Grammy Awards for 1982

By Patrick Mondout

Toto, overlooked at the 1978 Grammys for (Best New Artist), were the big winners at the 25th annual Grammy Awards winning both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Note: All nominees are listed and denotes the Grammy winner(s).

Record of the Year
	"Always on My Mind" - Willie Nelson
	"Ebony and Ivory" - Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder
	"Rosanna" - Toto
	"Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
	"Theme from Chariots of Fire" - Vangelis

Song of the Year
	"Always on My Mind" - Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Thompson
	"Ebony and Ivory" - Paul McCartney
	"Eye of the Tiger" - Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peternik
	"IGY (What a Beautiful World)" - Donald Fagen
	"Rosanna" - David Paich

Album of the Year
	American Fool - John Cougar
	The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
	The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
	Tug of War - Paul McCartney
	Toto IV - Toto

New Artist
	Asia
	Jennifer Holliday
	The Human League
	Men at Work
	Stray Cats

Pop Male Vocalist
	Donald Fagen - "IGY (What a Beautiful World)"
	Joe Jackson - "Steppin' Out"
	Elton John - "Blue Eyes"
	Michael McDonald - "I Keep Forgetting (Every Time You're Near)"
	Lionel Richie - "Truly"
	Rick Springfield - "Don't Talk to Strangers"

Pop Female Vocalist
	Laura Branigan - "Gloria"
	Melissa Manchester - "You Should Hear How She Talks about You"
	Juice Newton - "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"
	Olivia Newton-John - "Heart Attack"
	Linda Ronstadt - "Get Closer"

Pop Vocal Group
	Chicago - "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
	Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes - "Up Where We Belong"
	Daryl Hall, John Oates - "Maneater"
	Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder - "Ebony and Ivory"
	Toto - "Rosanna"

Rock Male Vocalist
	John Cougar - "Hurts So Good"
	Peter Gabriel - "Shock the Monkey"
	Don Henley - "Dirty Laundry"
	Rick Springfield - "I Get Excited"
	Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours

Rock Female Vocalist
	Pat Benatar - "Shadows of the Night"
	Kim Carnes - "Voyeur"
	Bonnie Raitt - "Green Light"
	Linda Ronstadt - "Get Closer"
	Donna Summer - "Protection"

Rock Vocal Group
	Asia - Asia
	J. Geils Band - "Centerfold"
	Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry - "Don't Fight It"
	Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
	Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa - "Valley Girl"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	Ernie Watts - "Chariots of Fire" (theme, dance version)
	Louis Clark conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
	Earl Klugh - "Crazy for You"
	David Sanborn - "As We Speak"
	John Williams - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
	Flock of Seagulls - "D.N.A."
	Dregs - "Industry Standard"
	Maynard Ferguson - "Don't Stop"
	King Crimson - "Requiem"
	Van Morrison - "Scandinavia"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"Turn Your Love Around" - Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, Bill Champlin
	"Do I Do" - Stevie Wonder
	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle" - Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Lou Staliman
	"Let It Whip" - Reggie Andrews, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
	"Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye, O. Brown
	"That Girl" - Stevie Wonder

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"
	George Benson - "Turn Your Love Around"
	Ray Parker Jr. - "The Other Woman"
	Luther Vandross - "Forever, for Always, for Love"
	Stevie Wonder - "Do I Do"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Jennifer Holliday - "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
	Aretha Franklin - "Jump to It"
	Diana Ross - "Muscles"
	Patrice Rushen - "Forget Me Nots"
	Donna Summer - "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"
	Deniece Williams - "It's Gonna Take a Miracle"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Dazz Band - "Let It Whip"
	Earth, Wind & Fire - "Wanna Be with You"
	Crusaders with B.B. King, Josie James - "Street Life"
	Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder - "What's That You're Doing"
	Tavares - "A Penny for Your Thoughts"

