Received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [1984]
Served two years in the state penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, and was released in February 1964.
Whenever he performs live he always picks a venue which is near an Indian restaurant, so he can have a meal straight after the show. When he was at the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall in the 1990s, the stage door was directly opposite the front door of the Mogul-E-Azam, so he was able to sneak out the stage door, across the alley and have his meal without travelling too far! (One of the roadies on duty that night let slip about the restaurant information.).