Foo Fighters, John Mayer, B.B. King To Play Grammy Nomination Show

Foo Fighters, John Mayer and B.B. King have been tapped to perform at this year's The Grammy Nominations Concert: Countdown to Music's Biggest Night, airing live on CBS on December 3rd. In addition to revealing the nominees in the Grammys' biggest categories, the concert also pays tribute to past winners like King, who has won 14 of the awards over his career. The hour-long special marks the first time the nomination show has ever been broadcast live in primetime. The event also doubles as the grand opening for the new Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. Mariah Carey, LL Cool J and Taylor Swift will share the hosting duties. The 51st Grammy Awards takes place on February 9th, 2009.

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Song Stories

“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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