LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Carter became the second former U.S. president to win a Grammy Award when he was honored in the spoken-word category Sunday for the audio-book version of his bestseller “Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis.”
Carter, 82, shared the award in a rare tie with actress Ruby Dee and her late husband Ossie Davis for “With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together.”
Recent winners in spoken word category:
2006 - Jimmy Carter/Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis
2005 - Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father
2004 - Bill Clinton, My Life
2003 - Al Franken, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Is there a pattern here? Any bets on a repeat for Obama this year with The Audacity of Hope?
In 2006, Carter's book didn't make the top 100 at BarnesandNoble.com. It didn't make the top 50 at Amazon.com, where the Dog Whisperer took top honors. Carter must have been very dramatic in his oration... |
