5) Jethro Tull out rocks Metallica: In 1988, arguably one of the best vintage years ever for heavy metal, the Grammy committee had an easy opportunity to win over a previously untapped demographic simply by honoring Metallica in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category for its thrash masterpiece, And Justice for All. It was a total no-brainer, right? So how did flute playing, bandana-wearing folkies Jethro Tull sweep in and win the prize for their little-heard album, Crest of a Knave? It's a question philosophers are still pondering two decades later.
4) The Beatles get beat down by Mary Poppins: In 1964, with the British Invasion in full swing, the Recording Academy decided to shun the Beatles' soundtrack for A Hard Day's Night in the Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture category in favor of a bunch of songs sung by a fictional nanny with a bad accent and magical umbrella called Mary Poppins. Given a chance to correct its mistake two years later when the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" was up for Best Rock and Roll Recording�alongside the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville," the Association's "Cherish," and the Mamas and the Papas' "Monday Monday"�Grammy did the right thing. They awarded it to a long forgotten novelty single, "Winchester Cathedral." - See the Top 3
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