Alice & Dick Wagner on Ballot For TWO Grammy's

[alan1958]

Just received this ......

Hi my friends,

I was notified today that my business partner, Dick Wagner, and Alice Cooper have been placed on the Official Ballot for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards by The Recording Academy in two categories. Their song is SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY (Cooper-Wagner). It's an honor to be placed on the ballot,

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The categories: The Recording Academy has placed Dick Wagner and Alice Cooper on the Official Ballot for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in the following categories:

Category 12 - Best Rock Performance
Alice Cooper - Something to Remember Me By
Ballot Entry # 050

Category 14 - Best Rock Song
Alice Cooper - Something to Remember Me By
Songwriters: Dick Wagner and Alice Cooper
Ballot Entry # 190

To listen:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/somet ... =457015110

My sincere thanks,


SUSAN MICHELSON
DICK WAGNER

[RemarkablyInsincere]

By posting this, didn't you do exactly what they requested you not do?

[alan1958]

By posting this, didn't you do exactly what they requested you not do?

I was unaware that this forum was wall to wall with Grammy Voting Members

[RemarkablyInsincere]

I was unaware that this forum was wall to wall with Grammy Voting Members

That's not the point, I don't think it's meant for public consumption.

I think the better choice if you wanted to relay the information would have been to simply mention that the song is up for nomination rather than post the entire letter when they expressly ask you not to.

But that's just me...

[Si]

I've edited the original post to just relay the basic info. Don`t want to cause Dick any problems.

[scotty]

this is exciting,but a head scratcher...the song probably has had no airplay and has not been performed live,but it's up for a grammy! hey,we'll take it right gang??

[SickThings]

Hundreds of songs most people haven't heard get nominated in the initial Grammy-nomination rounds....

Hunter

[dadascot]

This is superb news but I agree that it is a strange choice. Does anyone know how the Grammy's work? Is it an independant panel? People in the industry etc.

[scotty]

in a "rock" caegory no less! (ballad????)

[Devon]

Don`t want to cause Dick any problems.

I'm sorry, but...

[A_MichaelUK]

>Does anyone know how the Grammy's work?

The information at
http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy ... ng-process answers that question.

[ThePainAddict]

For me the Grammy rank alongside the R&RHoF and Rolling Stone magazine in terms of recognizing deserving musicians. Always way too late and then recognizing some of their less deserving work. If you look at Alice (and Dick to some degree) body of work there were so many more worthy choices. However, look at when Alice was nominated last time, again not his elite work.

[steven_crayn]

For me the Grammy rank alongside the R&RHoF and Rolling Stone magazine in terms of recognizing deserving musicians. Always way too late and then recognizing some of their less deserving work. If you look at Alice (and Dick to some degree) body of work there were so many more worthy choices. However, look at when Alice was nominated last time, again not his elite work.

Rubbish, I realise for some on here if it isn't heavy rock it don't count, but consider these previous winners everyone deserved

1967 Album Of The Year Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles

1971 Record Of The Year It's Too Late Carole King

1971 Best Instrumental Arrangement Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes

1972 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Without You Harry Nilsson

1972 Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Me And Mrs. Jones Billy Paul

1972 Best R&B Vocal Performance By Group Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Temptations

1972 Best Rhythm & Blues Song Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield, songwriters.

1973 Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Superstition Stevie Wonder

1974 Best Rhythm & Blues Song Living For The City Stevie Wonder

1974 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group Band On The Run Paul McCartney And Wings

1976 Album Of The Year Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder

1977 Record Of The Year Hotel California Eagles

1979 Record Of The Year What A Fool Believes Doobie Brothers

music went rapidly downhill after the 1970s

[dadascot]

>Does anyone know how the Grammy's work?

The information at
http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy ... ng-process answers that question.

Cheers Andy.

[unfinished sweet]

"And the winner is, Jethro Tull"? Bunch of crap all these awards.

[ThePainAddict]

steven

A decent list. But isn't hard to find evidence to the contrary. Milli Vanilli and of course, the classic example would be Eleanor Rigby & Good Vibrations lose to Winchester Cathedral.
They tend to recognize many artists past their prime because they failed to recognize them when they should have (hence the Jethro Tull, Aerosmith, etc.).
Anyone can view all of the winners and nominees for themselves and come to their own conclusions. I stand by mine.