The seventh annual Grammy awards are presented from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California.

Dean Martin originally scheduled to hosts is replaced by Steve Allen who hosts this musical hour featuring many winners of the recording industry's 1964 Grammy Awards.
 
Special guest Sammy Davis Jr. offers a musical tribute to the late Nat King Cole; Frank Sinatra receives the Grammy Golden Achievement Award; and in a segment taped in London, Peter Sellers interviews the Beatles. 

Introducing the Grammy-winning performers are Woody Allen, Eddy Arnold, Tony Bennett, Godfrey Cambridge, Carol Channing, Arthur Fiedler, Jack Jones and Steve Lawrence. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

"Hello Dolly!".........................Jimmy Durante
"Downtown"................................Petula Clark
"King of the Road..............................Roger Miller
"Pink Panther".............................Henry Mancini
Comedy Monologue.....................Bill Cosby
"Girl from Ipanema"..........Astrud Gilberto,  Stan Getz
"A Hard Day's Night...............................Beatles
" We'll Sing in the Sunshine................Gale Garnett
"Bedinerie" (from Bach's Suite in B Minor).......Swingle Singers


           

The 1966 Grammy Awards, televised May 16th, 1966 from Chicago, New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles. 
"A Taste Of Honey" by Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass won for song of the year.
"September Of My Years" by Frank Sinatra won for album of the year. Roger Miller won five awards. 

Host: Jerry Lewis. 

Includes Timex Commercials.                                                 

The 24th Golden Globe Awards are telecast from Los Angeles, California.

Best Film Drama: A Man For All Seasons
Best Film Comedy: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Best Actor-Drama: Paul Scofield- A Man For All Seasons    
Best Actress Drama: Anouk Aimee- A Man And A Woman   
Best Actor Comedy:  Alan Arkin- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
Best Actress Comedy: Lynn Redgrave- Georgy Girl
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Attenborough- The Sand Pebbles
Best Supporting Actress: Jocelyne LaGarde- Hawaii 

Television: Best Show - I Spy
Best Male TV Star: Dean Martin- The Dean Martin Show 
Best Female TV Star: Marlo Thomas-That Girl    

Cecil B.Demille Award: Charleton Heston
Henrietta Award: Julie Andrews 
                                         

The 25th Golden Globe Awards telecast live from the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. This was the first Golden Globes to include television awards.
This is a partial broadcast, originally scheduled as a 60-minute show.                                                    

See #8129 and #TW11 for details.             

The 31st Golden Globe Awards. The best in film and television for 1973.  

Hosts: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.          

The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards for 1976 are presented.

Host: Harry Belafonte.

                                     

Special: Kenny Rogers is the host for the recording industry's 22nd annual Grammy Awards ceremonies, from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Scheduled presenters include Debby Boone, George Benson, George Burns, Johnny Cash, Natalie Cole, Eugene Fodor, Deborah Harry, Isaac Hayes, Quincy Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester, Barbara Mandrell, Chuck Mangione, Ted Nugent, Peaches and Herb, and Paul Williams.

A night of spectacular stars and entertainment. Tonight, Grammy honors some of the greatest recordings of all time, and the performers who made them legend. Host: Andy Williams.  

Peter Cullen announcer. 
Commercials not recorded. 

This predominately musical hour is rounded out with a tribute to Bing Crosby by daughter Mary and Bob Hope. Other clips of Judy Garland ("Over the Rainbow") and Nat King Cloe ("Unforgettable"). 

HIGHLIGHTS:

"Straighten Up and Fly Right," 
"The Christmas Song"----------------------------------Natalie Cole

"White Christmas"------------------------------------Andy Gibb

"Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" -------------Peter Allen 

"One O'clock Jump"--------Count Basie and his Orchestra

"Every Day (I Have the Blues)"----------------------Joe Williams

"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"----------------------John Rait
"Oklahoma"

"I Can't Say No"------------------------------------Celeste Holm

Big Band Medley------------------------------------Andy Gibb

NOTE:

It is interesting that as late as the 1980's very well produced and important television SPEICALS are considered not extant to todays audiences...its original 2" Quad master tapes erased to be used for other programming. By 1981 this practiced had diminished greatly, especially those production broadcasts on CBS Television. But still there are "victims" of such practices as represented by this first and only tribute to THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME which aired as a special one time presentation on CBS on May 18, 1981.

Archival Television Audio, Inc. has had this broadcasts in its inventory for many years, but never played back until a client requested it. Sadly, the audio tape had its own problem issues and at first it appeared that it could not be salvaged at all. 
This tape was a victim of a condition detailed below. it was in very severe condition with 30% of its oxide layer flake off.  However, by "baking" the tape for 13 hours I, Phil Gries, owner of ATA, was able to at least get a transcription discernable dub of this broadcast. It took a number of passes...stop and go...cleaning the tape recorder heads numerous times.  

The sound rendition of this baked tape has sections that are very good, sections that have issues with drop outs, some occasional drops in audio, occasional echo effects of audio, etc. I was able to also use Q tips with Isopropyl alcohol in addition to 
keep audible tonality  as much as possible, keeping content of  this broadcast as much possible, retaining 98% of this broadcast.

The end result is that one can listen to this "lost" broadcast in its entirety with enjoyment realizing its limitations.

STICKY-SHED  SYNDROME  is a condition created by the deterioration of the binders in a magnetic tape, which hold the ferric oxide magnetizable coating to its plastic carrier, or which hold the thinner back-coating on the outside of the tape. This deterioration renders the tape unusable. Some kinds of binder are known to break down over time, due to the absorption of moisture (hydrolysis).

The symptoms of this breakdown can be immediately obvious even when rewinding the tape: tearing sounds and sluggish behavior. If a tape with sticky-shed syndrome is played, the reels will make screeching or squeaking sounds, and the tape will leave dusty, rusty particles on the guides and heads. In some cases, the symptoms are more subtle, causing intermittent dropouts.

This television audio air check seems to be the only existing broadcast record, in this less than pristine playback condition, of this iconic broadcast, not existing in any known archive museum, CBS archives or in any private collection.