Grammy Awards for 1984

By Patrick Mondout

The big winners at the 27th annual Grammy Awards were Prince and Tina Turner, who each picked up three Grammys. The biggest surprise was in the Album of the Year category. The second half of 1984 was a battle for the top spot on the Pop Album chart. His Royal Badness spent five straight months at number 1 while for most of that time The Boss was in 2nd with "Born in the USA."  Despite this and further competition from Tina Turner, Lionel Richie pulled the upset and won Album of the Year over the big three.

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

Record of the Year
	"Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
	"Hard Habit to Break" - Chicago
	"The Heart of Rock and Roll" - Huey Lewis and the News
	"What's Love Got To Do with It" - Tina Turner

Song of the Year
	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" - Phil Collins
	"Hello" - Lionel Richie
	"I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder
	"Time after Time" - Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman
	"What's Love Got To Do with It?" - Graham Lyle, Terry Britten

Album of the Year
	Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
	Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
	Private Dancer - Tina Turner
	Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
	She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

New Artist
	Sheila E.
	Frankie Goes to Hollywood
	Corey Hart
	The Judds
	Cyndi Lauper

Pop Male Vocalist
	Phil Collins - "Against All Odds (Take A Look at Me Now)"
	Kenny Loggins - "Footloose"
	Lionel Richie - "Hello"
	John Waite - "Missing You"
	Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called To Say I Love You"

Pop Female Vocalist
	Sheila E. - "The Glamorous Life"
	Sheena Easton - "Strut"
	Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
	Tina Turner - "What's Love Got to Do with It"
	Denise Williams - "Let's Hear It For the Boy"

Pop Vocal Group
	The Cars - "Drive"
	Chicago - "Hard Habit to Break"
	The Pointer Sisters - "Jump (For My Love)"
	Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
	Yes - "Owner of a Lonely Heart"

Rock Male Vocalist
	David Bowie - "Blue Jean"
	Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
	Elton John - "Restless"
	John Cougar Mellencamp - "Pink Houses"
	Bruce Springsteen - "Dancing in the Dark"

Rock Female Vocalist
	Lita Ford - Dancin' on the Edge
	Tina Turner - "Better Be Good to Me"
	Bonnie Tyler - "Here She Comes"
	Wendy O. Williams - Wow
	Pia Zadora - "Rock It Out"

Rock Vocal Group
	The Cars - Heartbreak City
	Genesis - Genesis
	Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
	Van Halen - "Jump"
	Yes - 90125

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
	Ray Parker Jr. - "Ghostbusters"
	Earl Klugh - Nightsongs
	Steve Mitchell, Richard Perry, Howie Rice - "Jump (For My Love)"
	Randy Newman - The Natural
	Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
	Yes - "Cinema"
	Genesis - "Second Home by the Sea"
	Lionel Hampton - "Vibramatic"
	Edward Van Halen - "Donut City"
	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song
	"I Feel for You" - Prince
	"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" - Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean
	"Dancing in the Streets" - Bill Wolfer, Dean Pitchford
	"The Glamorous Life" - Sheila E.
	"Yah Mo B There" - James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton, Quincy Jones

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
	Billy Ocean - "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
	James Ingram - It's Your Night
	Jeffrey Osborne - Don't Stop
	Jeffrey Osborne - "In the Name of Love"
	Stevie Wonder - "The Woman in Red"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female
	Chaka Khan - "I Feel for You"
	Patti Austin - Patti Austin
	Shannon - Let the Music Play
	Tina Turner - "Let's Stay Together"
	Deniece Williams - "Let's Hear It for the Boy"

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group
	James Ingram, Michael McDonald - "Yah Mo B There"
	Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson - "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"
	Kashif, Al Jarreau - "Edgartown Groove"
	Joyce Kennedy, Jeffrey Osborne - "The Last Time I Made Love"
	Shalamar - "Dancing in the Sheets"

Best Rythm & Blues Instrumental Performance
	Herbie Hancock - Sound-System
	Stanley Clarke - "Time Exposure"
	Crusaders - Ghetto Blaster
	Sheila E. - "Shortberry Strawcake"
	Grover Washington Jr. - Inside Moves

Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Vocal or Instrumental
	Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
	Miles Davis - Decoy
	Spyro Gyra - Access All Areas
	Earl Klugh - Wishful Thinking
	David Sanborn - Backstreet

Best Jazz Vocal Performance
	Joe Williams - Nothin' but the Blues
	Lorez Alexandria - Harlem Butterfly
	Carmen McRae - You're Lookin' at Me
	Sue Raney - Ridin' High
	Mel Torme - An Evening at Charlie's

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist
	Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers
	Pepper Adams, Kenny Wheeler - Live at Fat Tuesday's
	Tommy Flanagan - Thelonica
	Zoot Sims - Quietly There
	Ira Sullivan - Ira Sullivan ...Does It All

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Group
	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "New York Scene"
	Clare Fischer - Whose Woods Are These
	Frank Foster, Frank Wess - Two for the Blues
	Philly Joe Jones - Dameronia: Look Stop Listen
	Phil Woods, Chris Swansen - Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band
	Count Basie & His Orchestra - 88 Basie Street
	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Ten Gallon Shuffle
	Carla Bley Band - "Misterioso"
	Bob Florence Limited Edition - Magic Time
	Woody Herman Big Band - World Class

Best Country & Western Song
	"City of New Orleans" - Steve Goodman
	"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" - Hank Williams Jr.
	"Faithless Love" - John David Souther
	"God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood
	"Mama He's Crazy" - Kenny O'Dell

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
	Merle Haggard - "That's the Way Love Goes"
	Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the U.S.A."
	Willie Nelson - "City of New Orleans"
	Ricky Skaggs - Country Boy
	Hank Williams Jr. - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
	Emmylou Harris - "In My Dreams"
	Janie Fricke - "Your Heart's Not in It"
	Crystal Gayle - "The Sound of Goodbye"
	Anne Murray - Heart Over Mind
	Dolly Parton - "Tennessee Homesick Blues"

Best Country & Western Performance - Duo or Group with Vocal
	Judds (Wynonna & Naomi) - "Mama He's Crazy"
	Alabama - "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
	Barbara Mandrell, Lee Greenwood - "To Me"
	Anne Murray, Dave Loggins - "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
	Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias - "As Time Goes By"

Best Country Instrumental Performance
	Ricky Skaggs - "Wheel Hoss"
	Chet Atkins - East Tennessee Christmas
	Carlton Moody & the Moody Brothers - "Cotton-Eyed Joe"
	Doc & Merle Watson - "Twin Sisters"
	Whites - "Move It on Over"

Best Gospel Performance - Male
	Michael W. Smith - Michael W. Smith 2
	Bob Bailey - I'm Walkin'
	Phil Driscoll - Celebrate Freedom
	Leon Patillo - "J.E.S.U.S."
	Steve Taylor - Meltdown

Best Gospel Performance - Female
	Amy Grant - "Angels"
	Debby Boone - Surrender
	Sandi Patti - Songs from the Heart
	Michele Pillar - Look Who Loves You
	Kathy Troccoli - Heart and Soul

Best Gospel Performance - Duo or Group
	Debby Boone, Phil Driscoll - "Keep the Flame Burning"
	Steve Camp, Michele Pillar - "Love's Not a Feeling"
	Mylon LeFevre, Broken Heart - Live Forever
	New Gaither Vocal Band - New Point of View
	Petra - Not of This World

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male
	Andrae Crouch - "Always Remember"
	Mel Carter - Willing
	James Cleveland - "The Prayer"
	Jessy Dixon - Sanctuary
	Al Green - Trust in God

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female
	Shirley Caesar - Sailin'
	Kristle Edwards - "Jesus, Come Lay Your Head on Me"
	Danniebelle Hall - Unmistakably Danniebelle
	Tata Vega - "Oh, It Is Jesus"
	Albertina Walker - The Impossible Dream

Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo or Group
	Shirley Caesar, Al Green - "Sailin' on the Sea of Your Love"
	Shirley Caesar, Anne Caesar Price - "Rejoice"
	Edwin Hawkins - Angels Will Be Singing
	Richard Smallwood Singers - Psalms
	BeBe & CeCe Winans - Lord Lift Us Up

Best Inspirational Performance
	Donna Summer - "Forgive Me"
	Philip Bailey - The Wonders of His Love
	Pat Boone - What I Believe
	Lisa Whelchel - All Because of You
	Deniece Williams - "Whiter Than Snow"

Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
	Elizabeth Cotten Live! - Elizabeth Cotten
	Good Rockin' - Rocking Dopsie
	On a Saturday Night - Queen Ida
	100% Fortified Zydeco - Buckwheat Zydecko
	Open Road - Boys of the Lough

Best Traditional Blues Recording
	Blues Explosion - John Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, J.B. Hutton & the New Hawks
	Guitar Slinger - Johnny Winter
	I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby - Albert King
	Kansas City Here I Come - Joe Turner
	You've Got Me Loving You - Bobby Bland

Best Latin Pop Performance
	Placido Domingo - Always in My Heart (Siempre en Mi Corazon)
	Maria Conchita - Maria Conchita
	Jose Feliciano - Como Tu Quieres
	Johnny - Invitame
	Jose Jose - Secretos
	Menudo - Evolucion

Best Tropical Latin Performance
	Eddie Palmieri - Palo Pa Rumba
	Ruben Blades - Buscando America
	Willie Colon - Criollo
	El Gran Combo - Breaking the Ice
	Poncho Sanchez - Bien Sabroso!
	Los Socios del Ritmo - Y Ahora!

Best Mexican-American Performance
	Sheen Easton, Luis Miguel - "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres"
	Roberto Carlos - Concavo y Convexo"
	Yolanda Del Rio - Un Amor Especial
	Juan Gabriel - Recuerdos II
	Raphael - Eternamente Tuyo

Best Reggae Recording
	Anthem - Black Uhuru
	Captured Live - Peter Tosh
	King Yellowman - Yellowman
	"Reggae Night" - Jimmy Cliff
	"Steppin' Out" - Steel Pulse

Best Instrumental Composition
	"The Natural" - Randy Newman
	"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" (from The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad at Los Angeles)  - John Williams
	The A-Team - Mike Post, Peter Carpenter
	"Ghostbusters" (main title theme) - Elmer Bernstein
	Hot House Flowers - Wynton Marsalis

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
	Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock - "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" (from The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad at Los Angeles) (Quincy Jones)
	Stewart Copeland - "Brothers on Wheels" (track from Rumble Fish soundtrack) (Stewart Copeland)
	Robert Freedman - "Stardust" (Wynton Marsalis)
	Henry Mancini - "Cameo for Flute ...for James" (James Galway, Henry Mancini)
	Don Sebesky - "Waltz for Debbie" (Don Sebesky)

Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
	Pointer Sisters - "Automatic" (Pointer Sisters)
	David Foster - "What About Me" (Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, James Ingram)
	David Foster, peter Cetera - "Hard Habit to Break" (Chicago)
	Richard Greene, Gunnar Madsen - "Helter Skelter" (The Bobs)
	Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire - "Leave It" (Yes)

Best Cast Show Album
	Sunday in the Park with George (Broadway Cast) - Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist
	Doonesbury - Elizabeth Swados, composer; Garry Trudeau, lyricist
	My One and Only
	A Stephen Sondheim Evening
	Sugar Babies - Jimmy McHugh, Arthur Malvin, Dorothy Fields, George Oppenheim, Harold Adamson, music and lyrics

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
	Purple Rain - Prince & the Revolution, John L. Nelson, Lisa & Wendy
	Against All Odds - Phil Collins, Stevie Nicks, Peter Gabriel, Stuart Adamson, Mike Rutherford, August Darnell, Michel Colombier, Larry Carlton
	Footloose - Bill Wolfer, Dean Pitchford, Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow, Sammy Hagar, Michael Gore, Eric Carmen, Jim Steinman
	Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr., Kevin O'Neal, Brian O'Neal, Bobby Alessi, David Immer, Tom Bailey, Graham Russell, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Diane Warren & the Doctor Mick Smiley, Elmer Bernstein
	Yentl - Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
	David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock - "Hard Habit to Break" (Chicago)
	Laurie Anderson - "Gravity's Angel" (Laurie Anderson)
	Thomas Dolby - "Mulu the Rain Forest" (Thomas Dolby)
	Reggie Griffin, Arif Mardin - "I Feel for You" (Chaka Khan)
	Michel Legrand - "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (Barbra Streisand)

