George Beverly Shea Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Awards and honors== During his career, Shea was nominated for ten [[Grammy Award]]s, winning on March 15, 1966, the 1965 [[Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance|Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)]]<ref name="assistnews.net"/><ref name="countryworks.com"/> for his album "Southland Favorites" (RCA LSP-3440) recorded with the [[Anita Kerr]] Quartet.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12 ''Billboard. The International Music-Record Newsweekly''], vol. 78, Nr 13, 26 Mar 1966, s. 12, 13. ISSN 0006-2510.</ref> In 1978, he was inducted into the [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] by the [[Gospel Music Association]] and for his lifelong contribution to gospel music.<ref name="assistnews.net"/><ref name="countryworks.com"/> On 18 February 1982 Shea was awarded the Gold Angel Award for Country Music award by [[Religion in Media]] in [[Hollywood, California]].<ref name="ReferenceB">"Select Chronology Listing of Events in the History of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association"; {{cite web |url=http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bgeachro/bgeachron02.htm |title=BGEA Chronology Details |access-date=2011-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606144321/http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bgeachro/bgeachron02.htm |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref> The Christian Holiness Association (now [[Christian Holiness Partnership]]) presented Shea its Christian Service Award in 1993.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> In 1996 the association of [[National Religious Broadcasters]] voted Shea into its "Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame."<ref name="assistnews.net"/><ref name="countryworks.com"/> On September 11, 1999, Shea received the Integrity Award from Marketplace Ministries in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Shea also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gospel Music Association Canada ([[GMA Canada]]) in 2004. He was presented the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative, the highest honor of the city of [[Marshfield, Missouri]], in 2007 by friend Reverend Nicholas W. Inman.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} Shea sang at the dedication of the Billy Graham Library the following day. On February 12, 2011, Shea received the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award alongside [[Julie Andrews]], [[Roy Haynes]], the [[Juilliard String Quartet]], the [[Kingston Trio]], [[Dolly Parton]] and the [[Ramones]] at a ceremony held at the [[Wilshire Ebell Theater]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2011/02/13/grammys-shea.html|work=CBC News|title=Grammys honour 102-year-old Canadian|date=13 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215085234/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2011/02/13/grammys-shea.html|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=2011-02-15}}</ref> ===Honorary degrees=== In 1956, Shea received an [[honorary doctorate]], the [[Doctor of Fine Arts]], from his ''[[alma mater]]'', [[Houghton College]].<ref name="assistnews.net"/><ref name="countryworks.com"/> In 1972, Shea received another honorary doctorate, the Doctor of Sacred Music (D Sacred MUS), from Trinity College (now [[Trinity International University]]) of [[Deerfield, Illinois]].<ref name="assistnews.net"/><ref name="countryworks.com"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page