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"
	Eddie Murphy - "Boogie in Your Butt"
	Patrice Rushen - "Number One"
	Spyro Gyra - "Stripes"
	Grover Washington Jr. - "Come Morning"

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	Pat Metheny Group - Offramp
	David Sanborn - As We Speak
	Tom Scott - Desire
	Spyro Gyra - Incognito
	Weather Report - Weather Report

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male
	Mel Torme - An Evening with George Shearing and Mel Torme
	Dave Frisberg - The Dave Frisberg Songbook, Vol. 1
	Bill Henderson - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer
	Mark Murphy - Bop for Kerouac
	Joe Williams - 8 to 5 I Lose

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female
	Sarah Vaughan - Gershwin Live!
	Ella Fitzgerald - A Classy Pair
	Chaka Khan - Echoes of an Era
	Cleo Laine - Smilin' Through
	Maxine Sullivan - Maxine Sullivan with the Ike Isaacs Quartet

Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	Manhattan Transfer - "Route 66"
	Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante with 2 + 2 - "One Night in a Dream"
	Jon Hendricks & Company - Love
	Jackie & Roy - "High Standards"
	Singers Unlimited - "Easy to Love"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
	Miles Davis - We Want Miles
	Tommy Flanagan - The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
	Wynton Marsalis - Wynton Marsalis
	Jimmy Rowles - Jimmy Rowles Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
	Ira Sullivan - Night and Day

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
	Phil Woods Quartet - "More" Live
	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Straight Ahead
	Art Farmer Quartet - A Work of Art
	Tommy Flanagan Trio - Giant Steps
	Dizzy Gillespie, Mitchell-Ruff Duo - Dizzy Gillespie: Live with the Mitchell-Ruff Duo

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
	Count Basie & His Orchestra - Warm Breeze
	Bob Florence Big Band - Westlake
	Woody Herman Big Band - The Woody Herman Big Band Live at the Concord Jazz Festival 1981
	Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra - Make Me Smile and Other New Works by Bob Brookmeyer
	Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass - Live in Digital

Best Country & Western Song
	"Always on My Mind" - Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson, Mark James
	"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" - D. Blackwell
	"Nobody" - Kye Fleming, Dennis W. Morgan
	"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" - Don Goodman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy
	"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" - Tim DuBois

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Willie Nelson - "Always on My Mind"
	Ronnie Milsap - "He Got You"
	Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"
	Kenny Rogers - "Love Will Turn You Around"
	Ricky Skaggs - "Heartbroke"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	Juice Newton - "Break It to Me Gently"
	Rosanne Cash - "Ain't No Money"
	Emmylou Harris - Cimarron
	Dolly Parton - "I Will Always Love You"
	Sylvia - "Nobody"

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal
	Alabama - Mountain Music
	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson - "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
	Oak Ridge Boys - "Bobbie Sue"
	Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris - "Love Hurts"
	Whites - "You Put the Blue in Me"

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
	Roy Clark - "Alabama Jubilee"
	Albert Coleman's Atlanta Pops Orchestra - Just Hooked on Country
	Joe Maphis - The Joe Maphis Flat-Picking Spectacular
	Poco - "Feudin'"
	Doc & Merle Watson - "Below Freezing"

Best Gospel Performance - Contemporary
	Amy Grant - Age to Age
	Andrae Crouch - My Tribute
	Imperials - Stand By the Power
	Sandi Patti - Lift Up the Lord
	Reba Rambo - Lady Live

Best Gospel Performance - Traditional
	Blackwood Brothers - I'm Following You
	Cathedrals - Something Special
	Masters - V, O, What Savior
	Rex Nelon Singers - Feeling at Home
	Dottie Rambo - Makin' My Own Place

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Contemporary
	Al Green - "Higher Plane"
	Andrae Crouch - "Finally"
	Larnelle Harris - "Touch Me, Lord
	Edwin Hawkins - Edwin Hawkins Live with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra
	Mighty Clouds of Joy - Miracle Man

