Also, the Beatles had received a Trustees Award in 1972.

The academy would give him two other career awards: a Trustees Award in 1979 and a Grammy Legend Award in 1994.

The following individuals have received Trustees Awards, listed by year.

The Trustees Award - given to a person or organisation that has done most to promote history over the last year or years.

The Recording Academy also announced this year's recipients of Trustees Awards, which are for non-performers.

Mardin, a two-time Producer of the Year winner, received a Trustees Award in 2001.

On February 10, 2008, the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded him the Trustees Award.

In 2004 Keepnews was given a Trustees Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy.

The recipient of a 1965 Peabody Award, he was posthumously honored with the Trustees Award at the 1972 Emmy Awards.

She received the Trustees Award for Continued Excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1981.