Best Classical Album
	Amadeus (soundtrack) - Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Choristers of Westminster Abbey; soloists
	Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony (solo: Alfred Brendel)
	Brahms: A German Requiem - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (solos: Kathleen Battle, Hakan Hagegard)
	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100 - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony
	Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter - Raymond Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra (solos: Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova)

Best Classical Orchestral Recording
	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100 - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony
	Amadeus (soundtrack) - Neville Marriener conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
	Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14 - Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Gould: Burchfield Gallery and Apple Waltzes - Morton Gould conducting the American Symphony
	Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major - Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony
	Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major ("The Great") - James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony

Best Chamber Music Performance
	Juilliard String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
	The Cleveland Quartet with Emanuel Ax - Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
	Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Ikwhan Bae, Carol Shive, Karen Dreyfus, Fred Sherry - Corea: Lyric Suite for Sextet
	Guarneri Quartet, Pinchas Zukerman - Brahms: The String Quintets in F & G
	Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim - Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301-4

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
	Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova (Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra) - Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
	Emanuel Ax (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
	Julian Bream (Gardiner conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe) - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Invocation and Dance; 3 Spanish Pieces (Music of Spain, Vol. 8)
	Alfred Brendel (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos
	Itzhak Perlman (Barenboim conducting the Orchestre de Paris) - Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22; Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
	Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
	Julian Bream - Music of Spain, Vol. 7: A Celebration of Andres Segovia
	Emil Gilels - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier")
	Glenn Gould - R. Strauss: Glenn Gould Play Strauss (Sonata; 5 Pieces, Op. 3)
	Alicia de Larrocha - Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960

Best Opera Recording
	Bizet: Carmen (film soundtrack) - Loren Maazel conducting the Orchestre National de France; Choeurs et Maitrise de Radio France (solos: Julia Migenes-Johnson, Faith Esham, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi)
	Britten: The Turn of the Screw - Colin Davis conducting the members of the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (solos: Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear)
	Janacek: Jenufa - Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (solos: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Peter Dvorsky, Wieslav Ochman, Eva Randova)
	Mozart: Don Giovanni - Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic; Glyndebourne Chorus (solos: Thomas Allen, Carole Vaness, Richard Van Allan, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, John Rawnsley, Dimitri Kavrakos)
	Verdi: Ernani - Riccardo Muti conducting the Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Nicolai Ghiaurov)

Best Choral Performance
	Margaret Hillis, choral conductor, Chicago Symphony Chorus; James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony - Brahms: A German Requiem
	Riccardo Chailly conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
	Riccardo Chailly conducting the RSO Berlin Chorus; RSO Berlin Orchestra - Orff: Carmina Burana
	Christopher Hogwood conducting the Westminster Cathedral Boys' Choir; Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music - Mozart: Requiem
	Simon Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Orchestra Chorus and Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; City of Birmingham Symphony - Britten: War Requiem

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist
	Jessye Norman, Jose van Dam, Heather Harper (Boulez conducting the members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and BBC Symphony) - Ravel: Songs of Maurice Ravel
	Dame Janet Baker (George Parsons, accompanist) - Mahler's Songs of Youth
	Hakan Hagegard, Kathleen Battle (James Levine, accompanist) - Brahms: Songs of Brahms
	Kiri Te Kanawa (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony) - Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major, 4th Movement
	Jessye Norman (Maazel conducting the Wiener Philharmonic) - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection")

Best New Classical Composition
	Antony and Cleopatra - Samuel Barber
	"Apple Waltzes" - Morton Gould
	"Magabunda (4 Poems of Agueda Pizzaro)" - Joseph Schwantner
	"The Perfect Stranger" - Frank Zappa
	"Winter Cantata" - Vincent Persichetti

