bandleader CabCalloway, classical violinist Itzhak Perlman, jazz drummer MaxRoach and bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs.
The awards will be posthumous for Calloway, who died in1994, and for Roach, who died in August. Two members of TheBand have also passed away: Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.
The statuettes will be handed out at a ceremony in LosAngeles on February 9, one day before the 50th annual GrammyAwards.
The lifetime achievement honors often go to prominentartists who have never won a competitive Grammy, a group thatthis year includes Day, The Band and Roach. Recent recipientshave included the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin and the Doors.
Bacharach, 79, has won six Grammy Awards. Along withlyricist Hal David, the arbiter of '60s cool composed suchmemorable tunes as "Walk on By," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On MyHead" and "What the World Needs Now."
Day, 83, was a ubiquitous Hollywood presence from the 1940sthrough the 1970s as a singer and actress with a wholesomeimage. Her signature tune, "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (QueSera, Sera)," won an Academy Award for best original song in1956.
Day has lived a reclusive life in Carmel, California, foryears, focusing on caring for abandoned pets. A Grammyspokeswoman said it was not yet known if Day would attend.
The Band, now represented by singer/songwriter/guitaristRobbie Robertson, 64, keyboardist Garth Hudson, 70, and drummerLevon Helm, 67, backed Bob Dylan before striking out on theirown. Robertson composed such classic-rock staples as "TheWeight" and "Up on Cripple Creek."
The Band split up in 1976, and there has been somehostility toward Robertson by his bandmates ever since.
Israeli-born Perlman, 62, who has won 15 Grammys, hasappeared with every major orchestra and in recitals andfestivals throughout the world over the past 40 years.
Scruggs, 83, a four-time Grammy winner, revolutionizedbanjo with a style of picking considered a definingcharacteristic of bluegrass music.
Roach, who was 83 when he died in his sleep, helpedrevolutionize jazz by creating the fast-paced bebop style alongwith players like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and CliffordBrown.
Calloway, who was 86 when he succumbed to complicationsfrom a stroke, rose to fame in the 1930s after writing the tune"Minnie the Moocher." He found a new generation of fans when heappeared in the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers."
(Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Todd Eastham)
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