Awards and Recognition
- Honorary doctorates:
- Berklee College of Music, Boston
- University of Cambridge
- University of York
- Open University
- University of Luton
- 1985 Grammy Award, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
- Made Honorary Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
- The Worshipful Company of Musicians awarded her their Silver Medal for a Lifetime Contribution to British Jazz (1998)
- Lifetime Achievement Award to Laine by the US recording industry (1991)
- Worshipful Company of Musicians awarded her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
- Made an ambassador for SOS Children's Villages UK in recognition of her support for the Cambridge based charity.
- 2008 BBC Jazz Awards - Gold Award.
A street in Adelaide, South Australia was named "Cleo Lane" after her.
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