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Traditional
	Al Green - "Precious Lord"
	Andrae Crouch - "We Need to Hear from You"
	Jessy Dixon - Jesus Is Alive and Well
	Mighty Clouds of Joy - Miracle Man
	Ben Moore - He Believes in Me

Best Inspirational Performance
	Barbara Mandrell - He Set My Life to Music
	Kansas - "Crossfire"
	Oak Ridge Boys - "Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport"
	Leontyne Price - "God Bless America"
	B.J. Thomas - "Miracle"

Best Traditional Blues Recording
	Alright Again - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
	Genuine Houserocking Music - Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers
	He Was a Friend of Mine - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Roomful of Blues
	The New Johnny Otis Show - Johnny Otis
	Sippie - Sippie Wallace

Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
	Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour - Queen Ida
	In the Tradition - Boys of the Lough
	Live in America - John Renbourn Group
	Metropolis - Klezmorim
	Reggae Sunsplash '81: A Tribute to Bob Marley - various artists
	Tennessee: Folk Heritage - The Mountain - various artists

Best Latin Recording
	Machito and His Salsa Big Band '82 - Machito
	Rhythm of Life - Ray Barretto
	Canciones del Solar de los Aburidos - Willie Colon/Ruben Blades
	Escenas de Amore - Jose Feliciano
	Momentos - Julio Iglesias

Best Instrumental Composition
	"Flying (Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)" - John Williams
	"Adventures on Earth" - John Williams
	"Are You Going with Me" - Pat Metheny
	Desire - Tom Scott
	"In the Presence and Absence of Each Other, Parts 1, 2 and 3" - Claus Ogerman

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
	John Williams - "Flying (Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial") (John Williams)
	Les Hooper - "Pavane" (Les Hooper Big Band)
	Earl Klugh, Ronnie Foster, Clare Fischer - "Balladina" (Earl Klugh)
	Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays - "Are You Going with Me" (Pat Metheny Group)
	Claus Ogerman - "Pavanc pour une Infante Defunte" (Claus Ogerman featuring Ian Akkerman)

Best Arrangement for Voices
	David Paich - "Rosanna" (Toto)
	Al Capps - "Route 66" (Manhattan Transfer)
	Donald Fagen - "Ruby Baby" (Donald Fagen)
	Clare Fischer - "One Night (In a Dream)" (Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante with 2 + 2)
	Gene Puerling - "Lullaby of Birdland" (Singers Unlimited)

Best Cast Show Album
	Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, composer; Tom Eyen, lyricist
	Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn, composers; poems by T.S. Eliot
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricist
	Merrily We Roll Along - Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist
	Nine - Maury Yeston, composer and lyricist

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams, composer
	The French Lieutenant's Woman - Carl Davis, composer
	On Golden Pond - Dave Grusin, composer
	Ragtime - Randy Newman, composer
	Victor/Victoria - Henry Mancini, composer; Leslie Bricusse, lyricist

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
	Jerry Hey, David Paich - "Rosanna" (Toto)
	Les Hooper - "Easy to Love" (Singers Unlimited)
	Rob Mounsey, Donald Fagen - "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" (Donald Fagen)
	Marty Paich - "Only a Miracle" (Kenny Loggins)
	Stevie Wonder, Paul Riser - "Do I Do" (Stevie Wonder)

Best Classical Album
	Bach: The Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould
	Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, Jose van Dam)
	Debussy: La Mer; Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune; Danses Sacree et Profane - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony; Frances Tietov, harp
	Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor ("Song of the Night") - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Stravinsky: The Recorded Legacy - Igor Stravinsky; Robert Craft conducting the various orchesteras, ensembles, solo artists

