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Several Oklahomans Land Grammy Nominations

By Ryan on Monday, December 9th, 2013

Nominees for The 56th Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday night by The Recording Academy during a live nomination concert.

Ada’s Blake Shelton earned his fifth and sixth nomination:

Best Country Album - Based On A True Story

Best Country Solo Performance - “Mine Would Be You”

“Mine Would Be You” also earned songwriters Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan a nomination for Best Country Song.

Four-time Grammy winner and Oklahoma resident Miranda Lambert earned one nomination:

Best Country Solo Performance - “Mama’s Broken Heart”

“Mama’s Broken Heart” also earned songwriters Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves a nomination for Best Country Song.

20-time Grammy winner Vince Gill and Kelly Clarkson earned one nomination:

Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Don’t Rush”

Gap Band founder and six-time Grammy nominee Charlie Wilson earned one nomination:

Best Gospel Song - “If I Believe”

Three-time Grammy winner Kings of Leon, which includes Oklahoma-born members Matthew and Nathan Followill, earned one nomination:

Best Rock Album - Mechanical Bull

A remix of OneRepublic’s song “If I Lose Myself” (co-written by Tulsa native and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder) earned Alesso one nomination:

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - “If I Lose Myself”

The box set The Smith Tapes, which features interviews with Leon Russell, Tom Paxton and Carl Radle, earned a nomination:

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package - The Smith Tapes

For a complete list of nominations, click here.

The 56th GRAMMY Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 26, 2013 and will air live on CBS.

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Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Inducts 2013 Class Tonight

By Ryan on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inducts their 2013 class tonight at the Mabee Center in Tulsa.

The inductees include Elk City songwriter, arranger and composer Jimmy Webb, Oklahoma City guitarist and comedy writer Mason Williams, Muskogee opera singer Barbara McAlister, Oklahoma City Christian singer Sandi Patty, Wellston country singer Norma Jean Beasler, Tulsa venue Mabee Center, Beggs music pioneer Bob Dunn, Midwest City guitarist Neal Schon, Muskogee band and “The Voice” finalists The Swon Brothers and Oklahoma City and Muskogee portrait artist Roger Davis.

Thompson Square was honored with the Rising Star Award in 2012, but never officially inducted in a ceremony.

Ticket information for tonight’s induction ceremony can be found here.

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Charlie Wilson Honored With BET Lifetime Achievement Award

By Ryan on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

Tulsa’s Charlie Wilson was given the BET Lifetime Achievement Award Sunday night.

The night included performances by Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Snoop Lion, Pharrell Williams, India.Aire & Jamie Foxx.

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Okie Grammy Winner: Carrie Underwood

By Ryan on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

Fifteen Oklahomans were nominated in eighteen categories, but only one act came away a winner at The 55th Grammy Awards last night.

Checotah’s Carrie Underwood won her sixth Grammy:

Best Country Solo Performance - “Blown Away”

Her performance of “Blown Away” also earned songwriters Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins a Grammy win for Best Country Song.

The following Oklahomans helped earn Grammys for others:

The Woody Guthrie box set Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection earned art director Fritz Klaetke a Grammy:

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

The box set was also nominated for Best Historical Album.

Thirteen of Guthrie’s children’s songs were covered by Elizabeth Mitchell on her album Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie, a nominee for Best Children’s Album.

Kelly Clarkson’s album Stronger, which featured three Oklahomans on the song “Mr. Know It All” – Muskogee and Tulsa native Ester Dean (co-writer and co-producer), Edmond native and ACM@UCO alumnus Dante Jones (co-writer, additional producer), and Cordell and Oklahoma City native Brett James (co-writer), won a Grammy:

Best Pop Vocal Album - Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger

Jones also co-wrote and co-produced “Stuck on Stupid” on Chris Brown’s album, Fortune, which was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album.

Claremore’s Patti Page was honored posthumously with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, alongside Carole King, Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Ravi Shankar and the Temptations.

Kelly Clarkson later paid tribute to Page, singing her 1950 hit “Tennessee Waltz” on the televised broadcast.

After the jump, view the Oklahomans that were nominated, but did not win:

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Several Oklahomans Land Grammy Nominations

By Ryan on Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Nominees for The 55th Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday night by The Recording Academy during a live nomination concert.

The Woody Guthrie box set Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection earned two nominations:

Best Historical Album - Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

Thirteen of Guthrie’s children’s songs were covered by Elizabeth Mitchell on her album Little Seed: Songs For Children By Woody Guthrie for Best Children’s Album.

20-time Grammy winner Vince Gill and the western swing band The Time Jumpers earned two nominations:

Best Country Album - The Time Jumpers

Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “On The Outskirts Of Town”

Gill co-wrote “On The Outskirts Of Town” and four other songs on The Time Jumpers.

Tulsa native Ronnie Dunn earned two nominations:

Best Country Solo Performance - “Cost Of Livin'”

Best Country Song - “Cost of Livin'” (co-written by Phillip Coleman)

Five-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood earned one nomination:

Best Country Solo Performance - “Blown Away”

Her performance of “Blown Away” also earned songwriters Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins a nomination for Best Country Song.

Ada’s Blake Shelton earned his fourth nomination:

Best Country Solo Performance - “Over”

Four-time Grammy winner and Oklahoma resident Miranda Lambert earned one nomination:

Best Country Album - Four The Record

Bearden’s John Fullbright earned one nomination:

Best Americana Album - From The Ground Up

Elk City & Edmond native Kelli O’Hara earned one nomination as a principal soloist:

Best Musical Theater Album - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Edmond native and ACM@UCO alumnus Dante Jones helped earn nominations for Kelly Clarkson and Chris Brown:

Best Pop Vocal Album - Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger

Best Urban Contemporary Album - Chris Brown’s Fortune

Jones co-wrote and co-produced “Stuck on Stupid” on Brown’s album and co-wrote and additionally produced “Mr. Know It All” on Clarkson’s album (which also featured Cordell and Oklahoma City native Brett James as a co-writer and Muskogee and Tulsa native Ester Dean as a co-writer and co-producer).

Jamey Johnson’s album Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran, which features Vince Gill, Ronnie Dunn & Leon Russell, earned a nomination:

Best Country Album - Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran

The compilation album This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark, which features Vince Gill, Kevin Welch and Ray Wylie Hubbard, earned a nomination:

Best Folk Album - This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark

David Byrne & St. Vincent helped earn Love This Giant art director Noah Wall one nomination:

Best Recording Package - Love This Giant

UPDATE: It’s also been announced that Patti Page will receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s show. Carole King, Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Ravi Shankar and the Temptations will also receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.

For a complete list of nominations, click here.

The 55th GRAMMY Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013 and will air live on CBS.