Dancehall.Mobi special update – Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1973 classic album, “Catch A Fire”, is among the 25 inductees (songs and albums) into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The Grammy Hall Of Fame Award was established by The U.S. Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Inductees are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts.

Several Bob Marley, and Bob Marley & The Wailers singles and albums were previously inducted, namely:
- “Get Up, Stand Up” single, inducted 1999
- “No Woman No Cry” single, inducted 2005
- “Exodus” album, inducted 2006
- “One Love” single, inducted 2007

Here is the complete list of 2010 inductees into the Grammy Hall of Fame:
“As Time Goes By,” Dooley Wilson (Decca, 1944)
“Birdland,” Weather Report (Columbia, 1977)
“California Girls,” The Beach Boys (Capitol, 1965)
Catch a Fire, Bob Marley & The Wailers (Island, 1973)
Class Clown, George Carlin (Little David, 1972)
“Crazy He Calls Me,” Billie Holiday (Decca, 1949)
“Dipper Mouth Blues,” King Oliver & His Jazz Band (Okeh, 1923)
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament),” Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (Victor, 1940)
Ella and Basie!, Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie (Verve, 1963)
“Feliz Navidad,” Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor, 1970)
“For Me and My Gal,” Judy Garland & Gene Kelly (Decca, 1942)
“His Eye is On the Sparrow,” Mahalia Jackson (Columbia, 1958)
“I Feel Like Going Home,” Muddy Waters (Aristcrat, 1948)
“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” James Brown (King, 1966)
Jazz Samba, Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd (Verve, 1962)
“Kansas City Stomps,” Jelly Roll Morton (Victor, 1928)
“Lazy River,” Louis Armstrong (Okeh, 1931)
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy, Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (Columbia, 1954)
“Mr. Bojangles,” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty, 1970)
Pearl, Janis Joplin (Columbia, 1971)
“Riders of the Storm,” The Doors (Elektra, 1971)
“Twist and Shout,” The Isley Brothers (Wand, 1962)

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