Los Angeles:
Rock 'n' Roll King Elvis Presley has been nominated for a posthumous Grammy Award.
Young Man With the Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters', a five-CD box set of the star's early recordings, has been tipped in the Best Historical Albumcategory by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, reported MTV online.
The release will go up against records by stars including Paul McCartney and Chris Strachwitz at the award ceremony, which will be held on Feburary 12.
Presley garnered 14 Grammy nominations and three wins during his lifetime. He died in 1977 at the age of 42.
Young Man With the Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters', a five-CD box set of the star's early recordings, has been tipped in the Best Historical Albumcategory by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, reported MTV online.
The release will go up against records by stars including Paul McCartney and Chris Strachwitz at the award ceremony, which will be held on Feburary 12.
Presley garnered 14 Grammy nominations and three wins during his lifetime. He died in 1977 at the age of 42.
