Lily Tomlin presents Grammy to Janis Ian

Janis Ian didn't deserve this. Helen Reddy should have won.

You can tell from the audience's reaction that the right person won.

You'd think she'd say a few more words after getting a standing ovation.

Interesting note about the song "At Seventeen"

"Ian was initially hesitant to perform the single live, describing it as deeply personal and fearing public ridicule. She closed her eyes while singing it for the first six months because she was afraid the audience would laugh at her."

I would have given it to Linda Ronstadt out of those five, but Janis would probably be the runner up. But considering Linda went on to win in this category the next year, got 11 Grammys in total and two Lifetime Achievement Grammys, I can't quibble with Janis' win.

Janis Ian was the underdog. Sadly, "At Seventeen" was her only hit.

Tomlin messed up the Ronstadt nomination. The song was "You're No Good." She said the album title instead.

Nope- Grammys.com has the nomination listed as Heart Like a Wheel (Album)

I wonder if it was intentional to present it like that so it wouldn't sound like "Linda Ronstadt, you're no good"

One lez gives it to another!

[quote] Janis Ian was the underdog. Sadly, "At Seventeen" was her only hit.

No it wasn't. She'd had a big hit in 1967 with a song called Society's Child and was nominated for a Grammy for it. The song went to #14 and would have gone higher except several stations in the south banned it because it was about an interracial romance.

Wow! Bill Cosby really is a worthless POS:

" At the age of 16, Ian met comedian Bill Cosby backstage at a Smothers Brothers show where she was promoting "Society's Child". Since she was underage, she was accompanied by a chaperone while touring. After her set, Ian had been sleeping with her head on her chaperone's lap (an older female family friend). According to Ian in a 2015 interview, she was told by her then manager that Cosby had interpreted their interaction as "lesbian" and as a result "had made it his business" to warn other television shows that Ian wasn't "suitable family entertainment" and "shouldn't be on television" because of her sexuality, thus attempting to blacklist her. Although Ian would later come out, she states that at the time of the encounter with Cosby she had only been kissed once, in broad daylight at summer camp."

Devastating. Am in tears.

I didn't know Lily was a Grammy winner. Think it's too late for her to complete the EGOT?

Another Janis Ian hit song:

I didn't realize that they gave awards for albums along with ones for songs.

R14 She won for best comedy album.

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