Best Classical Orchestral Recording
	Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor ("Song of the Night") - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Debussy: La mer; Prelude a l' Apres-Midi d'un Faune; Danses Sacree et Profane  - Leonard Slatkin conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Holst: The Planets - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic
	Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (The Early Works) - Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music
	R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration; Don Juan; Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils - Eduardo Mata conducting the Dallas Symphony

Best Chamber Music Performance
	Richard Stoltzman, Richard Goode - Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120
	Cleveland Quartet with Pinchas Zuckerman, Bernard Greenhouse - Brahms: The String Sextets (B Flat Major, Op. 18, and G Major, Op. 36)
	James Galway, Kung-Wha Chung, Phillip Moll, Moray Welsh - Bach: Trio Sonatas (BWV 1038, 1039, 1079)
	Guarneri Quartet - Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D Major; Dohnanyi: Quartet No. 2 in D Flat Major, Op. 15
	Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38, and No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	Itzhak Perlman (Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B Minor
	Vladimir Ashkenazy (Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Philharmonia) - Mozart: Concerto for Piano No. 22 in E Flat Major, K. 482 (Ashkenazy Plays and Conducts Mozart)
	Alicia de Larrocha (Charles Dutoit conducting the Royal Philharmonic) - Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A Minor; Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
	Rudolf Serkin (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) - Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
	Joseph Silverstein (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
	Emanuel Ax - Schumann: Humoreske, Op. 20; Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
	Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz at the Met (Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov)
	Ruth Laredo - Barber: Sonata for Piano, Op. 26; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Nocturne, Op. 33
	Alicia de Larrocha - Granados: Danzas Espanolas
	Ronald Smith - The Alkan Project (Etudes, Op. 39, in All the Minor Keys)
	Isao Tomita - Grofe-Tomita: Grand Canyon Suite; Anderson-Tomita: Syncopated Clock

Best Opera Recording
	Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Pierre Boulez conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (solos: Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Orton Wenkel, Peter Hofmann, Manfred Jung, Siegfried Jerusalem, Heinz Zednik, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salimen, Hermann Becht)
	Faure: Penelope - Charles Dutoit conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique du Monte Carlo (solos: Jessye Norman, Alain Vanzo, Philippe Huttenlocher
	Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus (solos: Lucia Popp, Eva Randova, Dalibor Jedlicka)
	Puccini: Tosca - James Levine conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Renata Scott, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson)
	Puccini: Turandot - Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chours and Vienna Boys' Choir (solos: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Piero de Palma, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, Gottfriedl Hornik)
	Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper - Heinz Wallberg conducting the Munich Radio Orchestera, Bavarian Radio Chorus (solos: Lucia Popp, Siegfried Jerusalem, Hermann Prey, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Sigmund Nimsgren)

Best Choral Performance
	Margaret Hillis, choral master, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
	Norbert Balatsch, chorus master, Vienna State Opera Chorus; Bernard Haitink conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (solos: Gundula Janowitz, Tom Krause) - Brahms: German Requiem
	Nicholas Cleobury, chorus master, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
	Laszlo Heltay, chorus master, Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (solos: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Siegfried Jerusalem) - Haydn: The Seasons
	Thomas Peck, chorus master, St. Louis Symphony Chorus; Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - Rachmaninov: "The Bells" and "Russian Songs" (from album Rachmaninov Orchestral Music)
	Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, choral conductor, Tolzer Knabenchor; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Concentus Musicus Wien - Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 30 (Nos. 120-123)
	Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchesta Chorus and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (solo: Sylvia McNair) - Poulenc: Gloria for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra (G Major)

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Leontyne Price (Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic) - Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi)
	Elly Armstrong (Dalton Baldwin, accompanist) - Faure: La Bonne Chanson; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis and Ariettes Oubliees
	Kiri Te Kanawa (Gyorgy Fischer conducting the Vienna Chamber Orchestra) - Mozart: Concert Arias (Andromeda, Il Burbero di Buon Core, Artaserse, Idomeneo, Cerere Placata)
	Jessye Norman (Daniel Barcnboim conducting the Orchestra de Paris) - Berlioz: La Mort de Cleopatre
	Frederica von Stade (Martin Katz, accompanist) - Frederica von Stade Live!

