The 55th annual Grammy Awards, set for Sunday night, honor music’s best, but they don’t always get it right.
Bruce Springsteen's landmark "Born to Run" album was ignored at the 1975 Grammy Awards.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards, set for Sunday night, honor music’s best, but they don’t always get it right. Here are five Grammy snubs.
Bruce Springsteen (1973-1983) – In the years from “Greetings from Asbury Park” to “Nebraska,” The Boss was not even nominated for albums like “Born to Run,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town” or “The River.” This year, he is Grammy’s MusiCares Person of the Year.
The Beatles and Beach Boys (1966) – The tone-deaf Grammys ignored “Eleanor Rigby” and “Good Vibrations” to honor New Vaudeville Band’s “Winchester Cathedral” as Best Rock and Roll Recording.
Elvis Presley (1956-1977) – The King of Rock and Roll won three Grammys during his lifetime for sacred music, but not an award for rock and roll.
Elvis Costello and The Cars (1979) – Both were passed over as Best New Artist in favor of Taste of Honey.
Metallica (1989) – When the first-ever Best Heavy Metal Performance award was bestowed, the metal gods were ignored and the Grammy went to Jethro Tull. In 1992, when Metallica finally won in that category, drummer Lars Ulrich joked, "First thing we're going to do is thank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year."
Runner-ups: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tupac Shakur, and Notorious B.I.G. also never received Grammy love during their careers.