Steve Martin : biography
August 14, 1945 –
Awards and honors
- 1969: Emmy Award – The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (along with co-writers)
- 1978: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album – Let’s Get Small
- 1979: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album – A Wild and Crazy Guy
- 1989: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from California State University Long BeachLos Angeles Times via Sydney Morning Herald; August 28, 1989 Late Edition; NEWS AND FEATURES; Pg. 11
- 2001: Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Earl Scruggs (and others) – banjo performance of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
- 2005: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- 2005: Disney Legend award
- 2007: 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
- 2009: Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for his album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo
- 2011: International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year
Discography
Albums
| Album | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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| Billboard 200 | US Bluegrass[ "Steve Martin Album & Song Chart History"]. Billboard.com. Prometheus Media Group. Retrieved January 15, 2011. | |||
| Let’s Get Small | 1977 | 10 | — |
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| A Wild and Crazy Guy | 1978 | 2 | — |
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| Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack | 1978 | 5 | — |
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| Comedy Is Not Pretty! | 1979 | 25 | — |
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| The Steve Martin Brothers | 1981 | 135 | — | |
| Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack | 1986 | — | — | |
| The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo | 2009 | title=Bluegrass Albums Billboard.com|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-06-13/bluegrass-albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 24, 2011|date=June 13, 2009}} | 1 | |
| Rare Bird Alert | 2011 | 43 | 1 | |
| Love Has Come for You (with Edie Brickell) | 2013 | 21 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. |
Singles
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US | ||
| "Grandmother’s Song" | 1977 | 72 |
| "King Tut" | 1978 | 17 |
| "Cruel Shoes" | 1979 | 91 |
Music videos
| Video | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Jubilation Day" | 2011 | Ryan Reichenfeld |
Released stand-up shows
- Steve Martin-Live! (1986, VHS)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best Of Steve Martin (1998, DVD)
- Steve Martin: The Television Stuff (2012, DVD; includes content of Steve Martin-Live! as well as his NBC specials and other television appearances)
