Allman Brothers, Diana Ross to Get Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

Other Special Merit recipients include George Jones, Glen Campbell, Steve Jobs

December 21, 2011 5:10 PM ET

The original lineup of the Allman Brothers outside of Macon, Georgia.

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The Allman Brothers Band and Diana Ross will lead the next class of Special Merit Awards recipients at the Grammys. The Allmans, Ross, Glen Campbell, country music great George Jones, Brazilian songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, the late soul poet Gil Scott-Heron and the Memphis Horns are all set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards.

In addition, Trustees Awards – which recognize those who contributed to the recording industry in a non-performance capacity – will go to the late Steve Jobs, New Orleans composer-arranger Dave Bartholomew and jazz producer Rudy Van Gelder. Recipients will be honored at an invitation-only event during Grammy Week and on the 54th annual Grammy Awards telecast on February 12th.

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