Ike Turner wins first Grammy since 1972
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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner,  whose musical achievements were largely overshadowed by the  notoriety he received after his former wife and recording  partner Tina Turner said he had abused her, won his first  Grammy Award since 1972 on Sunday.
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Pop star Britney Spears won the  first Grammy Award of her brief but colorful career on Sunday,  taking the prize in the best dance recording category.
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John Mayer and the Dixie Chicks helped guide Don Henley on a trip through his musical memories that left the singer-songwriter feeling "very strange." They joined Henley's Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit, Sam Moore, Keb Mo, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin and Seal in launching Grammy weekend by honoring the 59-year-old Henley as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night.
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Winners in major categories at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards:
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The Dixie Chicks came away with five awards at Sunday night's Grammys, followed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers with four and Mary J. Blige with three
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Jimmy Carter became the second  former U.S. president to win a Grammy Award when he was honored  in the spoken-word category on Sunday for the audio-book  version of his bestseller "Our Endangered Values: America's  Moral Crisis."
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Jerry Lee Lewis and John Fogerty warmed up for their upcoming collaboration on the Grammy Awards by tearing it up in celebration of music's influence on social change over the last 50 years.
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It was clear that rock was on a Grammy roll when the award for best country album went to a disc produced by a long-haired punk from Detroit. Jack White produced and played on Loretta Lynn's winning "Van Lear Rose, but the White Stripes lead singer was far from the only rocker to put a stamp on Sunday night's show.
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Ike Turner's funeral was part memorial service, part rock concert. The nearly three-hour remembrance Friday at Greater Bethany Community Church of Refuge in Gardena featured Turner's eight-piece band, the Kings of Rhythm, which performed rollicking renditions of some of the musician's greatest hits, including "Nutbush City Limits" and "Proud Mary."
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Kenny Chesney. Although he&#39;s been in the business for 12 years, Chesney had never won a Country Music Association award until Tuesday night.
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Influential rock bands The Doors and the Grateful Dead will receive lifetime achievement Grammy Awards next year, along with jazz saxophone player Ornette Coleman and the late opera singer Maria Callas, organizers said on Tuesday.
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Late soul legend Ray Charles is among the early winners at the Grammy music awards, getting six prizes.
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British rock guitarist Peter Frampton, whose 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive!" was one of the biggest-selling releases of all time, won the first Grammy of his career on Sunday for an album of instrumentals featuring an all-star cast of musicians.
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The Dixie Chicks, who stirred up a hornet's nest with a jibe at President Bush, won all five Grammys for which they were nominated on Sunday, including the coveted album of the year.
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Led Zeppelin got a "whole lotta" belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that changed the face of rock 'n' roll.
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Veteran rocker Rod Stewart's lucrative outing into the world of romantic golden oldies paid off on Tuesday when he topped the U.S. album charts for the first time in 25 years.
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The Grammys got soul on Sunday,  honoring Ray Charles' posthumous duets recording with eight  awards, including the coveted album and record of the year  prizes.