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Best Historical Album

2019 • 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2017 and Aug 30, 2018

2019 Winner is Various Artists with "Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris"

Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris

William Ferris, April G. Ledbetter, Steven Ledbetter, Michael Graves

Nominees 2019

Winners

Year Winner Nomination
2026 Patrick Milligan, Joni Mitchell, Bernie Grundman Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) All Nominees
2025 Meagan Hennessey, Richard Martin Centennial All Nominees
2024 Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker, Cheryl Pawelski, Michael W. Smith, Mason D. Williams, Michael Graves Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos All Nominees
2023 Cheryl Pawelski, Jeff Tweedy, Bob Ludwig Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) All Nominees
2022 Patrick Milligan, Joni Mitchell, Bernie Grundman Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) All Nominees
2021 Lee Lodyga, Cheryl Pawelski, Michael Graves It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers All Nominees
2020 Jeff Place, Robert Santelli, Pete Reiniger Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection All Nominees
2019 William Ferris, April G. Ledbetter, Steven Ledbetter, Michael Graves Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris All Nominees
2018 Robert Russ, Martin Kistner, Andreas Meyer Leonard Bernstein - The Composer All Nominees
2017 Steve Berkowitz, Jeff Rosen, Mark Wilder The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector's Edition) All Nominees
2016 Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust, Jeff Rosen, Peter Moore, Mark Wilder The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 All Nominees
2015 Colin Escott, Cheryl Pawelski, Michael Graves The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 All Nominees
2014 Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham, Steve Rosenthal, Bob Ludwig Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965 All Nominees
2014 Leo Sacks, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff, Mark Wilder The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums All Nominees
2013 Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wolfe The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) All Nominees
2012 Paul McCartney, Sam Okell, Steve Rooke Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition) All Nominees
2011 Jeff Jones, Allan Rouse, Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell, Steve Rooke The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) All Nominees
2010 Andy McKaie, Erick Labson The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) All Nominees
2009 Steven Ledbetter, Art Rosenbaum, Michael Graves Art Of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years Of Traditional American Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum All Nominees
2008 Nora Guthrie, Jorge Arévalo Mateus, Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith, Kevin Short The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949 All Nominees
2007 Meagan Hennessey, Richard Martin, Tim Brooks, David Giovannoni Lost Sounds: Blacks And The Birth Of The Recording Industry 1891-1922 All Nominees
2006 Jeffrey A. Greenberg, Anna Lomax Wood, Adam Ayan, Steve Rosenthal The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax All Nominees
2005 Daniel Cooper, Michael D. Gray, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Alan Stoker Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970 All Nominees
2004 Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie, Jerry Rappaport, Gavin Lurssen, Joseph M. Palmaccio Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey All Nominees
2003 Dean Blackwood, David Glasser, Chris Thomas King, Matt Sandoski Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - The Worlds Of Charley Patton All Nominees
2002 Michael Brooks, Michael Cuscuna, Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Seth Foster, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson, Mark Wilder Lady Day - The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 All Nominees
2001 Steve Berkowitz, Seth Rothstein, Phil Schaap, Michael Brooks, Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer, Woody Pornpitaksuk, Ken Robertson, Tom Ruff, Mark Wilder Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings All Nominees
2000 Orrin Keepnews, Steven Lasker, Paul Brizzi, Dennis Ferrante The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) All Nominees
1999 Colin Escott, Kira Florita, Kyle Young, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff The Complete Hank Williams All Nominees
1998 Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place, Pete Reiniger, David Glasser, Charlie Pilzer Anthology Of American Folk Music - 1997 Expanded Edition All Nominees
1997 Bob Belden, Phil Schaap, Mark Wilder The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings All Nominees
1996 John Pfeiffer, Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels, David Satz The Heifetz Collection All Nominees
1995 Michael Lang The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books On Verve All Nominees
1994 Michael Lang, Phil Schaap The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959 All Nominees
1993 Nat "King" Cole Trio The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat "King" Cole Trio All Nominees
1992 Billie Holiday Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings All Nominees
1991 Robert Johnson Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings All Nominees
1990 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry - The Chess Box All Nominees
1989 Eric Clapton Crossroads All Nominees
1988 Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings All Nominees
1987 Brook Benton, Ray Charles, The Coasters, The Drifters, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding & Others Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1-7 All Nominees
1986 John Pfeiffer RCA/Met - 100 Singers - 100 Years All Nominees
1985 Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & Others Big Band Jazz All Nominees
1984 Arturo Toscanini The Greatest Recordings Of Arturo Toscanini - Symphonies, Vol. I All Nominees
1983 Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions - Vols. 1 ,2 & 3 All Nominees
1982 Hoagy Carmichael Hoagy Carmichael - From Stardust To Ole Buttermilk Sky All Nominees
1981 Andres Segovia Segovia - The EMI Recordings 1927-39 All Nominees
1980 Billie Holiday Billie Holiday - Giants Of Jazz All Nominees
1979 Lester Young The Lester Young Story, Vol. 3 All Nominees

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