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Grammy Awards/50th Grammy Awards
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| 50th Grammy Awards | |
| Airdate | February 10, 2008 |
| Duration | 3 and 1/2 hours (projected)
3 hours and 39 minutes (actual) |
| Network | CBS |
| Host(s) | No Overall Host |
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| Grammy Awards | |
- This article is only about the awards show, the nominees and winners are beyond the scope of the wiki. Please see Wikipedia for that information.
The 50th Grammy Awards aired on February 10, 2008. Like the previous year's ceremony, the awards show was not given a general host. Instead, that time is filled with musical performances rather than digressions by a host. The show was presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Although the awards show is being broadcast during the Writers Guild strike, the Writers Guild of America agreed to sign a waiver, allowing the show to go on as normal. The reason why the guild chose to waive the Grammys and not the Golden Globe Awards is likely because the Grammys require little writing due to the no-host format and because it isn't as entrenched in Hollywood.
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Presenters
- Alicia Keys - Introduced Carrie Underwood
- Prince - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Tom Hanks - Lifetime Achievement Award: The Band
- Tom Hanks - Introduced a tribute to The Beatles
- Cyndi Lauper & Miley Cyrus - Best New Artist
- Jason Bateman - Introduced the "Peoples' Grammys" and the "My Grammy Moment" contest
- Fergie & John Legend - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
- Cher - Introduced Beyoncé Knowles
- Nelly Furtado, Roselyn Sanchez & Andy Williams - Lifetime Achievement Award: Burt Bacharach
- Nelly Furtado, Roselyn Sanchez & Andy Williams - Song of the Year
- Jason Bateman - Introduced My Grammy Moment winner Ann Marie Calhoun and Foo Fighters
- George Lopez - Introduced Brad Paisley
- Chris Brown, Solange, Akon - Best Rap Album
- Ludacris - Lifetime Achievement Award: Cab Calloway
- Ludacris - Introduced Aretha Franklin
- Carol King & Dirks Bentley - Lifetime Achievement Award: Earl Scruggs
- Carol King & Dirks Bentley - Introduced Feist
- Kid Rock - Best Rock Album
- Stevie Wonder - Lifetime Achievement Award: Barry Gordy
- Stevie Wonder - Introduced Alicia Keys
- Ringo Starr & Dave Stewart - Best Country Album
- Joe Montagna - Lifetime Achievement Award: Isaak Perlman & Max Roach
- Joe Montagna - Introduced Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock
- Juanes & Taylor Swift - Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Introduced Amy Winehouse
- Natalie Cole & Tony Bennett - Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day
- Natalie Cole & Tony Bennett - Record of the Year
- Neil Portnow - President of the Recording Academy's Address, introduced Eldar
- Bette Midler - Introduced Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis & John Fogerty
- Usher & Quincy Jones - Album of the Year
Musical Performances
- Alicia Keys and Frank Sinatra (archive footage) - Learnin' the Blues
- Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
- Morris Day and the Time & Rihanna - (Medley) Jungle Love; Umbrella; Don't Stop the Music
- Cirque du Soleil - A Day in the Life
- Carol Woods & Timothy T. Mitchum - Let It Be
- Kanye West & Daft Punk - (Medley) Stronger; Hey Mama
- Fergie & John Legend - Finally
- Beyonce & Tina Turner - (Medley) What's Love Got To Do With It; Better Be Good to Me; Proud Mary
- Foo Fighters, Ann Marie Calhoun & My Grammy Moment Orchestra - The Pretender
- Brad Paisley - Ticks
- Aretha Franklin, The Madison Bumblebees, The Clark Sisters & Israel and New Breed - (Medley) Never Gonna Break My Faith; You Brought The Sunshine; With Long Life; Old Landmark
- Feist - 1234
- Keely Smith, Dave Koz & Kid Rock - That Old Black Magic
- Alicia Keys & John Mayer - No One (I Just Want You Close)
- Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Rhapsody in Blue
- Amy Winehouse - (Medley) You Know I'm No Good; Rehab
- Eldar - Jazz Piano Composition
- Andrea Bocelli & Josh Grobin - The Prayer
- Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis & John Fogerty - (Medley) Comin' Down The Road; Great Balls of Fire; Good Golly, Miss Molly
- will.i.am - Grammy Awards 50th Anniversary freestyle rap
In Memoriam
In order of presentation.
- Brad Delp
- Boots Randolph
- James B. Davis
- Max Roach
- Robert Goulet
- Lee Hazlewood
- Pimp C
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- Joe Zawinul
- Joel Dorn
- Ray Evans
- Lucky Dube
- Al Viola
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Joel Brodsky
- Hilly Kristal
- Diane Ogden-Halder
- Joe Hunter
- Don Ho
- Dan Fogelberg
- Porter Wagoner
- Beverly Sills
- Teresa Brewer
- Hy Weiss
- Tom Noonan
- Bobby Byrd
- Tommy Makem
- John Stewart
- Arthur Shimkin
- Carlos Patato Valdez
- Clyde Otis
- Luther Ingram
- Hank Thompson
- Ike Turner
- Oscar Peterson
- Luciano Pavarotti
Trivia
- This was the 50th anniversary of the Grammy Awards and the broadcast was opened by a presentation made by Frank Sinatra explaining what exactly a Grammy is and why it's important. Sinatra also sang "Learnin' the Blues" by Louie Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald for the broadcast, which was turned into a virtual duet with Alicia Keys.
- The "My Grammy Moment" orchestra, who accompanied the Foo Fighters playing "The Pretender," was conducted by John Paul Jones. Jones is most well known as the bass player for Led Zeppelin.
- The second song performed by Kanye West was "Hey Mama," a song sung in tribute to his mother, Dr. Donda West. Donda West died due to complications from cosmetic surgery on November 10, 2007. As a result, radio stations began playing the song in respect for her and it became a staple of West's set during his subsequent tour.
