A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE GRAMMYS AREN'T HIP: When you think of the 60s in music, a lot of things come to mind--psychedelia, the British Invasion, protest music, folk songs--but let's look at the Grammy for Album of the Year from 1960-1969:

• 3 albums by Frank Sinatra--A Man And His Music (1967, beating out Revolver), September of My Years (1966, beating out Help!), and Come Dance With Me (1960)
• 2 comedy albums--The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961), and Vaughn Meader's The First Family (1963, beating out Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music)
• The Barbra Streisand Album (1964, which also featured nominations for the Swingle Singers and the Singing Nun). Streisand also was a nominee in 1965 (double nominee--Funny Girl cast recording and People), 1966 (My Name is Barbra), and 1967 (Color Me Barbra).
• Glen Campbell (1969, over Bookends and Magical Mystery Tour), Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (1965), and Judy Garland (1962).

The only rock album to win the award in those 10 years? 1968's win for Sgt. Pepper.