Twenty-five recordings added to Grammy Hall of Fame

U.S. singer James Brown (L) performs in Zagreb November 5, 2006. REUTERS/Nikola Solic

U.S. singer James Brown (L) performs in Zagreb November 5, 2006.

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LOS ANGELES | Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:20am EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Recording Academy on Tuesday added songs by James Brown, Bob Marley, the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong and others to its Grammy Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of titles in the collection to 851.

The latest batch of 25 recordings added to the list includes Brown's 1966 "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" and Marley's 1973 album "Catch a Fire," which the Jamaican reggae great recorded with his band The Wailers, the academy said.

Also on the list was the Beach Boys' 1965 song "California Girls," jazz master Louis Armstrong's 1931 "Lazy River" and the 1972 comedy album "Class Clown" from George Carlin, who died last year.

The 25 recordings added to the Grammy Hall of Fame will be displayed along with the rest of the collection at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. A full list of the recordings is at: grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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