven Bing has made deals with companies [that are now compromised],” Blue Mountain Music head Chris Blackwell told the Hollywood Reporter, according to E! News. “The Weinstein project has put the documentary into jeopardy.”

Reggae star and Marley’s son, Ziggy is also an executive producer on the Scorsese picture. Ziggy said he and his family only hope to protect their father’s legacy.

“All our efforts and support are currently directed toward the documentary,” Ziggy said. “We believe that this project is the best way to represent our father’s life from his perspective, and any other film project pertaining to our father will be empty without his music to support it.”

Despite the apparent lack of support, the Weinstein Company is remaining optimistic.

“We have great respect for the Marley family and Chris Blackwell and are in discussions to look at ways to mutually benefit both projects,” a spokesman for the company said.

Lauryn Hill Pregnant With Fifth Child

andPOP Staff — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:13:26 +0000

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R&B artist Lauryn Hill is expecting her fifth child.

The father is her on-again, off-again (currently off-again) boyfriend Rohan Marley. This will be Marley’s eighth child.

The couple are supposedly broken up, as Hill is living in LA and Marley is in Ethiopia.

32-year-old Hill, a former member of The Fugees, has been making headlines lately for her nasty attitude and feud with her old band members – one of whom, Pras, has called her “bi-polar.”

At a concert in July, Hill demanded that none of her security guards walk by her, look at her or speak to her without being spoken to first. Allegedly, one guard broke this last rule and Hill flipped, throwing water bottles at him.