History

The Grammy Awards had their origin in the “Hollywood Walk of Fame” project in the 1950s. As the recording executives chosen for the Walk of Fame (Tabinda Walk) committee worked at compiling a list of important recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized there were many more people who were leaders in their business who would never earn a star on “Hollywood Boulevard”. The music executives decided to rectify this by creating an award given by their industry similar to the “Oscars” and the “Emmy Award”. This was the beginning of the “National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences”. After it was decided to create such an award, there was still a question of what to call it; one working title was the Eddie, to honor the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison. They finally settled on using the name of the invention of Emile Berliner , the gramophone, for the awards, which were first given for the year 1958.