Emmylou Harris biography
1984 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female ("In My Dreams")
1980 Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again", with Roy Orbison)
1979 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female (Blue Kentucky Girl)
1976 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female (Elite Hotel)
2001 Album of the Year (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
1980 Female Vocalist Of The Year
1988 Vocal Event of the Year (Trio, with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)
Other honors
- VH1's 100 Most Influential Women in Rock and Roll (1998) - Number 22 out of 100
- Billboard's Century Award recipient (1999) - inducted by Sarah McLachlan
- CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music - #5 ranking (2002)
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on February 12, 2008
- Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.
- Awarded an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music in 2009.
References
Sources
- In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. ISBN 0-679-41567-X
- Emmylou Harris: Angel in Disguise, Jim Brown, Fox Music Books, 2004. ISBN 1-894997-03-4
- Fong-Torres, Ben. (1998). "Emmylou Harris". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 230.
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