The loss of life of Robbie Robertson on Wednesday (Aug. 9) has put a highlight on The Band, the ground-breaking group by which he teamed with Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel.

The Band was inducted into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1989 and acquired a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 1989. These are the important thing lifetime profession honors offered to artists on the Juno Awards and the Grammys, respectively.

The Band is one in every of simply 5 acts – and the one group – to obtain each of those honors. The Band and two of the opposite 4 acts have additionally been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, which we’ll embody right here, although our focus is on the profession honors linked to the Junos and the Grammys.

The Grammys have a backlog of worthy artists to obtain lifetime achievement awards and likewise trustees awards, that are offered to individuals whose most important contributions are behind-the-scenes. Neil Younger, who was inducted into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1982, nonetheless hasn’t acquired a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy. (Memo to the Academy: What are you ready for?) Neither have such different Canadian Music Corridor of Fame inductees as Hank Snow, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Rush, Shania Twain, ok.d. lang, Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan. Some, however actually not all, of those artists will possible at some point obtain the excellent news from the Recording Academy.

Likewise, producers David Foster, Daniel Lanois and Bob Ezrin, all of whom have been inducted into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame, have but to obtain trustees awards.

Listed below are the 5 artists who’ve acquired lifetime achievement awards from the Recording Academy and are members of the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Grammy wins: 9 plus a lifetime achievement award in 2002.

    Juno wins: Three plus induction into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1981.

    Notes: Mitchell, who was born in Fort Macleod, Alberta in 1943, was the primary lady to be inducted into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame. The singer-songwriter and painter of observe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1997, acquired the Kennedy Middle Honors in 2021 and the Gershwin Prize for Widespread Tune in 2023. Mitchell is 79.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Grammy wins: Two plus a lifetime achievement award in 2010.

    Juno wins: Eight plus induction into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1991.

    Notes: Cohen was born in Westmount, Quebec in 1934. The singer-songwriter, poet and novelist was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2008 and the Songwriters Corridor of Fame two years later. He died in Los Angeles in 2016 at age 82.

  • The Band

    Grammy wins: None, although Helm gained three Grammys on his personal. The band acquired a lifetime achievement award in 2008.

    Juno wins: None, although Robertson gained 5 Junos on his personal. The band was inducted into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1989.

    Notes: The traditional line-up consisted of 4 Canadians (Danko, Hudson, Manuel and Robertson) and one American (Helm). Solely Hudson, 86, continues to be dwelling. The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1994.

  • Oscar Peterson

    Grammy wins: Seven plus a lifetime achievement award in 1997.

    Juno wins: One plus induction into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1997.

    Notes: Peterson and bandleader Man Lombardo have been the inaugural inductees into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame. Peterson was born in Montreal in 1925. The jazz pianist and composer died in Mississauga, Ontario in 2007 at age 82.

  • Glenn Gould

    Grammy wins: 4 plus a lifetime achievement award in 2013.

    Juno wins: Three plus induction into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame in 1983.

    Notes: Gould was born in Toronto in 1932. The classical pianist was simply 50 when he died (additionally in Toronto) in 1982, following a stroke.