Bix Beiderbecke - Honors

Honors

  • 1962, inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame, critics' poll
  • 1971, Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society established in Davenport, Iowa; founded annual jazz festival and scholarship
  • 1977, Beiderbecke's 1927 recording of "Singin' the Blues" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
  • 1979, statue presented at LeClaire Park, in Davenport, Iowa
  • 1979, inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
  • 1980, Beiderbecke's 1927 recording of "In a Mist" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
  • 1993, inducted into the International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame
  • 2000, statue dedicated in Davenport
  • 2004, inducted into the inaugural class of the Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
  • 2007, inducted into the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in Richmond, Indiana

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