(July 2001).
The Grammy Awards were:
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1996, “Have I Told You Lately” (with The Chieftains)
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1998, “Don’t Look Back” (with John Lee Hooker)
Hall of Fame, 1999, Astral Weeks
Hall of Fame, 1999, Moondance
Hall of Fame, 1999, “Gloria”
Hall of Fame, 2007, “Brown Eyed Girl”
The Hall of Fame inductions began in 1993 with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Morrison notable for being the first inductee not to attend his own ceremony, so that Robbie Robertson from The Band accepted the award on his behalf. When Morrison became the initial musician inducted into the Irish Music Hall of Fame, Bob Geldof presented Morrison with the award. Morrison’s third induction was into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for “recognition of his unique position as one of the most important songwriters of the past century.” Ray Charles