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Update 1/31/10:
THANK YOU, DODD!! . . .
Dodd Darin's Acceptance Speech
(Thanks to Susan Schooley and Jimmy Scalia for this link.)
We’d like to extend a heartfelt and very grateful thank you to Dodd for expressing his
overwhelming joy for his
dad’s honor so eloquently.
Dodd, your boundless pride for your pop was evident and you know he'd be proud of you, too...
and your beautiful
"backup singers," Alexa and Olivia.
Great Job!
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOBBY DARIN!!
*** LIFETIME GRAMMY AWARD RECIPIENT!!!! ***
Update 1/30/10:
WHATTA DAY!! . . .
Bobby Darin posthumously received the Lifetime Achievement Grammy on this day!!!!!
His son Dodd, flanked by his two lovely daughters, gave a truly heartfelt thank you
to the Academy. At times
fighting tears, he described his father as a human being as well as an accomplished artist and great talent, a
recognition so richly deserved
and very honored to have received.
Dodd's acknowledgments included
his mom, Sandra Dee, and Steve Blauner for his
continuing role in maintaining Bobby's legacy and for being a
presence in his own life as well.
We thank all of you for your continued support of Bobby Darin and look
forward to so many more Darin-ventures
in the future!!
Update 1/27/10:
THREE NIGHTS OF GRAMMY . . .
The GRAMMY website will be streamed live on January 29th, 30th & 31st.
Log on and view all the festivities!
We are all hoping to see Dodd accept the Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his "Pop"
during the Saturday night ceremony.
GRAMMY LIVE
Thanks to Vicki Shonerd and Jamie Ney for this information.
Update 1/1/10:
DARIN TO BE HONORED WITH
GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
We are thrilled and proud to announce Bobby is being honored
with a 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award!!
The National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Academy is recognizing Bobby as a
performer who, during his
lifetime, “made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance
to the field
of recording.”
Many thanks to all who have contacted the Academy, over this long period of time,
in an effort to get Bobby this
award!
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS from the Staples Center in
Los Angeles on January 31, 2010.
Thanks to Steve Blauner and Jimmy Scalia for this information.