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Paul Goodman - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor ("Song of the Night") (James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
	Paul Goodman - Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor ("From the New World") (James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
	Gunter Hermanns - Holst: The Planets (Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic)
	James Lock, Simon Eadon - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, Jose van Dam)
	Stan Tonkel, John Johnson, Ray Moore, Martin Greenblatt, Bud Graham - Bach: The Goldberg Variations (solo: Glenn Gould)

Classical Producer of the Year
	Robert Woods
	Steven Epstein
	Glenn Gould, Samuel Carter
	James Mallinson
	Jay David Saks

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
	Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record - actual dialogue, music and sound effects
	Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby - Roger Rees
	Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov
	No Man's Land - John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson
	2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke

Best Comedy Recording
	Live on the Sunset Strip - Richard Pryor
	Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy
	Great White North - Bob & Doug McKenzie
	A Place for My Stuff - George Carlin
	The Steve Martin Brothers - Steve Martin

Best Recording for Children
	In Harmony 2 - Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Kenny Loggins, Carly Simon, Lucy Simon, Teddy Pendergrass, Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Deniece Williams, Janis Ian, Dr. John
	Animals and Other Things - Candle with the Agapeland Singers
	Best of Friends - Smurfs
	The Chipmunks Go Hollywood - Chipmunks
	Here Comes Garfield - Lou Rawls
	I Am God's Project - Birdwing Kids Korus

Best Engineered Recording
	Al Schmitt, Tom Knox, Greg Ladanyi, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Dick Gall, Bruce Heigh - Toto IV (Toto)
	Neil Dorfsman - Love Over Gold (Dire Straits)
	Roger Nichols, Daniel Lazerus, Elliot Scheiner - The Nightfly (Donald Fagen)
	Alan Parsons - Eye in the Sky (Alan Parsons Project)
	George Tutko, Don Gehman, Mark Stabbeds - American Fool (John Cougar)

Best Album Package
	Kosh with Ron Larson - Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt)
	Jules Bates - Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo)
	Mick Haggerty, Ginger Canzoneri - Vacation (Go-Go's)
	Denise Minobe, Ron Coro - We Are One (Pieces of a Dream)
	George Osaki - Ongaku-Kai Live in Japan (Crusaders)

Best Album Notes
	John Chilton, Richard Sudhalter - Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz) (Bunny Berigan)
	Gary Giddins - Duke Ellington 1941 (Duke Ellington & His Orchestra)
	Thornton Hagert - An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall (Paul Whiteman)
	William Ivey, summary and glossary - The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time (various artists)
	William Ivey, Bob Pinson - 60 Years of Country Music (various artists)
	Robert Palmer - Young Blood (Coasters)

Best Historical Album
	The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions Vols, 1, 2, and 3 (Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra)
	Bartok at the Piano, 1920-1945 (Bela Bartok)
	Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz) (Bunny Berigan)
	An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall (Paul Whiteman)
	Minstrels and Tunesmiths: The Commercial Roots of Early Country Music (various artists)

Producer of the Year
	Toto
	David Foster
	Quincy Jones
	Gary Katz
	John Cougar Mellencamp, Don Gehman

Video of the Year
	Olivia Physical - Olivia Newton-John
	Fun and Games - various artists
	The Tales of Hoffman - Royal Opera conducted by Georges Pretre with Placido Domingo
	The Tubes Video - Tubes
	Visions: Elton John - Elton John

Hall of Fame
	Bach: Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould (1956)
	"Empty Bed Blues" - Bessie Smith (1928)
	"In the Mood" - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (1939)
	"Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" - Pine Top Smith (1928)
	"Your Cheatin' Heart" - Hank Williams (1953)

Trustees Award
	Les Paul