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EMMY TRIVIA FOR MUSIC FANS.

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11 / 20

Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music won an Emmy as Outstanding Musical Program in 1966.

The special aired in November 1965, three weeks before Frank Sinatra’s 50th birthday. A two-disc anthology of the singer's career, also titled A Man and His Music, won a Grammy as Album of the Year. (Photo: Getty Images)



12 / 20

The animated classic A Charlie Brown Christmas won an Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program in 1966.

Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack is one of only two TV soundtracks that has been voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The other: Henry Mancini’s The Music From Peter Gunn.



13 / 20

Mission: Impossible won back-to-back Emmys for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1967 and 1968.

Lalo Schifrin’s unforgettable theme music won a 1967 Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show. It’s the only TV soundtrack ever to win in that category. (Photo: Getty Images)



14 / 20

Peter Gunn received an Emmy nomination for Best Dramatic Series — Less Than One Hour in 1959.

That same year, Henry Mancini’s The Music From Peter Gunn won a Grammy for Album of the Year (in the first year of the awards). The series about a suave detective ran from 1958 to 1961. (Photo: Getty Images)



15 / 20

Burt Bacharach, whose Singer Presents Burt Bacharach won an Emmy for Outstanding Single Program — Variety or Musical in 1971, has received both a Lifetime Achievement Award and a Trustees Award from the Recording Academy.

Barbra Streisand was his guest star on the special. (Photo: Getty Images)



16 / 20

Julie Andrews, whose The Julie Andrews Hour won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Musical Series in 1973, has reached #1 with two movie soundtracks (Mary Poppins and The Sound Of Music) and two Broadway cast albums (My Fair Lady and Camelot).

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2011. (Photo: Getty Images)



17 / 20

Andy Williams, who hosted the first seven Grammy live telecasts, was one of the top TV variety stars of the 1960s.

His the Andy Williams Show won Emmys for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety in 1963 and Outstanding Variety Series in 1966 and 1967. (Photo: Getty Images)



18 / 20

Arrested Development is both the name of a hip-hop group which won a Grammy as Best New Artist (1992)…

…and a sitcom which won an Emmy as Outstanding Comedy Series (2004). (Photo: Getty Images)



19 / 20

Boardwalk Empire received back-to-back Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in 2011 and 2012.

A soundtrack from the show won a 2011 Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media. It’s the only TV soundtrack ever to win in that category.

The album featured Leon Redbone, Loudon Wainwright III, and Regina Spektor, among others.



20 / 20

Six individuals have received a Grammy Special Merit Award and have also been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame:

Producer/host Walt Disney, dancer/singer Fred Astaire, singer/host Perry Como, conductor/host Leonard Bernstein, American Bandstand host Dick Clark, and sound expert Ray Dolby. (Grammy Special Merit Award is an umbrella term that includes Lifetime Achievement Awards, Trustees Awards, and Technical Grammy Awards.) (Photo: Getty Images)



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