Best Engineered Recording - Classical
	Paul Goodman - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100 (Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony)
	Tony Faulkner, Ray Moore - Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter (Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra; solo: Marsalis, Editz, Gruberova)
	Paul Goodman - Brahms: A German Requiem (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; solo: Battle, Hagegard)
	Paul Goodman - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor (Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony; solo: Ax)
	James Lock, John Dunkerley - Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony; solo: Te Kanawa)

Classical Producer of the Year
	Steven Epstein
	Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz
	Jay David Saks
	Robert E. Woods
	Thomas Z. Shepard

Best Comedy Recording
	"Eat It" - Weird Al Yankovic
	Here and Now - Richard Pryor
	Hurt Me Baby, Make Me Write Bad Checks! - Rick Dees
	Rappin' Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield
	The 3 Faces of Al (Nick Danger) - Fireside Theatre

Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording
	The Words of Gandhi - Ben Kingsley
	Heart Play (Unfinished Dialogue) - John Lennon, Yoko Ono
	Our Time Has Come - Rev. Jesse Jackson
	The Real Thing (Broadway Cast) - Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close
	The Story of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (dialogue and music from the film)

Best Recording for Children
	Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
	Agapleland at Play with Holly Heart - Holly Heart
	Flashbeagle - Peanuts
	Jim Henson's Muppets Present Faggle Rock
	Kids Praise 4 - Singsational Servants
	The Muppets Take Manhattan (film soundtrack)

Best Engineered Recording
	Humberto Gatica - Chicago XVII (Chicago)
	Nigel Green - Heartbeat City ( Cars)
	Calvin Harris - Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie)
	Steven Miller - Aerial Boundaries (Michael Hedges)
	Phil Thornalley - Into the Gap (Thompson Twins)

Best Album Package
	Janet Perr - She's So Unusual (Cyndi Lauper)
	Bill Johnson, Virginia Team, Jeff Morris - Willie Nelson (Willie Nelson)
	Bill Levy - Every Man Has a Woman (John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Eddie Money, Rosanne Cash, others)
	Henry Marquez - No Brakes (John Waite)
	Andy Summers, Michael Ross - Bewitched (Andy Summers, Robert Fripp)

Best Album Notes
	Gunther Schuller, Martin Williams - Big Band Jazz (Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, others)
	Glenn Hinson - Virginia Traditions Work Songs (field recordings 1936-80) - various artists
	Grover Sales - Amadeus (original soundtrack recording) (Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields)
	James Sundquist - An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar (James Sundquist)
	Z Factor, Lorene Lortie - A Golden Celebration (Elvis Presley)

Best Historical Album
	Big Band Jazz (Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, others)
	Cotton Club Stars - various artists
	A Golden Celebration - Elvis Presley
	History Speaks: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, introducting by Clifton Fadiman)
	World's First Entertainment Recordings 1889-1896 (various artists)

Producer of the Year
	David Foster
	Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael
	Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Cars
	Michael Omartian
	Prince & the Revolution

Best Video - Short Form
	David Bowie - David Bowie
	Ashford and Simpson - Ashford & Simpson
	Phil Collins - Phil Collins
	Rubber Rodeo Scenic Views - Rubber Rodeo
	Thomas Dolby - Thomas Dolby
	Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton-John

Best Video Album
	Making Michael Jackson's "Thriller" - Michael Jackson
	Billy Joel Live from Long Island - Billy Joel
	Eurythmics Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
	Heartbeat City - Cars
	Serious Moonlight - David Bowie
	We're All Devo - Devo

Lifetime Achievement Awards
	Chuck Berry
	Charlie Parker

Hall of Fame
	"April in Paris" - Count Basie & His Orchestra (1955)
	"Artistry in Rhythm" - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1945)
	Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello - Pablo Casals (1936-39)
	"Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" - Jimmie Rodgers (1928)
	"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Gene Autry (1949)

Trustees Award
	Eldridge R. Johnson