when was the first ceremony?
May 4, 1959
Grammy Award
The first award ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959 
who sang ican only imagine in the movie MercyMe what is the movie name? UNANSWERABLE who are the members of this band? Bart Millard, Robby Shaffer, Nathan Cochran, Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul what is the song about? Lyrically, it imagines what it would be like to be in front of God in heaven it was released by which record label? UNANSWERABLE are there any more albums from the first band member? Yes, he has released two solo albums: "Hymned, No. 1" and "Hymned Again" what genre of music does he perform? Christian rock was this song made into a movie? UNANSWERABLE when was the second album mentioned above released? August 19, 2008 any accolades or nominations for it? It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 51st Grammy Awards and also nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. who founded the first award mentioned here? The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s what does this award look like? The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gilded gramophone who designed it? UNANSWERABLE
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Grammy Award [SEP] History
They eventually settled on using the name of the invention of Emile Berliner, the gramophone, for the awards, which were first given for the year 1958. The first award ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959 - Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills California, and Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City, and 28 Grammys were awarded. The number of awards given grew and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed, at one time reaching over 100. The second Grammy Awards, also held in 1959, was the first ceremony to be televised, but the ceremony was not aired live until the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971.