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Grammy winners - category "Song of the Year"
This collection contains all songs (including their composers - not performers!) that have won a Grammy Award in the main category "Song of the Year".
The Grammies (originally: "Gramophone Awards") were established in 1958, first presented in 1959, and are managed by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
For the category Song of the Year, only those songs are nominated that "contain melody and lyrics and [are] either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year. […]" (source: Wikipedia)
Structure of the items:
song title - composer; publishing year
Songs missing in this collection:
Theme of Exodus - Ernest Gold; 1960 (It's the only instrumental song that has ever won this Award.)
The Battle of New Orleans - Jimmy Driftwood; 1959
Moon River - Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer; 1961
What Kind Of Fool Am I? - Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse; 1962
Days of Wine and Roses - Henri Mancini, Johnny Mercer; 1963
The Shadow of Your Smile - Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster; 1965
Little Green Apples - Bobby Russell; 1968
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger; 1972
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel; 1973
Send In The Clowns - Stephen Sondheim; 1975
I Write The Songs - Bruce Johnston; 1976
- You Light Up My Life - Joe Brooks; 1977
- Evergreen - Barbra Steisand, Paul Williams; 1977
What A Fool Believes - Kenny Loggins, Michael MacDonald; 1979
That's What Friends Are For - Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager; 1986
A Whole New World - Alan Menken, Tim Rice; 1993
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal; 1997
Finally, the list is up-to-date!
Note: The items show the publishing year of the songs. They have each been awarded one year later. (Example: "That's What I Like - Bruno Mars, James Fauntleroy; 2017" ⇒ This means that the song has been published in 2017, but it won the Award in 2018.)
If you find mistakes in my list, please tell me! Thanks.