Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording

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The Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording was a short-lived Grammy category from the early 1960s that honored outstanding R&B performances before later being reorganized into other R&B award categories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award category
music award
awardCategoryForDiscipline music
awardCategoryForGenre R&B
awardedFor outstanding R&B performance
outstanding rhythm and blues recording
awardPresentedAt annual Grammy Awards ceremony
awardType performance-based music award
categoryStatus discontinued
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedAbolished 1968
endTime 1968
followedBy Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male NERFINISHED
follows Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance NERFINISHED
genre R&B
rhythm and blues
hasAwardedDiscipline recorded music
hasHistoricalRole precursor to later specialized R&B Grammy categories
hasMedium sound recording
hasNotableRecipient Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED
James Brown NERFINISHED
Ray Charles NERFINISHED
hasScope commercially released R&B recordings
hasWinnerType performer
recording
recording artist
inception 1960
language English
locatedInJurisdiction United States NERFINISHED
notableFact category was later reorganized into other R&B Grammy categories
partOf Grammy Awards NERFINISHED
presentedBy National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED
Recording Academy
surface form: The Recording Academy
selectionMethod voting by members of The Recording Academy
shortDescription short-lived Grammy category honoring R&B recordings in the early 1960s
startTime 1960
temporalCoverage early 1960s

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Nancy Wilson awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording