The Recording Academy announced the newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, adding 20 recordings to a timeless list that now includes 659 titles. The Hall Of Fame serves as a celebration and reminder of the triumphs and achievements of the recording arts. Selections are drawn from all major categories of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Recording Academy has become renowned.

"This year's inductees represent an array of genres including traditional pop, rock, reggae, and jazz," said Recording Academy President Neil Portnow. "They exemplify some of the best qualities that make the recording arts such a vital part of our culture: the ability to transcend time, and the power to inspire emotion, whether it be joyous, patriotic, or simply romantic."

The selections range from the recently deceased Ray Charles' moving "America The Beautiful" to the Bob Hope and Shirley Ross single "Thanks For The Memories," from the Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed to Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry." Other artists with selections this year include Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, and Louis Armstrong.

The Recording Academy's National Trustees established the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Winners are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts. For more information about the Hall Of Fame or the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (to be broadcast on Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network), please visit www.grammy.com.

GRAMMY Hall Of Fame 2005 Inductees

ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
Victor (1911)
Traditional Pop (Single)

ALL OF ME
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Columbia (1932)
Jazz (Single)

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Ray Charles
ABC/TRC (1972)
R&B (Track)

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
Bing Crosby
Brunswick (1932)
Traditional Pop (Single)

BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
Gene Austin
Victor (1926)
Traditional Pop (Single)

CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME
Al Jolson With The Isham Jones Orchestra
Brunswick (1924)
Traditional Pop (Single)

EMBRACEABLE YOU
Billie Holiday
Commodore (1944)
Jazz (Single)

LESTER LEAPS IN
Count Basie's Kansas City 7
Vocalion (1939)
Jazz (Single)

LET IT BLEED
The Rolling Stones
London (1969)
Rock (Album)

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
Ruth Etting
Columbia (1928)
Musical Show (Single)

LULLABY OF BROADWAY
Dick Powell
Brunswick (1935)
Traditional Pop (Single)