Cleo Laine - Awards and Recognition

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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