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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:
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Henry Rollins
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Jesse Jackson
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Roy Orbison
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Magic Johnson
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Christopher Reeve
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LeVar Burton
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Gilda Radner
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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Carl Perkins
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Sam Phillips
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Ken Burns
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John Gielgud
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Ben Kingsley
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Maya Angelou
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Charles Kuralt
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Barack Obama
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William Warfield
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Chips Moman
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Garrison Keillor
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Johnny Cash
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