1959 First Grammy Awards Show Was Bi-Coastal & Had a Controversial Host!

The first Grammy Awards show had events simultaneously in New York and Beverly Hills. The May 4th, 1959 events were not televised.  The New York City venue was at the  Park Sheraton Hotel, while the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills hosted the west coast event.  The host was Mort Sahl, a Canadian who is credited with originating or at least the first to have success in a career using political satire as his trademark.  It was 1971 when ABC   secured the rights to the first live television broadcast. 

While the award, as well as the domain name, is referred to as a "Grammy", a nod to "gramophone"; the organization behind the show and award distribution is "The Recording Academy". There are twelve-chapter cities across the country for the 10,000 members. 

"The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, and all music professionals.....Music is the original melting pot - a unifying blend of creeds and cultures. It makes us dance, helps us celebrate, and reminds us that at our heart, we’re all the same.

The isolation and recognition of Latin Musicians began in 1979.  The Latin Recording Academy had 4000 members, representing 37 countries, in February of 2022.  The awards this year are based on  recordings released during June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. While a timeline of qualifications and voting are confirmed this year the venue and date of the Latin Grammy Awards have not been determined.   About LARAS | LatinGRAMMY.com

The Grammy award is made by Billings Artwork of Colorado and over time they have developed and trademarked a special zinc alloy for the award component "Grammium".  A step-by step process of the making of the Grammy award is on their website, along with an invitation to replicate it.  The company also makes the Annie and John R. Wooden awards. 

 Streaming music has become the dominant means to obtain, listen to music; rivaling the popularity in the 1970's of vinyl records.  However, the vinyl record market is resurging in popularity, perhaps never being to take back its 50+year reign but certainly not as neglected as it was during the transition from eight-track to cassette's to cd's. 

The popularity and importance of music in every form presented has the attention of the US Census department.  Those details are visible here: In Time for the Grammy Awards, Statistics on the Recording Industry (census.gov)

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