Grammy Award For Song Of The Year. Song 11 'Little Green Apples'

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Introduction

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The Grammy Awards is an annual ceremony originally called the Gramophone Awards which was established in 1958. On this day, the awards in several categories are distributed by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.
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The song that was voted the song of the year in 1969 was 'Little Green Apples'

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Little Green Apples

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Songwriter:

• Bobby Russell

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Artist:

• O.C. Smith

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Other Nominees for song of the year (1969) includes;

• "Harper Valley PTA" performed by Jeannie C. Riley
• "Hey Jude" performed by The Beatles
• "Honey" performed by Bobby Goldsboro
• "Mrs. Robinson" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

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To listen to Up, Up, and Away by O.C. Smith on Spotify, click here

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To listen to all 59 previous Grammy Song of the year on Spotify, click here

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